RE: I'm trying something pretty wild, can an yone help me??

From: edwin gendron <egendron_at_domain.name.suppressed>
Date: Wed 20 Sep 2000 - 13:20:22 PDT

Thank you,
If my memory serves me correctly, this distance is 17.56mm.
I'm afraid I am totally unaware of these formulae that you speak of,
could you possibly send me one or two?
Or maybe direct me to one somewhere?
Thanks again,
-Ed Gendron

>First thing you need to do is to measure the physical distance from the film
>gate in the camera to the body cap, so you know the true focal length you'll
>be working with. Then you'd need to apply one of the various pinhole
>aperture formulae to figure out the diameter pinhole you need. You also
>might try adding the length of the various extension tubes, to see what
>"focal lengths" (superwide, wide, normal, long) you have to work with for
>your different shots. Just like a regular movie.
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Received on Wed Sep 20 16:20:31 2000

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