Placing film inside can pinhole camera

<p>Is, it critical in how the film is placed inside a can for pinhole?<br>

Does the film have to be against the side of the can?<br>

thanks</p>

<p>No. In fact, you probably want the film in a flat plane if you want the image to look remotely normal.</p>

<p>thanks</p>

I used to do a lot of pinhole with camera bodies made out of things like oatmeal boxes. I liked the somewhat panorama effect that I got when the film followed the curve of the round box - the the exposure was more even since the pinhole was about the same distance from the edges and the center of the film. The sheet film holder was cardboard strips glued to the inside of the oatmeal box so that I could use a changing bag to insert the film. Taped the lid on, and had reinforced the bottom with a piece of wood with a threaded fitting so I could mount the camera on a tripod. Worked great, and now that my grand daughter is getting interested in pinhole I guess I need to make a couple of new ones.

One way to do it: