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Presently many artists are using pinhole body caps and zone plate body caps on their Digital Single Lens Reflex cameras. First of all—it’s easy to turn a DSLR into a pinhole or zone plate camera! Just about any removable lens digital camera will accept a body cap. All Nikon models take the same Nikon cap and all of the Canon EOS models take the same EOS cap.

© Nancy Spencer, Black Horse, White Horse, New Mexico, digital pinhole photograph from a Nikon D50, hand held, 2006.

If you have a Digital Single Lens Reflex camera, you should use a “No Dust” pinhole or zone plate body cap. “No Dust” means the pinhole or zone plate is surrounded by a very opaque black area on film; the pinhole or zone plate area is clear on the film. No dust can enter the camera — dust on the sensors can be a problem with digital photography. For complete information on this see our article Digital Pinhole/Zone Plate Body Caps.

Instructions for Use:

When changing lenses or changing to a pinhole or zone plate cap, you should always hold the camera lens area toward the ground so dust doesn’t naturally fall into the camera. It’s very important to not change lenses in a windy or dusty area. After putting the pinhole or zone plate cap on your camera, set your camera to Manual. In the menu, adjust for the lighting condition: tungsten, daylight, etc. Set the ISO at a low rating unless you want pixel artifacts in the final image. Try a pinhole image at about 1 second in bright sun. Check the viewing screen on the back of the camera and either add or decrease the time. The beauty of digital is that you can see how the image looks and you can always delete. Trial and error is the only method and it’s the best. Unless you have some other specific reason, you should probably always shoot raw files.

The following Pinhole Resource No Dust Pinhole Caps are available:

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