/ˈsnæp.ʃɒt/About a month ago, on 28 April, it was World Pinhole Day, and although I submitted my entry to the WPPD website I forgot to make a post to remind me of my little sojourn in the fields behind our house.
I happen to have the worst pinhole lens ever created, perhaps the worst lens ever created, the Thingyfy Pinhole Pro S. The Thingyfy is an 11mm focal length pinhole lens with a 120° wide-angle field of view and an engineered fixed 0.14mm aperture. Admittedly it’s a lovely piece of engineering, and it fits nicely onto the micro four-thirds mirrorless cameras, but the images are really ‘soft’ and there is also a very heavy vignette. But that does provide an opportunity to try and play up to its faults.
I can’t in all honesty produce work to the quality of many true Pinhole photographers out there, but I can take advantage of the godawful flare and introduce a little intentional camera movement to make some lovely abstracts. Setting the correct exposure is simply by looking at the image on the LED screen and adjusting the shutter speed. Generally I aim for something quite short, 1/100s or thereabouts, but today I was looking for a darker look in the shadows and for that bit of motion I opted for a shutter speed of about 1/15s. I also wanted to use the amazing lens flare that this lens can produce, so I spent some time under the tree canopy and in the shadows collecting lens flare with a little ICM. It was fun.
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Keith Devereux
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