Re: digital pinhole

It's a lot of monkeying around with equipment, and seems to me to violate
one of the first principles of pinhole, to have as little as possible
between me and the image.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shannon Stoney" <shannonstoney@earthlink.net>
To: <pinhole-discussion@pinhole.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 12:03 PM
Subject: Re: [pinhole-discussion] digital pinhole

> I liked this a lot. I have been wondering if digital pinhole was
possible.
> What did you mean that it was kind of a nothing experience? Do you mean
> compared with regular pinhole film photography?
>
> --shannon
>
> > Here is an image from a pinhole bodycap on a Nikon D1X digital camera.
> >
www://pinholevisions.org/discussion/upload/gallery2002.php?pic=digital_pinho
> > le.jpg
> > The camera allows exposure times up to 30 seconds. Compose and meter for
F22
> > (you can pre-set ISO and just use what you were otherwise using).
Multiply
> > exposure time at F22 by 40, take the lens off, put on pinhole, change
mode
> > setting to manual, set the calulated exposure time and shoot. Other than
the
> > stunt of doing digital pinhole, it's kind of a nothing experience.
Because
> > the CCP is smaller than a 35mm negative, you compound the effective
focal
> > length by 50%, in effect you are shooting with a 75mm lens on 35 mm
format.
> > On the other hand the D1X is an absolutely wonderful tool.
> >
> >
> >
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Received on Wed Jun 19 20:59:58 2002