But certain steps in the construction nearly drove me over the edge, requiring either impossibly deft manual dexterity or a preternatural ability to decipher opaque instructions. Taking this resolutely analog approach one step further, or perhaps a step up, is the Lomography Konstrukor.

Firstly, the Konstruktor is equipped with ‘N’ and ‘B’ mode for regular and long exposures; of course, it has a tripod thread for keeping those long exposures steady. This is huge, and as a result, if the film at the center was at the required 65mm focal length, the sides would be off by tens of millimeters. During construction we were forced to source a set of cosmetic tweezers to be able to stretch the tiny spring – the length of our smallest fingernail – that anchors the shutter release mechanism, and enables it to move up and down.It looks for all the world just like a once-popular PhotoJojo TLR kit that seems to have been discontinued. Sharan also offers the standard-frame STD35m, and a 24×24 millimeter square format pinhole — the SQ-35. I remember it took Dad about an hour to apply all the tiny decals when I got a Jetfire action figure. As long as no other light can enter the box, the light that shines in through the pinhole will create an image on the film.

A basic pinhole camera is a light-tight container with a tiny hole at one end, and a piece of photo-sensitive material at the opposite end. Camera night light Night light This starts life as a camera already, but you make it not a camera any more. The pinhole lens allows for some eerily beautiful color pictures that have a true vintage feel (something you’d find in obscure Instagram filters), and the overall process helps you understand the basic tenets of photography, like aperture, exposure, shutter speed. I re-discovered my love of Photography a few years ago, and from there delved back into film and vintage items. Here's a tip that will save a lot of time fiddling, and help you stop worrying if your camera is going to work or not.Once the camera is built, all you need to do is add 35mm film (not included) and you can take those old school photos.