LF Pinhole - design and building

[Barry Kirsten]

Lovely work, Chris... cameras and images. Particularly like last image.

[chris73]

Thank you both. I found fun and interesting the pinhole photography.

[Louis Pacilla]

I very much agree with Randy & Barry on this Chris, both cameras and images are great.

[Barry Kirsten]

I made this camera a couple of months ago out of scraps of White Cypress decking timber that I couldn't see go to waste. Size is 5x7, pinhole size 0.4mm, pinhole-film distance 100mm, speed f/250. The pinhole is on a movable panel that allows +/- 25mm shift, most useful in vertical compositions. Full rise was used in both of these pics. Film was cut down Kodak 5x12 dental panorama x-ray film (exp. 2009) developed in Pyrocat HD. I do like this film.

[Tin Can]

Like!

I am working on a Zone Plate ‘pinhole’ metal cone camera too slowly

[Havoc]

I made this camera a couple of months ago out of scraps of White Cypress decking timber that I couldn't see go to waste. Size is 5x7, pinhole size 0.4mm, pinhole-film distance 100mm, speed f/250. The pinhole is on a movable panel that allows +/- 25mm shift, most useful in vertical compositions. Full rise was used in both of these pics. Film was cut down Kodak 5x12 dental panorama x-ray film (exp. 2009) developed in Pyrocat HD. I do like this film.

Love the camera and the photos. That film works very well.

Question: how do you judge the shift with a pinhole? I would expect the image on a screen to be far to dim to even see it.

[scheinfluger_77]

It’s pinhole, there is no GG for viewing. You basically point the camera, or shift the pinhole by best guess.

[Barry Kirsten]

Steve's right. I have sighting dots - small cut down nails with painted heads - to indicate where the camera is looking. But they are only for the pinhole centred. When the pinhole is shifted I just have to hope that everything is in the composition. Fortunately 100mm on 5x7 gives a somewhat wide angle view which allows some room for error. In the shot of the tree I gave the fill rise and aimed accordingly and got the composition I wanted.

[blindpig]

Great looking camera Barry and the pictures are really neat also.Glad to see some of the old f295 gang still active.
Keep up the good work....
Don

[Barry Kirsten]

Thanks Don, you too. I've discovered a lot of great videos on pinhole by Joe VanCleave on YouTube... another Great from f/295. Warm wishes to you!