5-minutes-28-seconds

Lens cameras capture a moment in time. Pinhole cameras capture time itself !

Matchbox pinhole image.

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formica says:

ha, this is great!
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

Rodrigo Perez says:

Great!!
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

JohnKit says:

Cool. I like how the sweep hand was captured in a staggered fashion.
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

Superb! 5min 28 s sounds exposure surprisingly scientific - calculation (the idea of calculating exposures for a pinhole is rather daunting), practice, or intuition?
Posted 41 months ago. ( permalink )

alspix says:

:-) It was more of a random number than any form of scientific calculation!
Posted 41 months ago. ( permalink )

vinylisgreat says:

this is just impressive, I'm amazed about the idea of putting a film into a matchbox (easily spoken ;) and take photos with it, even more since your results are really great
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Thomas Rosenzweig says:

A real time exposure.
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

all things nice says:

Brilliant picture - you're making me seriously think about trying this!
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

kant_think (distracted) says:

Excellent picture!!!
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

clase b says:

thanks for the camera! i'm gonna build one this week and let you know how the experiment went :)
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

sunside says:

Great shot, gotta love it!

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Seen on matchboxpinhole.com (?)
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

lovebirds & seahorses says:

Wow!
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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