Pinhole photography is a fantastic example of how really basic optics, the simple particle-like quality of light, can give impressive results... Having recently got my hands on a digital SLR I had a play to make a high quality pinhole "lens" for it.
Basing the pinhole on a camera body cap makes it very simple to handle, it can be swapped on and off like a normal lens and has no problems with light leakage etc.
The pinhole is handmade from a piece of 0.5mm aluminium with a hole poked through using a penkife and safety pin.
Given it is 100% handmade and stuck together with tape it gives impressively good results!
If you are interested in making one yourself check out my
instructables project with step by step instructions.
Basing the pinhole on a camera body cap makes it very simple to handle, it can be swapped on and off like a normal lens and has no problems with light leakage etc.
The pinhole is handmade from a piece of 0.5mm aluminium with a hole poked through using a penkife and safety pin.
Given it is 100% handmade and stuck together with tape it gives impressively good results!
If you are interested in making one yourself check out my instructables project with step by step instructions.