"Pinhole camera", you're doing it wrong!

jcc · Apr 13, 2013

I really have no words to describe this travesty, so I'll just let the photos speak for themselves...

Cybertrash · Apr 13, 2013

Ouch....

Newt_on_Swings · Apr 13, 2013

Makes a nice artsy night light! Haha looks like it could be a spray on plastidip project.

lxdude · Apr 13, 2013

Looks kinda purty...

Maybe some pinhead was poking around inside the bellows...

MartinP · Apr 13, 2013

Perhaps the holes make it lighter to carry?

Ouch indeed . . .

AgX · Apr 13, 2013

That is the original Linhof bellows?

Existing Light · Apr 13, 2013

Ok, so I got back in last night from driving from Huntsville, Alabama to Raleigh, North Carolina and back in two days, and my first thought was the pinhole should be where the lens is and not in the bellows. Then I was like "Oh! The camera bellows is bad!"

Matthew Wagg · Apr 13, 2013

That's some serious light leakage :confused:

bsdunek · Apr 13, 2013

Matthew Wagg said:
That's some serious light leakage :confused:

That was my thought. Gonna take a lot of black tape!

wildbill · Apr 13, 2013

Linhof isn't known for good bellows. I'd go for a set from the "ecbuyonline2008" guy on ebay.

lxdude · Apr 13, 2013

bsdunek said:
That was my thought. Gonna take a lot of black tape!

Or just use it on dark nights...

polyglot · Apr 13, 2013

Hey guys, I assume you're ragging on it for the bellows being full of holes, but that just looks like glossy bellows to me (why!?) not holes therein.

DannL · Apr 14, 2013

I had a 5x7 that was like that. Sold it to a feller in Norman.

Just kidding.

winger · Apr 14, 2013

polyglot said:
Hey guys, I assume you're ragging on it for the bellows being full of holes, but that just looks like glossy bellows to me (why!?) not holes therein.

In photo #2, the caption states the external lights are off. The only light in the photo is inside the bellows. And it's lighting everything within 6 inches of the bellows.

My condolences.

AgX · Apr 14, 2013

Obviously there is some residual room light in photograph #2.

lxdude · Apr 14, 2013

I guess you could convert the bellows into a lampshade...

jcc · Apr 16, 2013

AgX said:
That is the original Linhof bellows?

Yes, it is.

jcc · Apr 16, 2013

polyglot said:
Hey guys, I assume you're ragging on it for the bellows being full of holes, but that just looks like glossy bellows to me (why!?) not holes therein.

The third photo (3/5) is a shot from the inside, where it's not supposed to be glossy, shows perforated light leaks. Trust me, they're holes.

nicholai · Apr 16, 2013

You can easily tell its pinholes by the "borke balls"

"Pinhole camera", you're doing it wrong!

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