A matter of understanding?

Hi there to all. I'm new to your list and thanks for having me.

I've been attempting to build a pinhole panorama camera for a little while
now and am well on the way, however recently decided to test the system for
exposure etc. Grabbed the info from the FAQs about exposure measurement and
tried that with great success. (That is I'm pleased to be on the right track).

I am however dissapointed with the massive degree of "softness" the my 6x9
format negs have when printed. I've tried to use the optimum hole size
formula and have gone to a fair bit of trouble to make "clean" holes etc.
So, it occurs to me that maybr the softness is always going to be that much
and that is why many of you will be using large format paper negs and
contact printing because the softness degree is then spread over a whole
picture rather than of a small neg. Can someone out there who knows their
stuff confirm this for me or point me in a better direction.

We recently had the pleasure of a great international pinhole exhibition
here arranged by Dianne Stoppard and although I did not get to the other
end of the country to see it, I was able to purchase a catalogue and really
enjoyed the works of some of these artists especially Craig Barber and
Victoria Cooper.

Cheers for now Julian
Received on Sun Oct 1 15:16:15 2000