Monday, September 10, 2007

PinHole Camera

SW- Sydney Welch
SR- Stevie Ray
MM- Miranda McCoy
Materials:
  • Empty pringles can- SW
  • Marker- MM
  • X- acto knife or utility knife- SR
  • Thumbtack or pushpin- MM
  • Masking Tape- SW
  • Aluminum foil- MM
  • Scissors- SR
  • Bright sunny Day!- SR (lol)
Steps to make it!
  1. Take the plastic lid off the pringles can and wipe out the inside. ( Save the lid)
  2. Draw a line with the marker all the way around the can , about two inches from the bottom.
  3. The shorter bottom piece has a metal end. With the thumbtack, make a hole in the center on the metal.
  4. Put the plastic onto the shorter piece. Put the longer piece back on top. Tape the pieces together.
  5. To keep light out of the tube, use the piece of aluminum foil that's about 1 foot long. Tape one end to the tube. Wrap the foil all the way around the tube twice, then tape the loose edge of the foil closed.
  6. Go outside on a sunny day. Close one eye and hold the tube up to your other eye. You want the inside of the tube to be as dark as possible- so cup your hands around the opening of the tube if you need to.
  7. Hold your hand below the tube and move it very slowly upward. Your hand is moving up, but you'll see it's shadow move down the screen!

2 comments:

Alishander Magnusson said...

My group was joking around with using Pringle cans: A very long camera!

Looks good

miles said...

very nice