Re: Pinhole Digi-cam

Now you're talking about artistic integrity, I would never be satisfied with
making "look alikes" of any type of work. The printing I do now is the type
Trevor described: digital negatives prited on Pictorio OHP, and contact
printed in VanDyke or Cyanotype.

-Dan

On 12/10/04 6:46 AM, "Eric" <eric@landguard-manor1.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> I believe making digital pinhole cameras would make and take the creativity
> out I've heard of guys/girls doing salt prints, bromoils etc within there
> computers, which we all know are only look alike, DON'T GO THIS WAY SKILLS
> WILL BE LOST.
> Eric M
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-pinhole-discussion@spitbite.org
> [mailto:owner-pinhole-discussion@spitbite.org] On Behalf Of Dan Gerber
> Sent: 09 December 2004 21:24
> To: pinhole-discussion@spitbite.org
> Subject: Re: [pinhole-discussion] Pinhole Digi-cam
>
> No, I can't. Good point. I still use my round film plane pinhole camera, as
> well as a few others. The boxes of dusty film cameras comment should have
> had the word *lens* in front of it!
>
> I can't wait until someone comes up with a flexible, thin digital camera
> sensor, so I can make bent film(sensor) plane pinhole cameras. For that
> matter, I can't wait until you can just buy a sensor, and out it in a
> homemade camera.
>
> -Dan
>
>
> On 12/9/04 2:29 PM, "Pinhole Blender" <chris@pinholeblender.com> wrote:
>
>> But can you bend that sensor around a tube like you can with film or
>> paper. Maybe it can satisfy those who use flat film planes but I like
>> to bend things a bit or overlap exposures or make really wide angle
>> cameras. If I had a SLR digital I would surely use it for pinhole but I
>> wouldn't let dust accumulate on my film cameras, they have too much
>> flexibility to offer.
>>
>> Chris
>> --
>> Pinhole Blender
>> chris@pinholeblender.com
>> http://www.pinholeblender.com
>>
>>
>>> -------- Original Message --------
>>> Subject: Re: [pinhole-discussion] Pinhole Digi-cam
>>> From: "Dan Gerber" <dgerber@adobe.com>
>>> Date: Thu, December 09, 2004 2:45 pm
>>> To: pinhole-discussion@spitbite.org
>>>
>>> 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
>>>> --- sandwell@earthlink.net
>>>> --- hwells@artacademy.edu
>>>> --- home.earthlink.net/~sandwell
>>>> --- http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/hiw3/my_photos
>>>>
>>>>
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