You have to pay for quality. Those holes are precision made, so you'll get
sharper images.
Try DIY model with a no-name body cap available at camera shows. The best
way is as Jim states, but the thinner the material, the better. Sheet metal
wont make the best pinhole. Thick, oven-baking Aluminum Foil is especially
nice, and you can try a lot of times to get it right. The hard part is
keeping the hole free of diffraction-creating burrs.
Skip
From: "Jim Caldwell" <jamesfc@xxxxxxx>
Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [OM] pinhole bodycaps?
Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2002 17:25:25 -0500
Why not make your own - I did! Purchase a plastic flat body cap, or even
use an Olympus one (I didn't want to destroy one of my precious Olympus
caps!). And then have a machinest drill a pinhole in thin sheet metal and
drill a larger hole in the cap. Carefully glue the piece of sheet metal
over the hole and voila!
Jim C.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Adi Soon
Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 1:15 AM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] pinhole bodycaps?
Anyone know where I can get pinhole body caps for OM and Leica M mount? The
ones over at the pinholeresource.com are so expensive. I remember that
there was mention on the OM list before of a cheaper alternative.
Anyone?
--adi
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