Joe's Pinhole Cameras - Part Five

[@theclovercross]

aaah, I really like these! the light pipe array though might just be my favorite camera of yours :) I've been thinking about the diffusion a bit myself. I've taken inspiration from enlargers a bit in my thinking. What I want to try is using black drinking straws (maybe a 1/4 of a straw, or shorter) and having two sheets of diffusing paper. one closest to the "pinhole" (optical hole??) and one half way through the straws.

[@Joe_VanCleave]

Try it and share the results, I'd love to see your images.

[@jcameraworks]

Some Flat bed scanners use pinhole grid array as a lens :) very nice idea, i think i will try and make something similar...... really like abstract photography :)

[@DavidALovingMPF102]

Joe, that video explains why I see floaters! Ah.. no. How about an interference wave camera? Hold two fingers together, thumb and first finger, as to make an "ok" sign, now separate the two while looking through the gap. Look at a small bright light (not the sun!) and the dark light bands will appear. waves or particles? Or both? Works with lasers and monochromatic light too. Ok, oh wait.. Can you make those photos that have vertical ridges of plastic that will change the picture when tilted left and right? I miss those! thanks again! One of your commercials was for "Better Call Saul".

[@ImperfectPhotography]

I think these are some of the most interesting cameras you have produced. Have you tried them with colour (or even Color) film?

[@KevinPatrickJr]

Joe, why did you choose the grid sizes that you did? Was there some trial and error there, or just a particularly low-fi aesthetic you were going for? As an aside, I'm really enjoying this series. Thanks for the work!

[@Joe_VanCleave]

Part of the reason was finding premade grids like the sewing mesh or light fixture diffusers, you take what you can get. The handmade 1/4” cardboard grid was a trade off between resolution and how much tine I wanted to spend cutting cardboard by hand. If I made another I’d make a finer mesh with deeper cells and a better diffuser screen.

[@AdricM]

id love to see a grid of clear marbles.

[@BobSmith-dx9bj]

Makes you think.