Lens vs Pinhole

P Bailey · Jul 19, 2004

These photos were taken with the Bender 4x5 from a tripod. Just an experiment with interesting results.

Schnieder 180mm lens, Kodak 100T film

Laser cut pinhole, Kodak 100T film

terri · Jul 19, 2004

"Laser-cut pinhole".....? Explain a bit more for the un-read and greatly challenged among us (me!).

btw, I just love the colors you get with that film!!

ksmattfish · Jul 19, 2004

The pinhole is made using a laser rather than a drill (or pin).

terri · Jul 19, 2004

ksmattfish said:
The pinhole is made using a laser rather than a drill (or pin).

Oh! There's like, an element of danger, then....

You guys scare me. :wink:

mentos_007 · Jul 19, 2004

I still don't get what is it

I have to look it up in a dictionary

But photos are very nice

P Bailey · Jul 19, 2004

I did not make the pinhole. It was purchased from a vendor. It is made of brass shim stock. I mounted it in a 4x4 'lens' board. The interesting aspect of this experiment is the similarity of the 2 images. Consider the cost of the lens at about $200 and the cost of the pinhole at about $3.

ksmattfish · Jul 19, 2004

P Bailey said:
similarity of the 2 images

They do look alike as small files, but how would they compare as 16"x20" prints? :wink:

Schneider makes some of the best lenses there are; what model is it?

malachite · Jul 19, 2004

I did not make the pinhole

I'm with Terri. You get to say "Yeah, it's a LASER pinole." That's worth something in my universe

Kinda like if Rollei made 110 point and shoots.........

Interesting comparison though........

P Bailey · Jul 20, 2004

ksmattfish said:
P Bailey said:

similarity of the 2 images

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They do look alike as small files, but how would they compare as 16"x20" prints? Schneider makes some of the best lenses there are; what model is it?

I expect the 'pinhole' photo would fall apart at that size. I don't recall the model of the lens, but it does produce a higih quality negative.