Having made a simple film camera with your own hands, you can take pictures for sites specializing in this type of photography (for example, ToyCamera). Such a camera is assembled from the available materials and parts available in every home.
Necessary
- - collecting lens in black frame;
- - box;
- - black paint;
- - glue;
- - velvet;
- - metal constructor;
- - camera roll;
- - fasteners.
Instructions
Step 1
Prepare the camera body. Almost any opaque box with a lid will do for this. If it is light on the inside, paint its inner walls black. Stick velvet around the perimeter so that no light passes through the gap after putting on the cover.
Step 2
Cut a hole in the cover to fit the diameter of the lens. Glue it into this hole along with the frame. Use an opaque cap to cover the lens. If the diameter of the lens allows, you can take the finished cap from a bottle with a drink, also painting it black. Make sure that the seam between the lens cap and lens frame does not allow light to pass through.
Step 3
Assemble the film rewinding mechanism from a metal construction set. It should include a flat base, a bracket for attaching the cassette, a reel for winding the film taken from another cassette, and two shafts for rotating the reels. The latter should have tips of such a shape that they firmly adhere to the coils. Cover the surface of the base on which the projection area of the film will be located with matte black paper. The film should be rolled towards the lens with the emulsion. Place a dark paper frame in front of the film to limit the size of the frame.
Step 4
Experimentally determine the distance from the lens at which the best focus is achieved. It is at this distance that the mechanism is fixed directly to the cover using long screws, washers, nuts and bushings.
Step 5
In the box itself, make two slots so that when you put on the cover, you can pass the shafts through them. Fill these gaps with opaque velvet. Put the handles on the opposite ends of the shafts. Bend the frame of the iconometer, which replaces the viewfinder, out of wire in the form of a rectangle. Attach it to the side of the case. Select the size and position of the frame empirically so that the picture obtained when looking through it from a distance of half a meter corresponds to the projection area.
Step 6
To take a picture, point the camera at the subject, and then, without moving the body, remove the lens cap from the lens and immediately put it on. Rewind the film frame forward. When the frames run out, use the other handle to rewind the entire film back into the cassette. Use the lowest possible sensitivity on the film itself, and only take pictures in sunlight. Since they will be in a non-standard location, order only development, not printing, in the laboratory. Scan the frames with a slide scanner, and then use your computer to turn the negatives into positives.
