Pin Hole Photography Rants
Apr 11, 2018 15:14:25 #
My last post, I've been shooting film for 50 years, I still look for the excitement in image development, 3D CG is the future.
The DSLR cameras today are computers, your I Phone is a computer that can take pictures, where is the camera, where is the lens. Your camera evolved from the Camera Obscure (15th Century) and France developed the first exploration of a camera and photography (1826), Eastman Kodak perfected the film, they didn't invent photography.
The attached photo was made in 1968 with a custom built (PINHOLE) camera out of museum board for rigid construction. Painted black on the inside and white on the outside-no camera body, the lens was a pinhole in a single sheet of .005 bronze. The film was Plus x 32 ASA 4x5, lighting was a 30 watt bulb, Exposure if I remember correctly, 30 sec, this was at night, aperture guess what, PIN HOLE.
Where is the factory body, where is the factory lens, this 4x5 negative was scanned as an original, never retouched or enhanced in PhotoShop, it is a direct scan from the negative by a professional lab, approx. 12mb file.
At the same time I was experimenting with two and three pin holes in the same brass sheet, looking for multiple exposure on the same negative.
This was probably the best result I got out of a night time shot. If I can fined the 2 and 3 pinhole negatives I will post them at a later date.
The so called students that wanted to prove they would be professional photographers thought it was a joke to build a pinhole camera, not one of them that I know of ever became a PRO! And one was a trust fund-er who had all of the best equipment in the class.
The DSLR cameras today are computers, your I Phone is a computer that can take pictures, where is the camera, where is the lens. Your camera evolved from the Camera Obscure (15th Century) and France developed the first exploration of a camera and photography (1826), Eastman Kodak perfected the film, they didn't invent photography.
The attached photo was made in 1968 with a custom built (PINHOLE) camera out of museum board for rigid construction. Painted black on the inside and white on the outside-no camera body, the lens was a pinhole in a single sheet of .005 bronze. The film was Plus x 32 ASA 4x5, lighting was a 30 watt bulb, Exposure if I remember correctly, 30 sec, this was at night, aperture guess what, PIN HOLE.
Where is the factory body, where is the factory lens, this 4x5 negative was scanned as an original, never retouched or enhanced in PhotoShop, it is a direct scan from the negative by a professional lab, approx. 12mb file.
At the same time I was experimenting with two and three pin holes in the same brass sheet, looking for multiple exposure on the same negative.
This was probably the best result I got out of a night time shot. If I can fined the 2 and 3 pinhole negatives I will post them at a later date.
The so called students that wanted to prove they would be professional photographers thought it was a joke to build a pinhole camera, not one of them that I know of ever became a PRO! And one was a trust fund-er who had all of the best equipment in the class.
Apr 11, 2018 19:35:35 #
Apr 11, 2018 20:19:03 #
I'm not sure what your point is. Pinhole cameras demonstrate that lenses aren't necessary to produce photographs. I have nothing against CG, but it isn't photography. Photography originates from light hitting a light sensitive material. Digital cameras aren't just computers, they just use a computer to translate the light hitting the sensor into images. Their lenses and shutters work the same as film cameras, and the principles of exposure and lighting are the same.
Your pinhole image could be much improved on a computer, or by a skilled printer printing the negative in the darkroom. It needs more contrast.
Your pinhole image could be much improved on a computer, or by a skilled printer printing the negative in the darkroom. It needs more contrast.
Apr 12, 2018 11:02:17 #
I agree but the image is original, I'm not interested in improving it, I did that and I prefer the original, and I'm working on a pin hole for my DSLR. As far as light and a lens, I've done pictograms in the darkroom with BW paper and light only, that's a photo process as well, no lens just light and texture material, then good old fashion developing in trays, that smell of fixure chemistry.
Apr 12, 2018 11:07:39 #
It looks like I misspelled fixer, and when I did do a contrast print that was back in 1968, I only have the original negative now and love the soft tonal value because of the time exposure.
Apr 12, 2018 18:49:34 #
Find the book Pinhole Photography by Eric Renner, or see his site at pinhole@gilanet.com. You'll love it. There are even pinholes for various cameras, a body cap with a laser Pinhole. With b&w film in my ae1 program looks very retro.
Apr 12, 2018 18:55:29 #
Damn, thanks for the tip, I always wanted to get back into pin for my daughters sake, she has wanted to explore this for some time now.
Apr 12, 2018 19:03:35 #
Apr 15, 2018 12:22:57 #
Anderzander,did you see my text about Pinhole camera kit? I think I posted in private. Would mail to you gratus.
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