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Will A $0.00 Lens Really Work?

      I was reading about Pinhole cameras, and an idea popped up in my brain..What about combine the oldest way of taking pictures with the latest technology ? So I made a pinhole lens to my Nikon DSLR.

The D.O.F, dept of field is amazing, ranges from .5 mm-infinity.....As you can see on the pictures here.

An other thing is that the pics don't get very sharp, not really blurry, but very soft.

All pictures above are shot with Nikon D40 with a $0.00 Lens, the shutter time was 1sec-1.5sec and the hole is as little as I could make it, just the point of a pin on a thin piece of metal can lid, mounted on the protection body cap.
COMMENTS
Hazzy said at 6:08 p.m. on May 13, 2007:
COOL, the pic's look lovely the last one seams to have so much warmth.(have to try it when my new camera arrives, Nikon d80. can't waight)
Ned said at 6:09 p.m. on May 13, 2007:
Ingenious!
Kristn said at 6:12 p.m. on May 13, 2007:
Very cool! I need to try that out! That's my camera! :)
Love2laugh said at 6:21 p.m. on May 13, 2007:
Your just amazing ... Anders. I love how you think of new ways to try things. Brilliant !!! :)
Floridamolle said at 6:33 p.m. on May 13, 2007:
Thanks for your comments. I want to add a few things if someone want to spend the $0.00 to make a lens. The hole is the important part, it should be as little as possible and round, I made 3 trails until I got it right, when just the point of the pin went trough the tin. When you have the hole, sand the little metal tin to get the hole clean and when it's glued in place take a black marker and make the side that is in towards the camera black, didn't do that first and got a very pale photo form the reflexions.
OscarDaniel said at 7:13 p.m. on May 13, 2007:
nice , have a good images . good Anders!!
Brian_Doyle said at 7:20 p.m. on May 13, 2007:
I love it when people open up their mind and think and or create with out boundry's. Question, what was the ISO and speed and other technical details please
Floridamolle said at 7:30 p.m. on May 13, 2007:
Thank you Oscar and Bdoyle. O caurse it had to be done with camera in manual, but ISO was at 200 and white balance at auto. This was my first pictures since I got the lens working, and I will keep on testing different settings, with ISO 800 or even 1600 the shutter time will come down. An other thing is to put a little tube between and see how "tele" will work. As the sensor is so small on a D40, it's already some "tele" with the "lens" flat to the body
Ejmccartin said at 8:02 p.m. on May 13, 2007:
Anders, you are the master! I remember doing pin holes with quaker oats boxes back in high school (further back than I care to admit, much less remember!) never would have thought to do this. and you got such great results! so cool!
Wiklund73 said at 3:05 a.m. on May 14, 2007:
Cool!!!
Nina1960 said at 6:15 a.m. on May 14, 2007:
Thanks Anders and for the link~
Cruising said at 9:11 a.m. on May 14, 2007:
Way cool experiment.

I'd be cautious about using this in a dusty environment. You'd be surprised how dust can get through the smallest of holes with a blow of the wind....

You are soooo creative - and this is cool. I bet you could sell them for $1 on ebay LOL
Mashpee_Paula said at 12:52 p.m. on May 14, 2007:
Fascinating Anders! Very cool! Thanks. :)
Flinkfar said at 1:01 p.m. on May 14, 2007:
Cool idea. I genuinely like the idea of taking a new DSLR and using it for pinhole photography, and the result is speaking for itself.
Anjad said at 3:06 p.m. on May 14, 2007:
Awesome experiment, Anders.
Zippywinds said at 3:35 p.m. on May 14, 2007:
DAM dude what ever you do its perfection. fabulous :)
Loes said at 4:58 p.m. on May 14, 2007:
Great to see what you an do with $0.00 :-))))
AdSR said at 5:56 p.m. on May 14, 2007:
You've just brought pinhole photography into the 21st century. You should submit some stuff to www.pinhole.org. I see there was discussion of digital pinhole in the forums there but nothing conclusive, so you may make some stir there :)
Pkeener said at 12:02 p.m. on May 15, 2007:
I remember my fist homemade pinhole camera! Similar to Elizabeths. WOW, never dreamed of going backwards to low tech with my DSLR. You are amazing! I'd like to see more.
Nakedeast said at 11:54 p.m. on May 15, 2007:
Great experiment. very cool, thanks.
Bxrgirl27 said at 10:13 a.m. on May 16, 2007:
You are a deep thinker, Anders - Genious!
Zero42 said at 2:12 p.m. on May 16, 2007:
you rock!!
Margaretshoemaker said at 9:01 p.m. on May 16, 2007:
Interesting.
DEE-Trow said at 7:27 p.m. on May 17, 2007:
Your mind never shuts off does it? You are very inventive!
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