How to Make an Awesome Soda Can Camera📸

Oh hey! Bet you didn’t expect this! Anyway… ready to “shoot😂” right in to this tutorial of a soda can pinhole camera obscura?? Quite historical actually! So… ready to craft AND learn???

1. Sandpaper (any grit will work)
2. parchment paper
3. scissors
4. duct tape
5. thumbtack pin
6. soda/energy drink can

Use your sandpaper and rub the top of the can on the rough surface for a few minutes till it comes off as shown.

If you don’t have a sink in your house… THEN IN WHAT PLANET DO YOU LIVE ON?!?! there better not be an ACTUAL ALIEN reading this!

Flip over the can and poke one single hole in the bottom with the thumbtack pin.

Cut the parchment paper in to a square bigger than you would think you would need.

Cut off a long strip of tape, put the paper on the can, and wrap the tape around the top of the can (where the paper is).

Here’s my perspective of the result☝️! (Read the texts that is in one of the images so you can understand whats even in the image)

Here are some facts about the pinhole camera obscura👇.

Ancient Discoveries: The principle has been known for thousands of years; ancient Chinese philosopher Mozi (5th century BCE) and Greek philosopher Aristotle (4th century BCE) both documented observations of light passing through tiny gaps to project images.

Naming the Device: German astronomer Johannes Kepler first coined the formal term camera obscura in 1604 and later experimented with adding lenses and mirrors to reflect and upright the image.

Artistic Aid: During the Renaissance and subsequent centuries, painters and draughtsmen used portable and room-sized camera obscuras to accurately trace perspective, scale, and details of landscapes or architecture.

Connection to the Eye: The human eye functions similarly to a camera obscura, using an opening (pupil) and a lens to project an inverted image onto the retina, which the brain then flips right-side up.