Recent content by Grandpa Ron

For a while, I was immersed in Black and White. Trying variations of shooting, developing, printing, cropping, techniques etc. Trying to get the perfect formula for the perfect shot. I managed to produce a number of great pictures which I am proud of. However, eventually I discovered that the...

Like many photographers today, I usually swing my digital camera up to my eye and shoot. If I want to try some weird angle or other chancy shot, I just keep pushing the shutter. However, if I want to experience real photography, I take the time to set up my 1909 Senica 4x5. cut film camera. A...

This reminds me of just hiking into the woods and sitting down to silently listen and watch. Something, you never know what, will happen. Congratulations on your ingenuity and persistence.

Brian, As you have discovered there is a lot of theory and design that goes into pinhole optimization and construction. I have played with pinholes in 35mm, digital and 4x5 cameras, for several years. I have learned the following. The biggest thing you have going for you is your 5x7 format...

I shoot what my late uncle left me in the 1970's. It was a 1909 Seneca 4x5 and some film holder. After some restoration and a 1950's vintage Wollensak lens, it has been a real hoot to shoot.

Kind of late to the party but here is a post that shows the fun is in the doing. I inherited this late 1930's or early '40 Kodak auto focusing enlarger from my uncle in the 1970's. I stuck in the attic until 6 or 7 years ago. Then I retired and decided to restore it and a 1909 4x5 field camera...

Fine art is whatever you define it to be. I think the Hudson Valley School of painting is fine art. I think concert violin is fine art. I think Ansel Adams photography is fine art. I think certain guitar plying styles are fine art. I think traditional mountain Banjo styles are fine art. By my...

Ned, you certainly got farther the I did. I was thinking of an electric/mechanical shutter tripped by a timer. Maybe the shutter from an old camera tripped by a selenoid. However, your idea sound very interesting. I certainly would like to see the results. Unfortunately I live in an area...

Ned L, While most folks see the lines on paper, for those of us that tinker in sundials, you can the line spacing in relationship to an Analemma pattern. Cool stuff for us sky watchers. Thanks

Matt, Interesting discussion on lens nodal points. I learn something new every day. However, for the sake of this post, I simply wanted to indicate the apparently enlarged view. Since the dictionary defined telephoto as; tel·e·pho·to /ˈteləˌfōdō/..noun...1. a lens with a longer focal length...

ic-racer, You are correct. This point has been discussed before. By definition Telephoto implies the use of a lens to magnify and object, making it look closer or larger than normal. Since a pinhole camera does not use a lens it cannot magnify an image. Instead a pinhole projects an image...

When taking a pinhole picture I have always wondered how much of the scene am I capturing? So, while setting up some experiments with my pinhole and view camera I noted the following results for an f 256 and f 500 pinhole setup. The subject was an old oil well pump exhibit at the State Park on...

As awty mentioned it is great when people make their own stuff. I grew up with the do-it-yourself generation where performance out weighted looks. There are still thing I like to build or modify but micro-circuits and computers have replace a lot of springs and levers. Still film is film, it...

Well, as I mentioned previously, "No good deed goes unpunished". So I guess we have come full circle on this subject. Even if I knew there was a Hybrid forum, I certainly would have not have associated it with the Pinhole Forum. So, that was my error. I think that most folks scan their pinhole...

Boy there is a lot of over-thinking going on here, Let me make this perfectly clear; I find it most annoying to have a great pinhole print in hand, only have it look second rate when posted to this board. I discovered a method to overcome this loss of fidelity. My intent was simply to pass...