16mm motion picture camera

Ed,

I'm wondering about your goal with this project. If you want an image as sharp as a lens, why not just use a lens? Wouldn't that achieve your goal in the easiest way? Or are you choosing a pinhole rather than a lens for a greater depth of field? Would a wide angle lens with a greater depth of field serve your purpose? What about a lens from one of the millions of "spy" cameras advertised all over the internet? Would that give you what you want?

A pinhole is not going to give you the sharpness of a lens. Pinhole images have their own special advantages and can provide unique, special results, and can even be rather sharp if that's what someone wants, but not as sharp as a lens. If sharpness is important for your project, I doubt you will be satisfied with the results. Of course, if you're going for a more ethereal, dreamy atmosphere and mood, you might be pleasantly surprised with the results.

- Gregg

> -----Original Message-----
> From: edwin gendron [mailto:egendron@vt.edu]
> Sent: Monday, October 02, 2000 3:42 PM
> To: pinhole-discussion@pinhole.com
> Subject: Re: [pinhole-discussion] John Gray's message: A matter of
> understanding?
>
>
> Do you think that pinhole photo can be as sharp as lens photography?
> Simply seen as softer because of lack of comparison to things which
> are outside depth-of -field??
> I am trying to learn all I can, I am interested in applying a pinhole
> lens to a 16mm motion picture camera (in single-frame animation mode)
> and have heard some people say that pinhole will not make a decent
> image in a small format.
> Any opinions?
> -Ed Gendron
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Received on Mon Oct 2 16:45:33 2000