Pinhole Camera Scenes
Large format pinhole camera images of Whidbey Island scenes offer a new way to appreciate our historic area. I brought out my pinhole camera (unused since 1997) and loaded 4x5" direct printing paper into it. The paper makes a finished, one-off print. While this is convenient, it has a narrow dynamic range - each try is literally a shot in the dark. I decided to do this series on overcast, low-contrast days to maximize my chances of success.
My camera is a 36 oz coffee can with a slightly curved film/paper holder glued inside. The aperture is a 0.020" needle-drilled hole in brass shim stock. With a 5" pinhole-to-film distance, this equates to an f-stop of 250. Combined with paper speed of 3 ISO, exposures require 10-57 minutes depending upon our winter gloom.
Read MoreMy camera is a 36 oz coffee can with a slightly curved film/paper holder glued inside. The aperture is a 0.020" needle-drilled hole in brass shim stock. With a 5" pinhole-to-film distance, this equates to an f-stop of 250. Combined with paper speed of 3 ISO, exposures require 10-57 minutes depending upon our winter gloom.
Pheasant Coop
Access courtesy of the Pacific Rim Institute on Parker Road. At the left edge you can see a step in exposure due to preflashing the paper in a 4x5 film holder before reloading to the pinhole camera. The preflash was 18 months before the exposure itself. Amazing that it still works. I'm definitely a believer in preflashing the Harman paper.
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