15-463 Assignment 5 - Pinhole Camera

By Jitu Das


Overview

I built my pinhole camera from a box as shown below and used a Canon EOS XTi DSLR camera to record the image projected by the pinhole camera. I used an external trigger to minimize vibrations on the camera for many of my images. I also used the bulb exposure setting to take very long exposure shots.

Building the pinhole camera



Results

Scene 1: Quelf board game box

Original
Hole: 5mm hole
Focal length: 30mm
Exposure: 45s
ISO 1600
Aperture: f/4.5
Hole: 1mm hole
Focal length: 30mm
Exposure: 90s
ISO 1600
Aperture: f/4.5
Hole: 0.1mm hole
Focal length: 30mm
Exposure: 300s
ISO 1600
Aperture: f/4.5

Scene 2: Lamp

Original
Hole: 5mm hole
Focal length: 30mm
Exposure: 45s
ISO 1600
Aperture: f/4.5
Hole: 1mm hole
Focal length: 30mm
Exposure: 120s
ISO 1600
Aperture: f/4.5
Hole: 0.1mm hole
Focal length: 30mm
Exposure: 180s
ISO 1600
Aperture: f/4.5

Coke can

Hole: 5mm hole
Focal length: 18mm
Exposure: 30s
ISO 400
Aperture: f/3.5

Self portrait

Hole: 5mm hole
Focal length: 23mm
Exposure: 60s
ISO 400
Aperture: f/4.5

Hallway

Hole: 5mm hole
Focal length: 24mm
Exposure: 30s
ISO 400
Aperture: f/4.5

Stove

Hole: 5mm hole
Focal length: 34mm
Exposure: 90s
ISO 1600
Aperture: f/4.5