My Mark III pinhole has been working out well. The pictures I have been posting lately are with this camera. The results are pretty wide angle so I took a couple of shots with my 65mm lens (28mm equivalent on a 35mm camera) and the pinhole to get a feel of the what the field of view for the pinhole. Some surprises.

With the 65mm lens

With the pinhole

First, the pinhole is a little wider but not by much. The 28mm viewfinder actually saw the whole Honeymoon Lake sign. The sign is actually pretty close. I thought I had solved the weird flare problem but there it is again. This was a worst case scenario. I was pretty much shooting into the sun. The thing is that the same flare is in the one with taken with the 65mm lens. It is not as obvious but it is there. There must be something inside the body that is doing the reflecting. More fiddling but the pinhole has been doing what I wanted it to do and I'm happy about that. The first two rolls were with ISO 400 films. I've got some ISO 100 color film in it now — Fuji Reala. It was also interesting that, while the angular flair thingy was more prominent in the pinhole image, the overall flair was more noticible in the 65mm image, particularly in the sign.

Stealth flat topped Mamiya Super 23 with 65mm lens and KMZ Universal Finder set at 28mm.

Someday I will get the viewfinder that went with this lens. Until then the little KMZ turret finder will do fine. I keep this body with the lens and mounted pinhole in a camera case meant for a 35mm camera. They are a nice combination. This is the widest angle setup I have. I have plans.

One other thing. I used my Manfrotto tripod for the Oneymoon Bay shots. It was easier to put it in the car and carry it around. I won't do that again. I needed height and the Manfrotto was maxed out and wobbly. The Majestic tripod could have gone a lot higher and still have been SOLID. I also want to use the Majestic's horizontal arm for some low angle shots. The Majestic is so much easier to use that the Manfrotto. It's time to go back to Junkhenge for more pinholing.