Pinhole cameras are not new; they have been around since the beginning of photography. The concept was around long before that. The ancient Chinese and Greeks understood the notion of a pinhole device. So did Leonardo da Vinci.
Over the years, pinhole cameras have maintained their popularity with a small, but dedicated group of picture takers. That is evident by the dozens of Web sites and Web pages that a Web search produces on pinhole cameras (go to www.google.com and type in pinhole cameras in the search window).
For example, at www.benderphoto.com, you can find pinhole cameras and a book on pinhole photography. At www.pinholevisions.org, you can read an article by Matt Young, a physicist with the National Institute of Standards and Technology, on the history of pinhole photography. His article includes drawings that explain how a pinhole camera works. At www.photo.net you'll find much information on pinhole cameras, including links to other Web sites that tell you how to make a pinhole camera out of an oatmeal box. And if you go on www.kodak.com, you can find out how to make a pinhole camera for sheet or roll film.
Polaroid (www.polaroid.com) recently joined the pinhole photography fun with the introduction of the Polaroid Pinhole camera kit ($99). The kit includes all the pieces you need to make a working pinhole camera
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