daveleo
what?
JoeV
Thin Air, Bright Sun
@Dave; Yes, mainly weather protection, but also keeps the box cooler in the heat of the sun (it being constructed of otherwise black material).
~Joe
~Joe
Snowbuzz
Well-known
Lovely images! I just love Harman's Titan pinhole camera. I have the 4X5 version.
Ilford Delta 100.
Ilford Delta 100.
rcwater
Newbie
charjohncarter
Veteran
One of our members, who seems to be inactive right now, turned me on to Lenox Laser. They make a beautiful pinhole. It is a cost but they are really nice.
http://www.lenoxlaser.com/
http://www.lenoxlaser.com/
Luvitech
Luvitech
Going back to basics is awesome... 
This is one of my first tryouts with LUVI-66M :
and another one :
This is one of my first tryouts with LUVI-66M :
and another one :
JoeV
Thin Air, Bright Sun
Here are some digital pinhole images, taken with a Pinwide body cap on a micro-4/3 G1 body.
Garden:
Selfie:
Shadow:
Garden:
Selfie:
Shadow:
Luvitech
Luvitech
Nice shots... What size is your pinhole? Are you using a home made one?
JoeV
Thin Air, Bright Sun
Nice photo, Luvitech. I'm using the Wanderlust Pinwide body cap, with chemically etched pinhole. Here's their link:
http://wanderlustcameras.com/products/pinwide.html
I've also used a hand made pinhole in a standard micro-4/3 body cap but it's not a recessed design like the pinwide and hence isn't as wide of an angle of view.
~Joe
http://wanderlustcameras.com/products/pinwide.html
I've also used a hand made pinhole in a standard micro-4/3 body cap but it's not a recessed design like the pinwide and hence isn't as wide of an angle of view.
~Joe
daveleo
what?
Nice stuff up above !
Here is my latest . . .
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Here is my latest . . .
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rtphotos
Established
Nice examples, everyone!
Dave, I do like the last one you posted of the guitar. The soft dreaminess is quite appealing.
I can't get enough of pinholes - using them and also making them! Here is photo of a few of my most recently made pinhole cameras as they appeared on Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day 2013!
And here is a link to my Flickr set showing pinhole photos made that day:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/36exposures/sets/72157633479279554
Keep on pinholing, WPPD 2014 is only 4 months away!
rt
Dave, I do like the last one you posted of the guitar. The soft dreaminess is quite appealing.
I can't get enough of pinholes - using them and also making them! Here is photo of a few of my most recently made pinhole cameras as they appeared on Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day 2013!
And here is a link to my Flickr set showing pinhole photos made that day:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/36exposures/sets/72157633479279554
Keep on pinholing, WPPD 2014 is only 4 months away!
rt
daveleo
what?
Nice examples, everyone!
Dave, I do like the last one you posted of the guitar. The soft dreaminess is quite appealing.
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Keep on pinholing, WPPD 2014 is only 4 months away!
rt
Ross,
Love your Flickr pinhole sets! Quite a set of galleries, and they are beautiful ! Inspiring.
My guitar is actually a small Christmas tree ornament that I saw in a store and thought of this idea.
rtphotos
Established
My guitar is actually a small Christmas tree ornament that I saw in a store and thought of this idea.
Dave, that's very cool! One of the interesting things about pinhole photography is the ability to play with scale. I would not have guessed that your guitar was a small ornament!
Just for kicks, here are a couple stringed instrument pinhole images.
Home-made 4x5 pinhole camera, FP-100C45:
Transaquatype (from pinhole image above):
I hope you continue your exploration with pinholes. Pinhole caps today, handmade pinhole cameras tomorrow?!
Go for it!ross
daveleo
what?
The year end holidays slowed me down quite a bit on this topic.
Here is my first pinhole of 2014 !
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Here is my first pinhole of 2014 !
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robert blu
quiet photographer
Hi Dave, you are improving day after day love the guitar shot! And 2014 seems to start in a good way!
robert
love the guitar shot! And 2014 seems to start in a good way!robert
JoeV
Thin Air, Bright Sun
For the new year, a newly built 5x7 format camera made from a cardboard photo storage box. It has an internal storage compartment for extra paper, changed out using a changing bag.
The camera:
The insides, with the storage compartment flipped up as it would be inside a changing bag. The exposure area is to the left:
And a first image, onto grade 2 paper:
More details about the camera are here.
~Joe
The camera:
The insides, with the storage compartment flipped up as it would be inside a changing bag. The exposure area is to the left:
And a first image, onto grade 2 paper:
More details about the camera are here.
~Joe
jammcat
Lick My Lens Cap
Digital pinholes shouldn't be so soft. Some of these examples are just completely out of focus, which would generally point to a pinhole that was made too large. Think about it, a tiny pinhole = a huge f-stop number, which usually means a pretty fantastic DOF.
You could make a pinhole camera out of an Altoids tin that is sharper. In fact:
http://chriskeeney.com/mintycam-altoids-candy-tin-pinhole-camera
You could make a pinhole camera out of an Altoids tin that is sharper. In fact:
http://chriskeeney.com/mintycam-altoids-candy-tin-pinhole-camera
daveleo
what?
Digital pinholes shouldn't be so soft. Some of these examples are just completely out of focus, which would generally point to a pinhole that was made too large. Think about it, a tiny pinhole = a huge f-stop number, which usually means a pretty fantastic DOF.
You could make a pinhole camera out of an Altoids tin that is sharper. In fact:
http://chriskeeney.com/mintycam-altoids-candy-tin-pinhole-camera
I love the soft look I'm getting from pinholes. Actually that's the look that pulled me into this.
I was using soft filters on lenses and also adding soft layers in postprocessing. For this pinole stuff, I'm good with what the "lens" gives me.
If I wanted sharp and huge DOF, I would do exactly what you said - shoot a sharp lens at a small aperture, camera on a tripod, low ISO. But that is not what I am after with pinholes.
To each his own.
JoeV
Thin Air, Bright Sun
Digital pinholes shouldn't be so soft. Some of these examples are just completely out of focus, which would generally point to a pinhole that was made too large. Think about it, a tiny pinhole = a huge f-stop number, which usually means a pretty fantastic DOF.
You could make a pinhole camera out of an Altoids tin that is sharper. In fact:
http://chriskeeney.com/mintycam-altoids-candy-tin-pinhole-camera
It is possible to make the pinhole too small for its focal length, at which point any advantage in sharpness due to a high focal ratio is offset by diffraction. That's why there's an optimal pinhole size for any focal length. Which is why cameras with longer focal lengths - implying larger formats, for equivalent angles of view - are generally sharper.
But sharpness is not everything to an image, it depends on the intent of the artist.
Here's an example of an image from a pinhole camera made purposefully soft, by an aperture fully 6mm wide, with a 150mm focal length onto 4x5 paper, so wide that I call it a "pencil hole" camera. The subject, though barely recognizable, is somewhat on the cusp between abstraction and representation.
~Joe
jammcat
Lick My Lens Cap
Pinholes still have a dreamlike softness and specific look to them, even when the huge DOF puts the image into relative focus without a lens.
Still, there is a difference between pinhole soft and complete out of focus.
But there is no wrong experimentation with photography-- if that is the look that you are going for, then by all means.