So we’ve seen the kit, and gone through the build. It’s off to play with the finished camera. For the first attempt at shooting, we chose the Audubon Center in Pennsylvania, and some Kodak 200 asa film. While the exposure guides are for 100 asa, I was a little concerned about the cloud cover, so I thought I would speed it up a little. The best images seemed to be about 2 seconds, and that is “one, one-thousand, two one-thousand..” If you don’t know, that is the technical way to time pinholes. Not to be confused with the “One-Mississippi” version, which doesn’t work. Too many syllables.

So here are the first round of images, some with the soft focus filter, some without. Some with the full shutter open, some with the SP filter. I will continue to practice with the camera as we build up to World Pinhole day, so check the flickr page for weekly results.

The seats overlooking the vista…

The SP filter gives a nice vignette…

…same shot with the shutter completely open.

Steps to the front lawn…

…and with the soft focus filter.

View from the Porch…

Keep the cam very steady during exposure…

The Original Jimmy Johns on the way home…