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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by masonjar Hi Bob, A related question - is it possible to use the pinhole camera technique with a digital - either point-and-shoot or digital back? (Interesting also from the point of view of combining one of the oldest ways of capturing an image with one of the newest ways... [;)].) [/quote] I tried my old Vivitar 28mm preset manual lens that has a pinhole aperture that I added, and it works fine with the Digital Rebel. I have an adapter that allows it ot be mounted on Canon EOS bodies. The only thing lost is the wide angle effect, as the digital has a cropping factor of 1.6. Therefore the 28mm lens gives the view of a 45mm lens. With the ISO left at 100, shutter speeds with the pinhole lens were in the 3-5 second range when using two 600 watt and one 500 watt lights. This is comparable to the exposure I got with film in the past. I imagine one of the pinhole equipped body caps as made by A.J. Fricko would work on the digital, but they are priced way out of my range of interest. The last time I looked they were around $189.95. I had one for my Canon FD cameras, and it worked OK. I never did try a pinhole aperture on my point and shoot digitals, although I did think about it. I don't think adding a pinhole to the front of the lens would be as effective as adding it to the back. And the point and shoots would not be able to handle the required long shutter speeds. Having said all of this, the 18-55mm lens that came with the Digital Rebel seems to work pretty good stopped down to f:22. At the 18mm wide end, it gives the equivalent view of a 28.8mm film lens. I took some photos recently but haven't posted them anywhere yet. It is my intent to re-do most of the images on my website that were taken with my old 1.3MP camera. Bob Boudreau Canada
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