Pinhole Camera

[Graeme F]

Going to turn my DSLR into a pinhole camera this weekend courtesy of a lens cap meeting its destiny. Will post the, er, more interesting results....

 

[AlanLichty]

Curious to see what this results in.......

 

[JimFox]

Oh how fun! I could try that with my broken D810 since it’s missing the lens mount anyway...

 

[JimFox]

How small are you making the hole?

 

[Graeme F]

well I am going to drill out a hole with the smallest bit i can find, then place a foil patch on the back of the lens cap and secure with black tape. Then will gently puncture the foil with the tip of a pin to make the smallest hole i can with the cleanest edges. Not sure how small that will be. I did read somewhere online that something on these lines would be the equivalent of f/200 or thereabouts!

 

[JimFox]

well I am going to drill out a hole with the smallest bit i can find, then place a foil patch on the back of the lens cap and secure with black tape. Then will gently puncture the foil with the tip of a pin to make the smallest hole i can with the cleanest edges. Not sure how small that will be. I did read somewhere online that something on these lines would be the equivalent of f/200 or thereabouts!

I am out on the road, I wonder what I have with me that I could also make one..

This could be a fun community wide Challenge Graeme.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Looking forward to the images Graeme. An easy experiment - can get a body cap for a couple of bucks off ebay to try.

 

[Graeme F]

well done the deed and drilled the lens cap:

 

[Graeme F]

 

[Graeme F]

will have to wait till the weekend to test tho!

 

[Graeme F]

Ok here go two samples. Using DSLR has its advantages as liveview still worked and could adjust ISO and length of exposure. Wonder if that counts as cheating?

 

[Graeme F]

 

[JimFox]

Wow Graeme!!!

It worked!!!

These are awesome, really awesome.

I will get to my daughters today, I am ordering a couple camera body caps so I can do this too.

 

[Graeme F]

Thanks Jim. It worked better than I thought. Having it on a digital body really helps. I think that it makes life easier if shot in bright conditions

 

[JimFox]

I ordered a pack of 2 generic Nikon body caps for $7. They will be at my daughters tomorrow

 

[AlanLichty]

Interesting result for such a primitive method of photography.

 

[Graeme F]

I wonder if you could do star trails with a pinhole camera ?

 

[JimFox]

I wonder if you could do star trails with a pinhole camera ?

You must be reading my mind!!! I was thinking the same thing.

I am guessing the pinhole might need to be a little larger? Unless like you said you are just going for star trails.

 

[Graeme F]

I think the larger the hole the focus will suffer. Tho more light in. Hmm a compromise like everything else

 

[Alisa]

This is a really cool Idea I like the effect!