Pinhole Photography

I should have quantified my statement by saying that the reason a Leica pinhole would be of higher quality would be due to the use of rare earth tin, this tin can only be harvested from Coke cans bottled in Solms..........obviously.

Todd the troll
 
Todd.Hanz said:
Pinholes are cool, let me say this, that if Leica were to make a pinhole out of a Leica body cap, the resolution and bokeh would be far superior to any other pinhloe cap in production. I am sure that handholding a Leica pinhole down to 4 to 6 seconds would also be possible because of the smoother operation of the shutter. Has anyone seen my MTF charts for Leica pinholes, I know they are here somewhere................ :D :D


Todd the troll
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LMAO!

(the above message is too short, this is all mindless chuff in order to fill space)
 
Don't laugh too hard...Calumet sells body cap pinholes for Leica M and R...strangely, they are more expensive than any of the other's they sell? I am sure they just said, "well, they can afford it, so we will charge them it."
 
Dominic Le Fave,
funny!

And yes I checked out your pinholes, pretty cool!

Todd
 
rbiemer said:
What I find odd/amusing/ironic about this site is the post-processing done to sharpen the photos. Sort of defeats the purpose of using a pinhole.
But what the heck do I know?
Rob
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I'd hoped the small red band round the end of the pinhole zoom might be a clue :)

...but seriously, I decided to show the processed versions of the pictures as much as to show what you can do with image processing software (focus magic in this case) as to actually get a good picture -- I've got the more expensive of the two lenses mentioned if I need quality :)

bye for now
Keith Cooper
 
keith_cooper said:
I'd hoped the small red band round the end of the pinhole zoom might be a clue :)

...but seriously, I decided to show the processed versions of the pictures as much as to show what you can do with image processing software (focus magic in this case) as to actually get a good picture -- I've got the more expensive of the two lenses mentioned if I need quality :)

bye for now
Keith Cooper
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I really appriciate this, Kieth. The truth is that there are all kinds of reasons to mix high and low technology. The results of a digitally processed pinhole photo are completely different than a photo captured with a digital lens camera and then photoshoped. Just as there are reasons to use film, to use old lenses, and to use old cameras, there are reasons to use alternative camera designs and optics. Every change in the process produces different results.
 
Hi Kieth. I hope you know I was kidding mostly about the eccentricity of the zoom pinhole. I applaud the cleverness of it. . As for the sharpening - I dont have a problem with it, but I'm amazed at the amount of sharpening you did without hideous artifacts. And welcome to Rangefinderforum.
 
keith_cooper said:
I'd hoped the small red band round the end of the pinhole zoom might be a clue :)

...but seriously, I decided to show the processed versions of the pictures as much as to show what you can do with image processing software (focus magic in this case) as to actually get a good picture -- I've got the more expensive of the two lenses mentioned if I need quality :)

bye for now
Keith Cooper
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I actually like the pinhole-zoom and have made similar things myself. I have done pinhole for some years now and am currently looking for some LTM(well, I guess Zenit, really)extension tubes and a generic body cap for a "tri-elmarit" thingy. I look to pinhole photography for a fairly specific "look" and the post processing doesn't fit with my view of what I'm trying to do.
BUT, you are getting results you like[I certainly enjoyed the galleries!] and that's the important thing in all this!
I have bookmarked your site and will be spending more time there. Thanks for sharing it with us!
Rob
 
Pinhole cameras can produce a vivid, dreamlike photo that's hard to replicate with conventional lenses. I like 'em.
 
BJ Bignell said:
I've been doing some pinhole work with a modified Polaroid camera from the 70s. It's a lot of fun, and there's always something new or different.

Recent pictures: http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=512453
Related discussion: http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00CvE4
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Nice photos! This may have been mentioned in the discussion at photonet but one of this century's early Egyptologists used a pinhole lens on his camera so he could shoot photos of the artifacts while his workers could still work and not be imaged on the film.
Rob
 
Egyptoligist

Egyptoligist

rbiemer said:
Nice photos! This may have been mentioned in the discussion at photonet but one of this century's early Egyptologists used a pinhole lens on his camera so he could shoot photos of the artifacts while his workers could still work and not be imaged on the film.
Rob
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A friend of mine was just telling me about this and he said there was a large book with a comprehensive collection of these photos. He couldn't remember the name though. I can't find it in any online searches. You don't happen to remember the name of this Egyptoligist, do you?
 
dominicLF said:
A friend of mine was just telling me about this and he said there was a large book with a comprehensive collection of these photos. He couldn't remember the name though. I can't find it in any online searches. You don't happen to remember the name of this Egyptoligist, do you?
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No I can't right now :bang: I know there is at least one of the photos in Eric Renner's book. Which is also not at hand :bang: (I VERY rarely loan any of my non-fiction books but a VERY cute college girl is taking a photo course and wants to do some pinhole work as her final project. Couldn't quite say NO :rolleyes: )
Rob
 
rbiemer said:
No I can't right now :bang: I know there is at least one of the photos in Eric Renner's book. Which is also not at hand :bang: (I VERY rarely loan any of my non-fiction books but a VERY cute college girl is taking a photo course and wants to do some pinhole work as her final project. Couldn't quite say NO :rolleyes: )
Rob
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OK, found it. His name is Flinders Petrie. Renner has his photo of the Khafre Pyramid--a gorgous photo made with pinhole on glass negative, 1881.

Thanks!
 
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