Have you made good pinhole images on a digital camera?

Quite astonishing, given there's no lens. Here are some images I took using this set up. I discovered that the best pinhole images need really bright days with lots of hard shadow. read more

” Sure, it’s easy. I’m routinely using pinhole “optics” to test CCD imagers and night vision devices. I use plain kitchen aluminum foil punctured with a needle. With the standard optics these sensitive imagers would be completely blinded and would probably be damaged by daylight. read more

A pinhole camera is a simple camera without a lens but with a tiny aperture, a pinhole – effectively a light-proof box with a small hole in one side. Light from a scene passes through the aperture and projects an inverted image on the opposite side of the box, which is known as the camera obscura effect. read more

Pinhole Photography History, Images, Cameras, and Formulas; The Pinhole Photography Day Foundation’s Collected Resources; Now that we’ve learned a little about how a pinhole camera lens works, let’s get our hands dirty. First, we’ll show you how to make your own for next to nothing. read more