Do you have a pinhole camera objective?

Andrew O'Neill · Feb 11, 2020

I'm just a shoe box tin foil kinda guy...but I do have a Holga Wide pinhole! Pinholing is loads of fun!

BSP · Feb 11, 2020

"If you build it, they will come."

I was very pleased to fumble this image together with a roll of Tri-X 120 in a modified-for-pinhole (f/400) Lubitel 166, using a lenscap for a shutter, shielding the blistering storm with my ample body-girth for the required exposure of about 7 seconds and developing it in Xtol and printing it on Foma Variant Velvet paper.

Sorry for the crude scan quality, but I assure you the print is really pinsharp

Indeed, the objective is to have fun!

mshchem · Feb 11, 2020

BSP said:
"If you build it, they will come."

I was very pleased to fumble this image together with a roll of Tri-X 120 in a modified-for-pinhole (f/400) Lubitel 166, using a lenscap for a shutter, shielding the blistering storm with my ample body-girth for the required exposure of about 7 seconds and developing it in Xtol and printing it on Foma Variant Velvet paper.

Sorry for the crude scan quality, but I assure you the print is really pinsharp

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Indeed, the objective is to have fun!

I have ample body girth. I may need to try this!

scheimfluger_77 · Feb 13, 2020

Yes i did this once, it works quite well. Just remember that your GN will require a closer flash to subject distance.

Grandpa Ron · Feb 15, 2020

BSP nice shot. I would expect that an f400 would give a fine picture. I have settled on f360 for now. However, I recently made a smaller pinhole which I should be able to get to an f500.

I do have the advantage of a 4x5 negative (approx.10cm x 13 cm) so I can make a decent contact print.

Do you have a pinhole camera objective?

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