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Pinhole Lens

Postby aim54x on Sat Jul 31, 2010 10:01 pm

With the recent talk of Pinhole lenses reminding me that I have one that I spent way too much money on I dug it out and took it on a walk.

It almost made me cry when I saw the dust bunnies on my newly cleaned sensor...thank god that they are on the periphery and will never show at even f/32

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I wish that was taken with a Pinhole!!!

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Trying to hand hold 1/10 @ Hi 1 (3200) didnt work too well and I really needed more light
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Re: Pinhole Lens

Postby biggerry on Sat Jul 31, 2010 11:19 pm

aim54x wrote:With the recent talk of Pinhole lenses reminding me that I have one that I spent way too much money on I dug it out and took it on a walk.


:rotfl2:

its takes blurry pictures, take it back :rotfl2:

I reckon this is one of the those very specialised devices that if used correctly could produce nice results - I think teh composition would be key, choosing the right subject and compo would be quite difficult.
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Re: Pinhole Lens

Postby aim54x on Sun Aug 01, 2010 10:27 am

biggerry wrote:
aim54x wrote:With the recent talk of Pinhole lenses reminding me that I have one that I spent way too much money on I dug it out and took it on a walk.


:rotfl2:

its takes blurry pictures, take it back :rotfl2:

I reckon this is one of the those very specialised devices that if used correctly could produce nice results - I think teh composition would be key, choosing the right subject and compo would be quite difficult.


Its pretty though....yes subject and composition would be very important when using this lens
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Re: Pinhole Lens

Postby zafra52 on Sun Aug 01, 2010 10:30 am

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Re: Pinhole Lens

Postby biggerry on Sun Aug 01, 2010 9:35 pm

aim54x wrote:Its pretty though....


it looks like what I see without my contacts in. :lol:
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Re: Pinhole Lens

Postby aim54x on Sun Aug 01, 2010 11:31 pm

biggerry wrote:
aim54x wrote:Its pretty though....


it looks like what I see without my contacts in. :lol:


I didnt realise you wore contacts.... :cheers:
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Re: Pinhole Lens

Postby surenj on Mon Aug 02, 2010 1:36 pm

Cameron,

These look too soft to be effective.

biggerry wrote:it looks like what I see without my contacts in.

:mrgreen:


The pinhole examples I have seen on the web are little soft but have strong vignettes but not as soft as this. Is there something technically wrong? :?: Maybe your pinhole is not focusing on the sensor properly?

aim54x wrote:Its pretty though....yes subject and composition would be very important when using this lens

Perhaps more stationary objects may be better.
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Re: Pinhole Lens

Postby surenj on Mon Aug 02, 2010 6:44 pm

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Re: Pinhole Lens

Postby aim54x on Mon Aug 02, 2010 11:04 pm

I dont think it was the camera....no ugly mug mounted to the camera!
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Re: Pinhole Lens

Postby surenj on Tue Aug 03, 2010 10:30 am

Hmm... In that case it must be that you haven't stopped down enough... :D kidding
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Re: Pinhole Lens

Postby aim54x on Tue Aug 03, 2010 9:17 pm

surenj wrote:Hmm... In that case it must be that you haven't stopped down enough... :D kidding


I'll remember to bring out the finer pinhole next time!
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