Monday, June 21, 2010

Pinhole Camera Information I found

Camera Length

Needle Size

Diameter
of hole

Relative
f/stop

8″

8

.023″

f/350

6.5″

9

.020″

f/300

5″

10

.018″

f/280

4″

12

.016

f/250

2.5″

13

.013

f/190

or you could use this formula…
dia/focal length

or…

the optimum pinhole = the sq.root of 0.0016
multiplied by the pinhole to film distance…

(or you can wing it…)

Making exposures?…Start here






Weather Conditions

f/stop

Photo
paper

ASA
125

ASA
400

Bright or hazy sun.
A scene with light sand
or on snow.
250
300
350
17 seconds
29 seconds
44 seconds
1 second
1.6 seconds
2.5 seconds
1/4 second
1/3 seconds
1/2 second
Bright or bright-hazy sun.
The shadows are distinct (sharp)
Your typical nice, sunny type day.
250
300
350
49 seconds
1.3 minutes
2.1 minutes
2.8 second
4.6 seconds
7.1 seconds
1 second
1.25 seconds
1.5 seconds
Weak or hazy sun.
The shadows aren’t distinct (soft)
An OK type day.
250
300
350
2 minutes
3.3 minutes
5.1 minutes
6.7 seconds
11 seconds
17 seconds
1.3 seconds
2.2 seconds
3.4 seconds
Cloudy. But bright!
No shadows
No sun. No rain.
250
300
350
5.4 minutes
9 minutes
14 minutes
18 seconds
31 seconds
47 seconds
3.6 seconds
6 seconds
9.2 seconds
Open Shade or heavily overcast
No shadows
Either a grey day or
in the shadow of a tall building
250
300
350
14 minutes
23 minutes
36 minutes
47 seconds
1.3 minutes
2.0 minutes
9.2 seconds
15 seconds
24 seconds
Dawn or Dusk
Dark out here…
Like it says. Early morning
or early evening
250
300
350
38 minutes
1 hour
1.6 hours
2.1 minutes
3.5 minutes
5.4 minutes
25 seconds
42 seconds
1 minute

Ok. Keep in mind that all these times are just starting points. As you make more exposures and get better at making guesses that work you’ll make your own exposure chart.

When you make an exposure that is just way too dark as a print then double the exposure you gave the neg. If your print is just too light then halve the exposure. It might sound like the long way around but by splitting the differences each time you can arrive at a pretty good exposure in a your first few attempts.

Another great idea is to keep a notebook of all your exposures, the weather conditions, the film or paper etc.

*All of this information I got off of this website ... http://www.pinhole.org/exposure-guides/

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