Pinhole Photography [Paperback]

"Pinhole cameras make intriguing, somewhat diffused images, with great depth of field. If you've wondered how to make these images, you'll be fascinated by this book. - Popular Photography (Review of First Edition)

Pinhole Photography is both an entertaining illustrated history and a practical handbook for this unique photographic technique. This revision of the successful how-to guide and illustrated history of pinhole photography has been expanded to include a new chapter on zone plates, as well as expanding the chapter on current work in pinhole photography. Many new illustrations and refinements throughout the text bring the book up to date. In this digital age, more and more photographers are rediscovering traditional artistic methods. Detailed, easy-to-read chapters explain how to create pinhole cameras and images and how to manipulate pinhole images using a variety of photographic techniques.

This is the only comprehensive book on pinhole photography.
The only comprehensive book on pinhole photography. Includes more than 170 photographs and illustrations, in color and B+W. It is an entertaining history and a practical handbook. Included in the how-to chapter are directions on how to make and use pinhole cameras, explanations on avoiding common mistakes, calculating exposure times, charts and formulas for optimal pinhole expsures, making and measuring pinholes, filtering, various wide angle camera designs including wide angle, 1:1, telephoto, multiple pinhole, and extensive writings on the use of zone plates. Also includes lengthy chapters on the history of pinhole in art and science. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

By Eric Renner --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.