In the early stages of my research and experimentation I also explored the idea of using a DSLR to achieve the pinhole camera look the production required. I considered the idea of placing a pinhole in front of the sensor chip inside the DSLR. The chip would act a bit like the image plane in the larger box version.
Above is a plan sketch drawing of how a potential DSLR pinhole camera could work.
At Focus 24 we hire out film and video equipment, which meant I could do some basic tests during down time at work – not that there’s much of that! lol. By working closely with George at work we achieved some interesting results, that where unfortunately not right for the production, but worth further development at a later stage.
Image created using Canon 5D with no lens but a piece of tinfoil placed in front of the sensor chip.
The thing with DSLR’s is they have a very large ISO range and can film at very low light levels without too much noise being introduced. This would mean the hole in the tinfoil could be very small – only allowing a small amount of light in, but the ISO (sensitivity to light) could be set very high to compensate.
No comments:
Post a Comment