[kNox]

I was browsing the internet yesterday and came upon this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bodiegroup/.../lightbox/

The guy took the photo with a pinhole camera that he made. Awesome or what?

Does anybody here work with pinhole cameras? I have to admit it's the first time I've ever seen one take photos this good.

[PhotoPlay]

Interesting subject and how it was done. Never tried it and will definitely love to know more about it.

[kNox]

Apparently, this is what the camera looks like:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bodiegroup/...otostream/
And another one:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pdxpixs/848...4//sizes/c

[PhotoPlay]

Browsing the net and see articles related to pinhole. Also you need to compute for its exposure time depends on the distance of the subject and the size of pinhole. Whats its interesting is the smaller the pinhole is the sharper the image it can capture.

[bodiegroup]

Thanks for the nice words about my shot. A couple things about the pinhole cameras...

1.) they work great with simple comps
2.) because of their fstop they allow for long exposures during bright days, best shots take advantage of that
3.) I meter with a iPhone app called "Pocket Light Meter". it meters to f512 and is quite accurate.
4.) "the smaller the pinhole is the sharper the image it can capture" that isn't <always> true. it's more a matter of how 'clean' the hole is. a hole with rough edges will be a softer shot.

I have 2 cameras (a 6x9 and a 4x5 pinhole) built by a good friend of mine. His Name is Don Pyle and he can be found on Flickr. He sells these cameras... given how goegeous they are, they're cheap, about $250.

If you have any other questions I'd be happy to answer them. Cheers.

BTW: here's most of my pinhole stuff... most of the crappy stuff is from when I started... it's very much a learned process

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bodiegroup/...724723371/

[Beckylouise]

I was browsing the internet yesterday and came upon this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bodiegroup/.../lightbox/

The guy took the photo with a pinhole camera that he made. Awesome or what?

Does anybody here work with pinhole cameras? I have to admit it's the first time I've ever seen one take photos this good.

Wow, I have enough trouble just trying to get anything recognisable out of them; it appears I have much to learn...

[Barbara G.]

Welcome to the photography forum, bodiegroup! Nice portfolio on the pin hole camera shots! Thanks for joining us and we look forward to learning more about you and your photography adventures!

[vlad]

The escalator photo is stunning.

[bodiegroup]

Thanks, much appreciated.

[melvin]

I used to use a oatmeal container, and used a tiny needle to make a hole in tinfoil, and used 4x5 film cut into a circle, it was a lot of fun but also if you dont like wet darkroom work you might want to forget it., especially if it gets really warm

[PhotoPlay]

I want to see this DIY pinhole using oatmeal thing Melvin And the darkroom processing how it was done for pinhole photography. I'm too curious to built one someday.

[melvin]

take a empty oatmeal container, cut a small hole on the bottom and tape some tinfoil on it, use a really small needle and poke a hole, clean off the excess on the inside of the hole and put your film in the dark of course inside the lid, and take ouside, and uncover the hole and expose by counting will need to experiment, but i usually used maybe 2 or 3 seconds with plus x 4x5 sheet film, you will need to experiment, then process with your favorite chemical, i used to use d76 and little extra metol, you will need to experiment as i said, then standard stop bath and fix and really good wash, and if you have 4x5 enlarger you can use heavy paper to cover the sides and then expose in enlarger

[kNox]

take a empty oatmeal container, cut a small hole on the bottom and tape some tinfoil on it, use a really small needle and poke a hole, clean off the excess on the inside of the hole and put your film in the dark of course inside the lid, and take ouside, and uncover the hole and expose by counting will need to experiment, but i usually used maybe 2 or 3 seconds with plus x 4x5 sheet film, you will need to experiment, then process with your favorite chemical, i used to use d76 and little extra metol, you will need to experiment as i said, then standard stop bath and fix and really good wash, and if you have 4x5 enlarger you can use heavy paper to cover the sides and then expose in enlarger

Honestly, that sounds for too much work for "pinhole camera" results. How did yours do?

[melvin]

well, mine was before they started making pinhole kits and cameras, and it did ok, nothing i would pay a lot of money for, soft images of course,