Pinhole Pro X 18-36mm?

[stevet1]

Any thoughts on the Pinhole Pro X?

Pinhole Pro X 18-36mm – pinhole zoom lens for video & photo

What are the advantages of pinhole photography anyway?

Steve Thomas

 

[Tropicalmemories]

I guess it's the infinite depth of field - everything in focus? Or more like everything out of focus from the sample images I've seen.

 

[Grandpa Ron]

If it is a true pinhole, not a tiny lens, that it has the following advantages.

• It has almost infinite focus.
• It's simplicity at it finest.
• It is by nature a soft focus lens.
• It is often used for various effects, ghosting being a favorite.
• There are websites dedicated to pinhole photography.

The disadvantages are.

• A pinhole is a very small aperture which projects the image, rather than focusing the images like a lens, so it will never be truly sharp. Hence the soft focus.
• The "soft focus" becomes blurry at apertures less that f250. Apertures of f360 or f500 and large formats are not uncommon for film.
• The pinhole requires longer exposure times, this can be offset somewhat by the larger ISO numbers available with digital cameras.
• With shorter focal lengths, a very small pinhole is required.
• Vignetting is common.

After watching the video I could not tell if it was a true pinhole or a very small lens. If it was a small lens then all of the above may not be true. It would simply be a regular camera with a very small aperture lens.