Pinhole macrographology

[Torus34]

Pinhole rigs have great DOF. It's often exploited in those beautiful warm, fuzzy landscapes they can produce.

If I'm not mistaken, though, that self-same DOF hasn't been put to work in pinhole macro work to any great extent. I'm going there with my trusty old 8x10. Should be an interesting trip.

Comments?

 

[Jim Jones]

You may be disappointed. Sharpness falls off rapidly when you move into the macro zone. It might work fine for a few subjects. Let us know how you fare.

 

[NedL]

I've played around with macro pinhole, using a 0.15mm pinhole on a camera with about 4 inch "focal" length. It can be a challenge to figure out the lighting when the subject is less than an inch from the pinhole and the shape of the camera is boxy or cylindrical.

I haven't scanned many of mine, but you can (there was a url link here which no longer exists). That's the negative, and the hypo crystals were about 1/4 inch or less from the pinhole. They were on a piece of glass lit from behind. Sort of like a "pinhole microscope"!

Have fun!

 

[Chris Livsey]

Approx 0.2mm pinhole a makro "selfie" using a mirror, many apologies for the M8 it was a quick test, I will be repeating on film ASAP, on a 111c this using a LTM/M bayonet adapter.

 

[Torus34]

@ NedL:

Saw your linked photo of hypo xtals. The operative word for my reaction is 'impressed!'

Thanks for taking time to post.

 

[NedL]

@ NedL:

Saw your linked photo of hypo xtals. The operative word for my reaction is 'impressed!'

Thanks for taking time to post.

I should have mentioned that's a 5x7 inch negative, so quite a magnification factor. Definitely fun to try.