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Sep. 24th, 2009 11:11 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stormdogAfter toying with the idea for a while and talking to ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
rileybear67 about it a bit yesterday, I did a quick search on Ebay for a body cap (what you put on the camera when you don't have a lens on it) for my 20D. I found someone selling a body cap plus a rear lens cap (which I'm missing one of anyway) for a whopping two dollars and free shipping.
I snagged it, and once I get the body cap, I'm going to use a very small drill bit on it to create a pinhole camera. I have no idea how pictures will come out, but for two bucks, it's totally worth playing with!
I've also realized that, though I feel a little embarrassed about spending money on photo gear sometimes, for me it kind of takes the place of a lot of things other people spend money on. I don't have cable or satellite television (not that I'd use it if I did). I don't have any of the newest game systems or computer games. I don't have a flatscreen TV. I don't have any fancy-shmancy computer parts, and the computers I do have I scrounged for free. My car is fifteen years old and paid off.
Instead of these things, I have an occasional camera indulgence. I think that's ok.
When I have pinhole camera pictures, you'll see them here!
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Oooh! Check out this awesome version made with a coffee mug and salvaged parts!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/paradefotos/2394430391/
I bet the photographer gets some stares with that rig!mocha_mephooki; this may be your perfect camera.
rileybear67 about it a bit yesterday, I did a quick search on Ebay for a body cap (what you put on the camera when you don't have a lens on it) for my 20D. I found someone selling a body cap plus a rear lens cap (which I'm missing one of anyway) for a whopping two dollars and free shipping. I snagged it, and once I get the body cap, I'm going to use a very small drill bit on it to create a pinhole camera. I have no idea how pictures will come out, but for two bucks, it's totally worth playing with!
I've also realized that, though I feel a little embarrassed about spending money on photo gear sometimes, for me it kind of takes the place of a lot of things other people spend money on. I don't have cable or satellite television (not that I'd use it if I did). I don't have any of the newest game systems or computer games. I don't have a flatscreen TV. I don't have any fancy-shmancy computer parts, and the computers I do have I scrounged for free. My car is fifteen years old and paid off.
Instead of these things, I have an occasional camera indulgence. I think that's ok.
When I have pinhole camera pictures, you'll see them here!
---------
Oooh! Check out this awesome version made with a coffee mug and salvaged parts!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/paradefotos/2394430391/
I bet the photographer gets some stares with that rig!
mocha_mephooki; this may be your perfect camera.
