I haven't even done anything to change the scaling, here- these images are cropped only, not re-scaled. ![]() ![]() The top image there is from the pinhole camera, shot with my DSLR and a 50mm prime lens, and the bottom image is from the same camera looking toward the sun, with a pair of eclipse glasses held over the lens. ![]() blocked by leaves, shot through eclipse glasses. Top: Pinhole camera image of the Sun partially blocked by leaves. Point the pinhole toward the Sun, look through the eye hole, and you'll see an image that's about as good as what you'll see through those expensive eclipse glasses: I have it mounted on a tripod, but that's overkill- you could perfectly well hold it in your hand. A little duct tape to seal up the edges of the box, and it's a perfectly good pinhole camera, projecting an image of the outside world on the white paper at the far end. There's a square hole cut in the end so you can look inside, and a tiny pinhole (made with the widget that came with my smartphone for popping out the SIM card, but you could use an actual pin, or a small paperclip) in the same end, inside the square of masking tape (which serves no purpose other than marking the approximate position of the hole. This is the solar imaging system I knocked together this weekend, consisting of a big shoebox (from a pair of size 13 basketball sneakers) with a white piece of paper taped to the inside (not shown). Pinhole camera system at Chateau Steelypips.
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