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David Mingay | all galleries >> Mynd Dagsins '15 >> Photo of the Day 2004 > Jul 7:No lens Rosie
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07-JUL-2004

Jul 7:No lens Rosie

There's a row of 8 lenses on the shelf. I couldn't decide which one to use. So I made a leeeetle hole in a piece of thick ally foil and used that instead. Yeah, I know. This has got to be the worst picture in the 500 or so in my PotD gallery. But without a doubt, it's the best one taken without a lens. And, I've taken a fair few pictures with a lens that aren't this sharp...

See another pinhole pic here and the pinhole itself here

BTW, it's a great way to see how dirty your sensor is. Looks like there's a couple of planks of wood on mine...

Canon EOS 300D Digital Rebel ,A leeetle Pinhole
1/5s iso1600 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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Guest 08-Jul-2004 11:27
You should try a pinhole as an external apperature on your lens. Last year I drilled a 1/4" hole in one of my lens caps and then taped a piece of soda can (pepsi) aluminum over the hole that had a pinhole in it. Using that method I tried various diameter holes as external apperatures for taking macros and got a very long depth of field with the smaller apperature diameters. Color and clarity suffered, but depth of field increased greatly. I stuck one of my fingers about 3 inches in front of the lens and had it in focus as well as trees 40 feet in the background. I was never able to get a really great photo, but I was amazed by the results.
Guest 08-Jul-2004 01:13
Cool pinhole shots!! It's almost scary to see the dust though!! Damn dust ;)
Si Kirk08-Jul-2004 00:34
LOL amazing! hope that is not dirt on the sensor? Hello again Josie
Guest 07-Jul-2004 22:17
I've heard about these, but I didn't expect a simple hole to work so well!
Linda Alstead07-Jul-2004 19:40
absolute mastery of the art I'd say!
virginiacoastline07-Jul-2004 15:22
i thought leeetle pinholes were equivalent to f22 or so, which -theoretically - should give you sharp focus, shouldn't it?? and all those extraeneous marks on the picture are the artifacts from your sensor??
Guest 07-Jul-2004 15:21
cool! in highschool, we had to make pinhole cameras! they were so much fun :) i should do something with mine, except for the fact that i have no way of developing a photographic peice of paper! :P but the were really interesting to make, i had made mine from a box of tea bags!
Gary Kimberley07-Jul-2004 14:57
Thats nothing I made my entire camera out of old washing up bottles, a door bell, a small bit of cheese and a cardboard cut out of George Bush. It didn't work of course.
Guest 07-Jul-2004 14:57
I never knew you could do that...Scary about the sensor...I have a small rodent family living on mine!!
Gary Blanchette07-Jul-2004 14:53
Once again, you are the teacher, I am the pupil.
Guest 07-Jul-2004 14:46
Wow, excellent shot with a leeetle pinhole!!