Couple suggestions to make it better for people who wanna try this: -Don't just eyeball the center of the cap. If the hole isn't in the center your image will be distorted. Close to the center is fine, but getting it just right is worth the effort. -Make sure your hole is as close to a perfect circle as possible. A perfectly circular hole gives you the sharpest results. -Use a sharpie to paint the area around the hole black to avoid flares. -Use a smal strip from a tincan instead of foil. That is much more sturdy so getting a perfect hole will be easier. Just sand it down a little to make it nice and smooth. -Make sure everything is clean before you put it on the camera. Every bit of dirt or dust that's on the cap might otherwise end up on your sensor!

@prj2266

4 жыл бұрын

And use Pinhole calc.

@kishascape

Жыл бұрын

@@prj2266 There's no way to get it accurately. Just buy from a real photo store instead. They laser cut the pinhole precisely to the exact diameter needed for the flange distance of your brand of camera so the images come out sharp. Costs only $10.

So this is how all UFO sightings are filmed! now i get it

@FrenchINHALE1

7 жыл бұрын

i laughed so hard just then!!!

@TheHitmanAgent

6 жыл бұрын

Yess, indeed!

@hany7990

5 жыл бұрын

This one's wayyyyy better. ↓↓↓ kzread.info/dash/bejne/aGaHl5SSpre0dbg.html

@TheOn3LeftBehind

5 жыл бұрын

LMFAO HAHAHA. "A UFO?! Quick, grab a potato!"

Great video but i have one suggestion to make for the actual hole. Instead of using aluminium foil, use a piece of a soda can which is much sturdier. Use a strong needle and a light hammer or another heavy object to make a bump in the aluminium, not a hole but just a bump. Then flip it over and use sanding paper to sand the bump away until you get a hole. Fine sanding paper is recommended as it wil give you a really clean, round and thin edge and you have much more control over how small or big you wanna make the hole. This wil improve the sharpness of your picture greatly in comparison with the aluminium foil method with just a hole punched into.

@jaimeduncan6167

4 жыл бұрын

another option is a hot pin, directly against the cap.

The purpose of making a pinhole camera is to better understand the workings of light and your camera; it is often one of the first things many photography classes have you do for this very reason. The pictures aren't exactly pretty, though in some cases they can be interesting (of course that is a matter of personal taste,) but because of the very slow shutter speeds required and the inability to use the view finder, it forces you to think more about your shots. The basic idea of using a pinhole camera, is not for you to use it all the time, but something that is used to get people to be more considered when they shoot photos instead of just taking tonnes of photos and hoping a few come out good.

It's not about being cutting edge and new. It's about going back to the basics of photography and breaking free of bad habits. It helps to remind you of the most fundamental processes in photography. It's good to experiment with. Every Pro photographer has experimented with this, because it's a history lesson and a personal experience that helps you go back to basics with your camera, by toying with those numbers on your lcd manually.

@FlemishBloke They image they project onto the cameras sensor is flipped, but the camera "unflips" them because SLR lenses also flip the image.

@littlestworkshop We tried making the pinhole as small as possible while still letting enough light in for the 30fps pinhole video, which has a 1/30th of a second shutter speed.

@littlestworkshop We were just playing around with combining different techniques (such as HDR and time-lapse) with pinhole photography and also wanted to satisfy our curiosity about how pinhole video would look. It's just for the fun of it! Or maybe there's someone out there that wants to achieve this look for artistic purposes! :-)

@MegaNight Let me know of any good ones you know of! In the mean time, I'll just keep practicing! -Matt

With out pinhole photography we wouldn't have the digital photography we have today this is how it all started. I teach photography and its one of the techniques I use to teach exposure to my students. The good thing with this diigital technique is you get an instant image where as with light sensitive paper and darkroom developing you get a negative image which you then have to invert to a positive image. Whilst the image quality isnt great its great way to experiment and learn about exposure

@TheAkashicTraveller

2 жыл бұрын

Direct positive paper is a thing.

Do you really like these photos?? I think is a waste of the lense cup.

@ZandarianTheHoly

7 жыл бұрын

I would guess that this is more for those who really, REALLY just enjoy taking pictures.

@RodSalm

7 жыл бұрын

It's a style thing, you like it or don't.

@severinocarbone3928

5 жыл бұрын

well, it is how photography started. The earliest cameras were pinhole with no lens and the very first photo taken was blurry.

@bloubear2557

5 жыл бұрын

Tf are you doing here then

Sorry haters, I totally get this. I love pin-hole photography. Go to flickr and search pin-hole if you haven't seen it before. It's a way of getting very old school looking photos. If it's not your cup of tea then fine, but don't go hating something just because it's not your thing. MakeMag, you don't need to explain yourself. This was cool.

@SolidGoldKalashnikov We're planning on shooting all future videos with regular lenses, promise!

pinhole cameras was how photos were taken long before lenses had come about. It lets someone understand more of how a camera/photography is really working. This was a very quick easy cool method, however you can get results that are professional looking with playing around a lot and buying certain things. Its an art of its own.

I’ve always been a big fan of pinhole photography and over the years have used various pinhole cameras ranging from a home made 5X4 to a pinhole on a Russian Zorki. I managed to make some very good quality pinholes and was able to measure the pinholes quite accurately. I bought a powerful magnifying loupe with a measuring scale on it which was in increments of millimetres and each millimetre was divided in five parts, in other words I could fairly accurately measure pinholes down to 1/5 of a millimetre. Using a reciprocity failure chart, I managed to produce some pretty good results but I found that it was very difficult to get good pictures with a 35mm camera as the negative is too small. In my opinion, 120 medium format film is about the smallest that I would recommend and I have seen excellent results from 120, 4X5 and 8X10.

Make Magazine never lets me down.

@yelton7 It's kind of neat to see what kind of images you can make without a lens!

Thanks for making the video, it was very interesting. I grabbed a spare body cap and just used a sharp wood screw to make the hole as I didn't have a drill handy. First hole was a bit big so I just taped it over with black tape and tried again, by the third attempt I was actually getting reasonably sharp shots and a cool vignette. I used some tinfoil and a drawing pin to make the pinhole.

@guitarded306 It's kind of neat to see what can be done without a lens.

Or i could just take an out of focus picture or video and it'd be the same thing...

@renderuthis

9 жыл бұрын

no it is not

@michalchik Yeah, and if you can make a TINY little hole, you can actually get some surprisingly sharp pictures. It's pretty neat, really!

@Jolobodobs So show us how it's done! We welcome your submissions!

Really cool video. Tnx for sharing!. I was wondering why you just make a little hole in the bodycap directly but a big hole at first and then a smaller one in the aluminum. Can you explain?

@ThePurpleHarpoon

9 ай бұрын

If you made a pinhole. in the body-cap, the incoming light would be from only directly in front of the tiny hole. This would result in only a pinpoint of light hitting the camera sensor. Using a very thin foil, light is allowed to hit the whole of the sensor.

Great video! A digital pinhole is just what I was looking for. Thanks

Yeah, the camera on a tripod should hold the cap steady enough to drill the hole. Just remember, this plastic is dense, so you might need to push down pretty hard while drilling. Also, to get the best hole (especially since you're drilling with the cap on the camera...not the sturdiest thing, but sturdy enough) you should use the fastest drill you have. Good luck, and have fun!

Man, this was a great film. Thank you for the time everybody. Great fun.. Exactly what i was looking for.. Fun! I'm at an end to what i can do now after summer holidays, i've exhausted all my photo options, this has taken my fancy.

@SimonBak90 You caught us! We had to use the XT as a prop camera for the video shots since we were using a 5D for the video and pinhole photos! Good eye, Simon!

This is really cool, thanks for sharing!

Great video! you can calculate the distance between the pinhole and the sensor to know wich "lens" you have. And also it´s useful to know the width of the pin to know wich f number you have. hi from argentina!!

I'm trying to do this and for some reason when i put the lens on the camera it wont take a picture. Can you help me figure this out? What exactly were your settings?

I have always been looking for ways to make my photo's look like crap, thanks for the advice, now I can make crap photo's all the time, AND I get to sell all my lenses and buy two more camera's with extra bodycap so I can take 3 times as much crap photo's, you're amazing!

@thelemon5069

Жыл бұрын

Artistic

Is "pinhole photography" slang for "taking shitty pictures with a camera that could do a lot better"?

@M0DFATH3R

8 жыл бұрын

Looool

@rapiddanger

8 жыл бұрын

i dont personaly like the photos he used as example, although it could be argued that they lean toward a more fine art type of photography. i have seen however absolutely stunning photos done with pinhole cameras(most of them film, the iso with digital is weird and can produce lots of grain and artifacts) and this is because with no lens theres theoretically an infinite focus letting both the foreground and the background be always in focus. its an effect you really cant replicate any other way and you have to see to really understand and really does look great, just the examples shown here dont represent it well

@JohnDoe-oj8dz

7 жыл бұрын

It's noise, not grain.

@aarontimm

6 жыл бұрын

Shut the fuck up John

@nakazatotakeshi4286

5 жыл бұрын

Well you see.. back when we dont have technology.. Camera is big as fuck. When pinhole cameras were introduced, its was groundbreaking. And it created unique effects out of it. Till to this day, people still do pinhole photography. Its a fun way to shoot. And *ITS MAKE YOU THINK MORE ABOUT THE SHOT*. You probably have an L Lens. Or Nikkor lens. Its just creating the effects and to think. And you say "camera that can do more"? Yeah.. try to take pictures when theres no lens(which is probably 20$-1000$)

The photographs kind of remind me of the photos my old 0.1mp phone used to take, can't say I'm impressed.

Thanks for the video! Helping me through a school photo project!

this, is actually pretty cool. well done.

Thanks so much for this :) People may think it's pointless and stupid but honestly the effect is really clever when done well ^^ It shall help with my final years folio!

so the purpose of doing this is to film something so it is in the awesome youtube quality that we all know and love BEFORE you even put it on youtube? BRILLIANT

Thanks a lot for the video. This is exactly what I was looking for.

@tdude129 Yes, there is a small risk, as there also is with changes lenses. The sensor is protected by a front plate I believe, and you can have it cleaned. Some cameras have in built 'sensor cleaning'.

Concept is interesting to get an image, simply with tiny hole, but in my mind, its not practical or usable in any way, unless it's a super artistic project of some kind. Great video, mate !

I like at the end when he is talking in pinhole video and the lady walks by and is like "what a stud"

I would do this just for the fun of it. For the same reason I use my Holga. It's not a hipster thing; it's a photography thing. For the others, I assume you may have to make a settings change for some cameras so they can take a picture without a lens.

Matt. Thanks for your work. This is a way to demonstrate that high resolution cameras can stoop to the level of spy camera button. This is, probably the reason that many who have bad commented here. I never thought about the possibility of relegation, which is not part of our culture. But as the experiment is quite useful for those who want to do so your photos or movies.

how do i change the ISO on my DSLR? and what settings do i need to use?

how can you do multiple exposures if you're not shooting in film? does your dslr have to have a particular setting for it?

You're the one who clearly viewed the title and then watched it. I thought this was a very good tutorial and makes great looking pin hole pics just like in the good ol' days but I guess that you wouldn't know this because you don't understand Photography.

Oh yay! Something I can appreciate while I save up for a lens!

im gonna try this soon, love experimenting

@xXFullmedal57Xx We thought it was kind of cool that you can make digital photos and videos without a lens!

A pinhole image should be razor sharp to the diffraction limits of the hole. Is your focal length calculation correct?

What settings are used for the video

Will this not damage the sensor?

i kinda like this guy. more from you please!

loved it bro

The video at the end was impressive.

I made one, it's awesome!

i Dont have a vice can i just drill the hole one the cap on my cam and tripod

My camera gives an error message when I try to take a photo without a proper lens attacked to it.

@speakertomeat

9 жыл бұрын

Hans Kamp You'll probably have to set the camera in manual mode, some cameras will allow you to take pictures without a detected lens in manual. (But not in ANY other mode)

I used to make pinhole fake video camera when I was a kid. the pictures just upside down, but it so much fun to experiment it's amazing that we can capture motion picture to view screen without using lens. :)

can you drill the hole while the cap is still on the camera

I just love the shallow depth of field of my f20000 lens

@PhotoExtremist - the focal length would simply be the distance from the pinhole to the image sensor.

So cool, this is retro! Steve

i think it looks cool. Makes everything look like a pointillism painting

That stranger @2:29 is totally judging him. Lmao

@Mathiasbk93 Aw, that's no fun!

@loverwithfangs Try it out and submit the results to us!

2:01 i think that this shot is the best one but they are all awesome there is everyone crying about it but it has its beauty

A pinhole lens is the perfect choice for photographing your mother or grandmother :) Seriously, it's about experimenting. If you don't care, so be it. That is the point.

@dadvian1 You can't, the focus is fixed. The cool thing is, the smaller the pinhole, the greater depth of field, so if you create a really good pinhole you can get quite sharp results!

I love pinhole cameras how didnt I come up with this idea before !

Awesome video. Should have done a whole series of photos of the Dakota. It would have been a perfect setup for the mood of the photos.

how is it any different to having a lens fitted

@mtdeezy It's just a body lens cap that gets drilled. Besides its just for artsy photos.

OMG major bonus points for using an i,cactus song!

where did u get the idea from?

pretty cool man

I can't complain since you only sacrifice a body cap, but I really don't know why I'd want to do this at all

Pinhole cameras are used in archival photography of architecture because pinhole photos have zero optical distortion. The aperture is very small and there is no glass, so the image of a building is faithful to reality. A normal SLR/DSLR photo image of a tall building distorts the geometry which drives architects nuts.

Way cool. I have got to do this.

what kind of tripod are you using?

i like it. good for experimental photos

Everyone chill, it's for artistic use. If this isn't your type of thing don't do it. If you want to push yourself, and improve your composition skills without having to worry about aperture adjustments or focus I suggest you give this a try. Otherwise stop ruining the fun for everyone else.

nice tutorial ......thanks alot‼

I love the use of a legit cutting board to poke a pinhole in tinfoil.

@MrGish1 this ''modification'' is for the ''badass'' look on the pictures , they look a little bit shiny and grey... but i dont get the point too....

how did you set the is0 to 2000 if the camera only hits 1600 lol

@tdude129 I thought about that too. and i dont think its possible to put a lens cap on a lens cap. lol.

...Or just use maximum aperture and a ND filter?

@blueovaldiesel Just what I was thinking! lol

What happens if you arrange a regular loupe infront of the pinhole? (I know that it will be one of the first steps towards a "lens") Because its nice that you can shoot pictures/video without a lens, but the image is very blurry, and it will never pay off.

Sorry i'm late. I should have seen this many years ago xD And thank you very much for the video

yes there are effects to mimic the look but lenses fall short due to optical distortion.

How would you protect your sensor, from dust going through the hole, a hole is a hole and dust will get through. as a photographer, I do not want even one single speck of dust on my sensor.

this is awesome...

What an interesting idea, It gives the photo that old time photo look, Make it brown and white and who'd know its a modern photo...

there's a diffraction limit to the sharpness of the image that one can achieve, i.e. at a certain point the reduction of the hole only makes the image worse. Basically, it's when the diameter is below the size of the 1st Fresnel zone, which is about 0,3 mm (for green light). To make a good round hole of this size is not very easy though (once I spent like half a day to make a good hole). I would also recommend to use copper foil instead of aluminium, the hole edges will be much smoother.

There were a DIY kit when I was child, that used film and a box with a cardboard arm shutter

Woow razor sharp. so cool.

@JTshoot It's a style of photography that was used LONG before this video was made.