Sunset on Pinhole Evening
Scanned from the negative with minuscule tonality adjustments (dodge/burn) in Photoshop. Agfa Clack 6×9, ca. 20 seconds on Tri-X with orange filter.
April 29, 2009
April 26, 2009
Beware of the |
For my first experiments, I fed the Agfa Clack with Kodak Tri-X. That one’s got bizarre frame markings on its paper:
Those 120 films usually bring a set of lines and/or arrows before the actual number that’s meant for the oldfashioned visual frame indicator (the red round window on the rear). But Tri-X has a | that represents an 1. I only realised that when I kept turning the knob and nothing happened ‘ til an easily recognizable Number 2.
Usually I’m a huge fan of heterogeneity. But in this case, I’d really appreciate an homogenous approach to frame marking.
April 25, 2009
Polish Pinhole Gallery
Do you speak Polish? No? Don’t worry, you’ll nevertheless understand this splendid gallery site. As of April, 2009, fotografia otworkowa features 98 pinhole artists from 31 different countries, all presented with a handful of images and with the links to their respective websites.
Go have a look! It’s a great site to gain an idea of the immense bandwidth of pinholeism.
April 24, 2009
New Clack on the Block
The latest star in my line-up of vintage amateur medium-format cams:
Agfa Clack 6x9
This is an Agfa Clack, originally built 1954-65 (for details in German see here).
It accepts 120 roll film for 8 shots in 6x9cm. The camera was quite simple, like a point-and-shoot of its age. It came with two f-stops, two distance settings and a shutter for 1/35sec plus bulb. Despite its positioning as a beginner’s cam, the shutter also sports an eye for a cable release.
As this is, of course, a modified version for my special needs (the vendor has replaced the simple 95mm lens by a 75mm f/220 pinhole which gives slight wideangle, approx. 32mm for 135 film), one doesn’t need the f-stop/distance switch any more. So this switch now cleverly operates a filter revolver: choose from none/yellow/orange.
Agfa Clack: built-in filters
I’m so much looking forward to taking the first pictures with this baby 
Oh, and don’t forget: Sunday 26th is
April 23, 2009
Welcome!
Welcome to Ritardando. This is yet another photography blog by Christian Wöhrl, and it’s dedicated to the slow, minimalistic way of taking pictures by using a pinhole instead of a lens.
Just a few clouds
For starters, the image above was my contribution to Pinhole Day 2007. It was taken through a homemade approx. 0.3mm pinhole in copper foil, used on the center-drilled body cap of a Nikon D70 digital SLR (resulting in ca. 50 mm @ f/150).
In the meantime, I built and bought some more pinhole cameras, and as I’m exploring this fascinating terrain, I intend to share my experiences as well as my photographic results in this blog.
