How To Get Started in Pinhole Film Photography

[@michaelbuckley8986]

Just purchased a zero pinhole camera.Learned a lot from your presentation.Thanks for sharing👍

[@dongummphotography]

Zero makes some really nice pinhole cameras. Betting you will have a lot of fun with it!

[@Narsuitus]

Decades ago, I made my first pinhole camera from an Argus C3 35mm rangefinder camera. Next, I purchased a pinhole bady cap for my Nikon F2 35mm SLR camera. When I beame dissatisfied with 35mm pinhole images, I started making 4x5 inch and 8x10 inch single-shot large format sheet-film pinhole cameras. Recently, I purchased Holga and Zero Image 6x9cm medium format roll-film pinhole cameras.

[@dongummphotography]

I like the Holga 6X12 pinhole camera. Thanks for watching!

[@Narsuitus]

@@dongummphotography My Holga also takes 6x12 images but I limit my Holga image size to 6x9 because I was not satisfied with the 6x12 images.

[@garymullins4815]

OMG Thank you and now I pray you can help me. I purchased a AGFA Isolette and I want to make it into a pinhole camera for a special Daughter in law. Could you please tell me where to start? How do you keep the pinhole covered till you are ready to remove it to shoot. I am sorry I am in my 70's and thought I could figure it out but I am lost. thank you, Louise

[@dongummphotography]

It is a pretty involved project to convert a folding camera into a pinhole like I did. I used to repair cameras for a living so I have tools that made that easier. I would recommend buying one ready made like the Holga 120WPC which you can get on Amazon for about 50 dollars or you could get one from Reality So Subtle realitysosubtle.fr/ They are in France but they ship promptly and the owner James Guerrin is wonderful to work with.

[@Martin_Siegel]

I know the question was not for me. Easiest would be to remove the glass lenses from the shutter and mount a plate with a pinhole instead and use the original shutter of the camera. As long as the bellows are light tight and the shutter still works on B (or T if there is both) you're set. Only limited to the belloes length so no wide angle. Honestly pinhole shutters are fairly unsophisticated anything that covers the hole and can be attached and replaced fairly easily within a second or so. I have seen black tape being used, card board sliders, lens caps. Have fun and good light!

[@garymullins4815]

Thank you what an informative video. I appreciate you!

[@realitysosubtle2746]

Stumbled across this today! Great video Don!

[@dongummphotography]

Thank you!

[@dongummphotography]

There is another video with your camera here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5m4pKZ9oNGmbq8

[@realitysosubtle2746]

awesome! Do you mind if link the video on my website?

[@dongummphotography]

@@realitysosubtle2746 I do not mind at all, please do!

[@test40323]

Great discussion. I don't have a pin hole version but I love the holga especially with a ND filter, it's always a surprise! Topic suggestion, as you were a camera technician before would you share your know how on CLA?

[@dongummphotography]

Thanks for watching! It has been many a year since I did camera repair professionally. Trying to make videos on the process of performing a CLA on various cameras would be quite an undertaking. I will have to think on that one.

[@test40323]

@@dongummphotography , no pressure. Even advice on storing lenses, equipment to avoid fungus, mold would be great. So much are disappearing, maybe you have some advice for future generations.

[@redskysaturn75]

hi is it advisable to use the Lomo Fantome 8, its a super slow speed film. also do u digitally edit your shots as well is it purely dark room developing and some burning.

[@dongummphotography]

Thanks for watching! I have not tried Lomo Fantome 8 but Lomo recomends it for pinhole photography. Depending on the camera, exposure times will be quite long. I did not find any info on reciprocity failure so you may have to experiment some with exposure. I hand process my film and then use an Olympus EM5 MkII digital camera with an Olympus 30mm macro lens along with a light box to convert the film to digital files that I can then process like other digital images.

[@redskysaturn75]

@@dongummphotography hi, thank you for your advise, I just restarted photography after 30 years so many of these new film are new to me. I've been buying 400 film for my holga and lomo cameras, I will try the fantome or a 100 speed film for a pinhole camera yet to get but looking at the holga u mentioned as well. Thank you again.

[@kevinridley8883]

Hi Don sounds like something i might like to try, what light meter app do you use ?

[@dongummphotography]

The app I use is simply called Light Meter and is from WBPhoto. There is a lite and a pay version. I started with the lite version and then upgraded to the pay version. I think it was 5 dollars.

[@Dwarvenchef]

I use “pinhole assist “ and “mylightmeter pro”

[@shaungothwaite5092]

Great info thanks!!!

[@dongummphotography]

Thanks for watching!

[@keeszondervrees8787]

thank you

[@dongummphotography]

Thank you for watching!

[@erosiondesertmusic]

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