Step 8: Getting it to work

So you've got a cool juice box with a hole and some film. Who cares?

All that form is of no use without function, so let's get to that.

The light goes through the pinhole and exposes the film. So in order to keep the pinhole from constantly inundating the film with light, we need a shutter. The easiest way to do this is another piece of handy-dandy electrical tape. Slap a piece of the tape over the hole and pull it open to expose the film.

In order to advance the film, you'll need a car key or another type of key. Put the key in the EMPTY SPOOL'S reel and turn COUNTER-CLOCKWISE to properly advance the film.
Soo, the film I got is 36mm, would there be a problem in that? Also, my ISO is 400 (O.O). Wanted to know if it would still work&hellip; And is there anything else I can use to replace the empty film canister? Because where I live there are very few camera places and they are far away (btw I live in Brazil)<br>Thanks, I would be happy if you could respond :)
Great instructable but all the reflective surfaces should be darkened
how long should i wait after taking picture to take another
It's a shot in the dark. The design on which I based this off of used a piece of plastic binding comb (you know, like the plastic binding used to keep together reports or whatever) to rub against the rebate (the perforated edge on 35mm film). The idea is that this clicking gives you some sort of reference of how far you've advanced the film.<br/>X amount of clicks while winding= an exposure? Go for it. I've never done this but it sounds pretty effective.<br/>
Vintage Vinyl is awesome.
Concurred! Very much so.
Maybe you could attach a motor to the film reel and turn it into a juice box video camera hahaha. =]<br/>
can you make a camera with one film canister instead
I may have fallen in love with your jacket.
This is cool, I will attempt to make one. Please, though, update the link to the matchbox camera: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://alspix.blog.co.uk/2005/12/31/matchbox_pinhole~428481">http://alspix.blog.co.uk/2005/12/31/matchbox_pinhole~428481</a><br/>
Oh my...using a box of Franzia or something to that sort would only lead to great things.<br/>Alcohol + photography - inhibitions = awesome.<br/>

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