Pinhole Camera Photography

article written by TW.

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originally uploaded by Jeff @ 8Banner Cams.

My recent visits to flickr have uncovered another new (to me anyway) source of some fantastic photography.

This time is in the “Pinhole Photography” section and by the looks of things this is legitimately pinhole - rather than the poor by comparison ones I tried with the help of photoshop.

This photo was taken with a large format (4×5″) camera and a six second exposure. The quality and effect of the photo are amazing. One of the main advantages of pinhole cameras is the massive depth of field, and here it is shown to great effect.

One day, if I win the lottery for example, I may be tempted into actually buying a pinhole camera but until then, I think I will have to make do with photoshop. Either way, if I could produce pictures like this I would be proud.

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3 Responses to “Pinhole Camera Photography”

  1. Heather Windows XP Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.6 wrote:

    As far as I know, you can make a pinhole camera witha box with a pinhole in it… (plus lightsensitive film in the back)

    This comment was written at September 19th, 2007 at 20:22,

  2. TW Windows XP Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.6 wrote:

    Yes, but it is not as simple when you want to use a digital camera :-) And working out the focus is far from easy…

    Some suggestions I have heard have gone along the lines of putting masking tape with a tiny hole at the end over the lens of your DSLR, but this scares me…

    This comment was written at September 19th, 2007 at 21:32,

  3. Marek Windows XP Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.8 wrote:

    Pinhole with a DSLR camera is fun, easy and cheap - just install a pinhole in the camera lens cap (or you can buy one). Some examples of my digital pinholes:
    http://www.pixelsaway.com/C1950980409/index.html

    How could you reproduce the pinhole depth of field in Photoshop?

    This comment was written at November 2nd, 2007 at 14:02,