This is the third of a number of posts that will be devoted to the construction and the use of such a camera.

It may be hard for some to imagine that there was a time when snapshot images were produced in the round.

Personally, I find the HOLE idea, (excuse the pun) absolutely amazing. Pinhole is magical in that it requires no sensor, no mechanical parts and no lens. While it is possible to use a pinhole in place of a lens on a digital camera to take pinhole images, a tiny hole in a simple box with a piece of light sensitive material inside is far more impressive.

Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day is April 27,2014 Here are the links to various sized WPPD posters.Here are the links to various sized WPPD posters. Please use these links to obtain downloadable posters that you can print and use to promote WPPD in your area.

These images are meant to be viewed using the cross-view stereo viewing method.

WPPD is a great event for anyone interested in photography. It gets us all back into the basics of light and image capture. It also allows us to realize the interest in a simple technique that captures thousands across the globe.

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