More Pinhole Experiments.

More fun with Holga's fixed focus .25mm pinhole lens mounted on a Nikon D40. I do not present these pictures as good photos, but as learning opportunities 

Looks like I took this in 1957.

The first thing to get over is the muted colors created by the lack of focusing elements. Every photo needs increased contrast, saturation, and unsharp mask. Adjustments similar were made when film processing in my darkroom days.

Hank's Dairy Bar

The lack of metering means you might need to pull everything out of the extreme highlights or shadows. This in turn leads to interesting distortions, such as this overexposed image with little color except where the vignetting has reduced lighting. 

Unnamed project.

Darker scenes have the dis/advantage of requiring long exposure times. These can end up looking psychedelic or  accelerated, but they do seem to capture time as well as light.

Morgan's Dreamworld

Of course, one can manipulate the camera for desired results.

Brooklyn, CT Meeting House.

 Acceptable, retro looking results can be had with bright lights. These two 

images are not dissimilar to those I might have taken with my old 110 instamatic. Even the dust reminds me of what collected on those plastic Kodak lenses and miniature negatives!

1/3 second exposure maintains highlight colors and increases vignetting.

This (lack of) lens puts fun back into photography

1.6 second exposure blows out highlight and reduces vignette.

 while teaching how light and sensors interact.

A mighty learning tool for $30.