"pinhole noise", secret holes, and "sampling" grapes

I think there's a good example of the "pinhole noise" that Rusty is talking
about in the preface of Eric Renner's book. It's the image made from a
handbag with a hole cut in it.

I think it has the kind of "secret hole" effect that Lisa mentioned?

Here's my embarrassing contribution to the two topics...
http://www.rahji.com/images/pinhole_chairhole.jpg

Here's why it happened.. This is a polaroid land camera that I bought for $2
and modified so that the shutter stays open as long as you hold the button
down...
http://www.rahji.com/images/polaroidmishap.jpg

The shutter works great.. except that (a) there's obviously a light leak in
the left side of the frame.. and (b) the pinhole has to be mounted in FRONT
of the shutter which I guess is why I got the "secret hole" effect. :)

Oh.. the last part of the subject.. I got hassled by a security guard when I
was taking that picture. Holding the button down with one hand and holding
the camera still with the other. I had to ask him to read what the
stopwatch around my neck said since I couldn't move. Kind of felt like
getting caught sampling grapes then asking the store employee to hold the
stem while you picked the grapes off of it.

Well, not really.

Rob
Received on Fri Jan 25 18:30:24 2002