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Skink pinhole system
- Thread starter Godfrey
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JohnW
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I tried the Leica Goodies pinhole but could not get a decent picture from it. Too much flare and also very cheaply made.
This is from the Skink, which is extremely well made and works great. I don't have the hand-holdable version, but I sometimes hand hold anyway.
John
This is from the Skink, which is extremely well made and works great. I don't have the hand-holdable version, but I sometimes hand hold anyway.
John
It is nice on the m9 because it was easier to handhold than I thought. Also, the instant feedback on the screen helps allot. I would really like a square format specially for a pinhole though.
John, I like your site and the square format goes well with your photography. It is almost as if some pictures were not and the rest of the white was outside.
John, I like your site and the square format goes well with your photography. It is almost as if some pictures were not and the rest of the white was outside.
Godfrey
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re: square format ...
Just crop to a standard square and visualize for that when shooting. It's pretty easy to do, you don't have to use the whole sensor format. You're inspiring me to fit the Skink to the GXR-M today ...
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JohnW
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Thanks Godfrey and gero. This thread makes me want to shoot with the Skink more.
I shoot mostly square with the M9. I mainly use a 50mm (Voigtlander 1.5). For framing, the top and bottom of the 50 framelines and the sides of the 75mm framelines form a pretty accurate square.
John
I shoot mostly square with the M9. I mainly use a 50mm (Voigtlander 1.5). For framing, the top and bottom of the 50 framelines and the sides of the 75mm framelines form a pretty accurate square.
John
Godfrey
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Sometimes square just works better. The last photo I posted in the GXR picture thread is an example ... I framed it for square from the outset. It is made with the Ultron 28mm f/2 ...
http://forum.getdpi.com/forum/showpost.php?p=356266&postcount=460
Double Negative
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Interesting stuff, certainly from a curiosity/historical standpoint. But honestly, I don't see myself getting nor using a pinhole lens... Good for really abstract, moody landscapes and still life shots perhaps but I guess just not my bag. Those Lens Baby gizmos are kinda lost on me too.
Maybe I'm just holding out for a real tilt-n-shift lens or LF camera.
Maybe I'm just holding out for a real tilt-n-shift lens or LF camera.
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JohnW
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A few years ago I decided to standardize on square and B&W, at least for my urban and natural landscape shooting. For people I shoot 2:3. Although I very much like portraits in the square format.
Double Negative, I hear you on the pinhole effects. But I'm a Pictorialist at heart. All this emphasis on sharpness and detail gets to me. Born in the wrong era, I guess.
John
Double Negative, I hear you on the pinhole effects. But I'm a Pictorialist at heart. All this emphasis on sharpness and detail gets to me. Born in the wrong era, I guess.
John
Godfrey
Well-known member
I tend to shoot in a variety of aesthetic ideas until a series gels into a solid concept. Then I focus what I'm doing to suit the needs of the project for exhibition and presentation.
What I'm always looking for is expression in my photos, expression which begs feeling and story. Sometimes detail, sharpness, bold color are the way there. Other times, it's softness, simplicity. Other times complexity and monochrome, etc.
Any specific aesthetic too far off the normal runs the risk of becoming trite through over-use, so just like using a LensBaby, you have to work hard to build a project with a pinhole camera, a LensBaby, fish-eye, or any other extreme lest it become trite and overdone.
Well I gave in and ordered a Skink Pro kit and it has just arrived! Not used it yet but first sight is that its a very nicely made bit of kit.
One word for anybody ordering one to use on an M9. Many people find their lenses mount smoother on a film M than a M8 or M9, mine do. So when I got the Skink I tried to fit it to the M9 and no joy, but although tight it did fit on my MP. The adapter was the problem. There was a slight machining burr running between each of the bayonet flanges, like a fine sharp edge. It doesn't mean it will be on every adapter (I guess they buy them in), but you can fix it by unscrewing the adapter and use some wet'n'dry between the flanges to remove the burr. Clean it up and you are good to go. Alternatively use another M adapter you know works.
Steve
One word for anybody ordering one to use on an M9. Many people find their lenses mount smoother on a film M than a M8 or M9, mine do. So when I got the Skink I tried to fit it to the M9 and no joy, but although tight it did fit on my MP. The adapter was the problem. There was a slight machining burr running between each of the bayonet flanges, like a fine sharp edge. It doesn't mean it will be on every adapter (I guess they buy them in), but you can fix it by unscrewing the adapter and use some wet'n'dry between the flanges to remove the burr. Clean it up and you are good to go. Alternatively use another M adapter you know works.
Steve
I would think that the gizmo is a lens (any), there's not less than nothing.Those Lens Baby gizmos are kinda lost on me too.