OT: Stupid cheap camera fun

[roccit_53 at scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca (C Boyko)]

>
> Hehe.  I just spent the last 20 minutes annoying my roomates with
> this. All I've got is aluminum foil so I poked a tiny hole in it,
> taped it over the front of my D70, and set long exposures.  Got some
> surprisingly decent images (based on what I can see on the LCD.  I
> don't have a decent card reader on this computer so I'll wait till
> later to see them full size).  Mostly I was just playing with general
> long exposure stuff that could have been done with any lens.  What
> sort of pinhole specific stuff can I try?  And using a flash seemed to
> make no difference, oddly enough.  I was setting a 15 second exposure
> and setting off my speedlight manually a couple times during the shot
> and it made very little difference.  sort of strange.
>
> -Grant-
>
Yeah, aiming the "no lens" at people makes them think you are stark -
raving, you know? Try a dent in the foil with the tip of the pin, use fine
sandpaper, and sand down the bump, flip, and repeat till you have a very
neat round hole, that'll likely improve your sharpness...(I've used pop
cans too as an aluminum source) and you could try indenting the place where
the hole mounts a bit, it should widen the angle, I'm assuming the dSLRs
have a mirror like a film SLR, so make sure not to interfere with it...you
can try multiple pinholes too, it works with cookie tins, not sure if it
translates to SLRs due to the small size. AT 15 seconds, you can likely do
the see through head on your buddies if they do the blonde head shake
thing. ANyway, check out that mrpinhole link I sent ya, and I have to say
I'm still a fan of the cans. Depth will be the main advantage on the body
cap ones.
Cathy