Post Your Pinhole Picture

[JoeV]

Okay, enough of this equipment talk about pinhole cameras. Who cares if it's made from aluminum or brass, handmade or laser etched? Here's a shot from a camera made from a photo storage box.

Let's see yours.

~Joe

 

[GeneW]

Nice winter scene, Joe. Here's one of mine (from my first-ever pinhole roll).

Self Portrait (while solving a sudoku)

Zero 6x9, Plus-X

 

[dazedgonebye]

Saved

 

[petronius]

Homemade cherrywood-pinholecamera; f220, 24x45mm on 35mm-film

 

[santino]

Pitxu, that one's really cool

 

[petronius]

Pixtu, everyone I showed this camera loved the knobs!

 

[arowe]

My mother found this print (negative) last week and posted it through to me. - Probably the first photo I ever made. I was 6 and off school ill for a long period. Camera was an instant mashed potato tin and the film was printing paper.

 

[sanmich]

Me and my daughter.

1 minute exposure.

4x5 home made camera.





HP5 in rodinal

Cool thread BTW !!

 

[dazedgonebye]

My mother found this print (negative) last week and posted it through to me. - Probably the first photo I ever made. I was 6 and off school ill for a long period. Camera was an instant mashed potato tin and the film was printing paper.

Obviously, you're a born photographer.

What a great thing to have, a picture taken at 6.

 

[george1956]

Converted Foldex 20 pinhole double exposure

Converted Foldex 20 pinhole double exposure

I tried putting a pinhole on a Foldex 20 and took some closeups. I left the bellows on but am thinking of taking it out for a wide angle.

 

[dazedgonebye]

I tried putting a pinhole on a Foldex 20 and took some closeups. I left the bellows on but am thinking of taking it out for a wide angle.

I converted my folder to wide angle and am happy with it.

 

[Vagabond]

Pinhole Shots

Pinhole Shots

Both taken with my Super Speed Graphic and home made pinhole. It's incredible how much detail you can pick up with just a pinhole.

 

[dazedgonebye]

Hey Steve, That looks pretty interesting.

Could you explain a little what you did?

Did you take out the glass?

To what did you fix the pinhole?


Pitxu.

I have several shots of the conversion process at this flickr set.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevemphoto/sets/72157600694635077

Yes, the lens is removed...just screws out.

At first, I had the pinhole behind the shutter, but it vignetted heavily, so I moved it in front (not shown in this picture).

To mount the pinhole:
I bought very thin aluminum from the hardware store and cut a circle just smaller than the lens mount and larger than the shutter opening...so it sits in the lens mount.
I drilled a hole in the center of that disc and mounted the purchased pinhole on the disc with aluminum tape.
I also bought a black rubber washer and trimmed that down to be just a bit bigger than the lens mount in the shutter. I simply pressed that in on top of the pinhole/aluminum disc assembly.
The rubber washer retains the disc by friction and seals the light leaks around the disc as well.

 

[dazedgonebye]

Thanks Steve, you're giving me ideas, think I'll look around for a cheap old folder!


Pitxu.

Look for one that has a cable release socket. One of the simple agfas like I used is ideal.

 

[M C H]

Gene, that's a lovely self-portrait. It has a haunting element that reminds me of an exhibit I saw at the Denver Art Museum many years ago. The photographer had travelled across the country shooting the interiors of the grand old art deco movie theaters, in all their sorry disrepair. A few of them were still in use, and they were shot with time lapse - rendering the screen an ethereal, glowing white and the seats, though filled with people, were emptied except for an occasional disembodied arm, draped over the seat-back nearby and still enough to register distinctly, or the meandering ghostly outline of a head now and again.

The way the focus of your picture is filled with light, with the shadows almost consuming the room, and you - it's very nicely done.

 

[Nando]

A five-minute exposure at a family dinner in Portugal. We were feasting on the left-overs from my cousin Pedro's wedding that took place the day before. From left-to-right - my cousin Paulo, my cousin Joel, my other cousin Paulo and my father.


My cousin Paulo. The pinhole camera was placed on the table.

 

[Doug]

GeneW I very much like yours... The exposure was right, fine tonality, and the sharpness is surprisingly good. Your pinhole must be Multi-Coated.

 

[GeneW]

Pitxu, M C H, Doug, thanks for your kind comments. Given that this was my first attempt at pinhole photography, I got lucky.

This is a fun thread. I'm enjoying all your images.

 

[Wayno]

Lots of great pinhole pics. Here are a few from my pinhole, made from a ZI Nettar folder that was way beyond repair.

 

[petronius]

Lots of great pictures here. The simplicity of the pinhole seems to be interesting for the most photographers. Converted Agfa Box and two contact prints on Cyano-paper