So a buddy of mine, Art Neergaard, has been messing around with Pinhole cameras for some time now. While I’m a big gadget freak, the whole pinhole camera idea has not had much appeal since I went digital (slight ADD aversions I guess!). Messing with film and having to wait to see the results have kept me from messing with stuff like this.
That said he recently has been playing with the idea and his Nikon D50 and came up with a really unique lens the other day. Working for P&G for almost 11 years now, I thought this one was worthy of the blog! I’ll have him send me some images that he captures and post them here for you to see. I’m figuring that once he “pops the first image, he just won’t stop” (Insert Pringles Jingle here).
Pinhole with instantaneous viewable results are pretty cool in and of the idea itself, but the lens is pretty neat looking and definitely eye catching. Imagine the looks this would get on the street! LOL
Rock on Art!
Okay…how did he rig this up?
A very simplified description of the steps involved:
Take a body cap cover for your SLR and mill out the interior portion so you are left with a mount and ring/land area. (Metal body caps are preferable if you can land one)
Chose your lens…err…can – Pringles, Pabst Blue Ribbon, Campbell’s Tomato Soup.
Machine a hole in the exact center of the can. Art used a laser cutter…but there are machine drill bits with small enough diameter.
Mount the ring now onto the modified can of your choice…using epoxy or JB Weld.
Test…there are a number of calculations for the f-stop etc…but for now, this should get you started.
If you’re interested in exact info and calculation info, drop me an e-mail through my website…
Cheers,
Rick