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For a pinhole camera, the hole diameter is usually up to 1/100th of the distance from the hole to the screen or film upon which the image is to fall on.

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I think they are meant to be tiny, like it says pinhole. I dont know if that is right but I'm pretty sure my science teacher told us that last year, hop it helps :)

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