Comments on: digital pinhole photography

By: Neil vN

Neil vN — Wed, 25 May 2011 23:02:02 +0000

Not a digital pinhole camera, but definitely the Rolls Royce of pinhole cameras. It really does look sexy. Neil vN

By: Nick Dvoracek

Nick Dvoracek — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 11:53:49 +0000

You guys oughta get some cardboard, opaque photographic tape and some film and go the whole way and build the entire camera. It’s easier than you might think.

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December 31, 2010 » Zettl Photography – St. Louis Photographer — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 06:44:07 +0000

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By: mynameisjennw

mynameisjennw — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 16:49:51 +0000

I made a pinhole lens last night for my dslr. The first one i tried the hole was too big. It took some playing around but by the end of the night i think i got it. I am looking forward to seeing what fun shots i can take with it. Thanks for the post!

By: Pinhole-ez

Pinhole-ez — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 15:03:46 +0000

Drill a hole on the body cover, it’s a simplest way to take digital pinhole picture, but the view angle is too small, with pinhole-ez,you can take wide angle pinhole picture,just like use medium format film.

By: sir jorge

sir jorge — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 22:17:58 +0000

i always thought it was complicated, but apparently not that hard

By: Stephanie Zettl

Stephanie Zettl — Tue, 18 May 2010 02:38:47 +0000

Ollie – While I’m not a expert at this and you statement is probably true, I think it is fair to say that any do it yourself pinhole camera will have this look.

Sean – Sanding down the metal with the hole in it is one of the steps I mention. The second hole I made was smaller and more uniform and it did lead to some better photos… it does take a bit of practice and precision. However, they still were soft in comparison to using a real lens.

By: AndyH

AndyH — Tue, 18 May 2010 01:12:23 +0000

I’ve wanted to try this technique for a while and bought a spare body cap from B&H so I didn’t ruin the original. I was wondering, does the projected image cover the whole sensor or do you get a circular image you then need to crop into? ie; if you were to create a ‘lens’ using this body-cap pinhole attached to say a toilet role tube, can you have different ‘focal lengths’? what distance away from the lens mount is the furthest away before a circular image results or have I got it the wrong way round?

By: Digital Pinhole | NJ Photography Forum

Digital Pinhole | NJ Photography Forum — Tue, 18 May 2010 00:52:59 +0000

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By: Sean

Sean — Mon, 17 May 2010 08:03:32 +0000

From my past making real film pinhole cameras is that you need to make sure the hole really is pretty perfect. Using the aluminium from a can works fine, but when you make a hole with the pin it deforms the metal around the hole and makes more of a crater rather than a hole. what you need to do is get some very high grit wet&dry sandpaper and carefully and lightly de-burr the opposite side of the hole from where you stuck the pin into. This makes a much higher quality pinhole. Please try it out and let us know how it goes as i am curious if this is the reason why the pictures you took were slightly soft focus, which i think it may be.