Re: Pinhole Digi-cam

I've also been using a pinhole body cap on my Canon EOS 10D. I can
wholeheartedly second the dust problem! On the other hand, it is a good way
to see how dirty your sensor is! I don't feel any guilt as a result,
everything is just a tool to express our ideas, nothing more. Digital means
of capture and manipulation are just as relevant as analog processes, and
allow a lot of people to produce interesting work who otherwise might not
have if they were locked into traditional processes.

I'll admit, my boxes of film cameras is getting a pretty thick coating of
dust on it, but I simply haven't found a reason to go back to using film for
the past 2 years.

-Dan

On 12/9/04 1:14 PM, "Howard Wells" <sandwell@earthlink.net> wrote:

> I've mounted pinholes on Nikon digital SLRs to good effect. The only major
> problem is that the great depth of field of the tiny aperture causes any
> grit or dust on the low-pass filter to become a prominent and unwanted
> feature in the image. Dust and grit that does not show up in normal lensed
> usage. Converting a digi-cam to pinhole might avoid the problem. Other than
> that they are great for pinhole, offering the instant feedback I love so
> much with Polaroid without reciprocity effects.
>
> However, it does inject an element of guilt into the process, at least for
> me, that my film box polaroids and other pinhole cameras don't produce. I'm
> not a Luddite and the image is still being formed through a pinhole but. . .
>
> Peace and Happy Holidays,
>
> Howard Wells
>
>
>> [Original Message]
>> From: Doug Holt <mancer@verizon.net>
>> To: <pinhole-discussion@spitbite.org>
>> Date: 12/9/2004 1:31:15 PM
>> Subject: RE: [pinhole-discussion] anti-newton ring glass
>>
>> Always more than one way to skin a cat... not that I ever wanted a
> skinned
>> cat around.
>>
>> I'm thinking the best thing to do is go to an all digital pinhole. I
> wonder
>> if anyone on this list has converted a digi-camera yet?
>
> --- Howard Wells
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