Re: New images

Thanks for the replies. Here are answers to a few questions.

>Thomas Harvey wrote:
> >
> > I have just uploaded a couple of images to my server. Both were
> > taken with an old Ansco 6x9 folding camera. I ripped the folding
> > front door and bellows out, put a plate and pinhole across the front.
> > I think the focal length is about 19mm.
> >
> > Tom
> >
> > http://web.pdx.edu/~harveyt/USsundialPin.jpg
> >
> > http://web.pdx.edu/~harveyt/PolesPin.jpg
> >

>Tom,
>
>I've got a couple of old 6x9 cameras which got the same treatment as
>yours. They're a lot of fun to use. I find that your pictures have
>much less light fall-off than what I get with mine. I wonder why. Did
>you do any correction in the printing (like dodging the center part?)
>
>Guy Glorieux
>

No corrections of that sort. It's Ilford Delta 100 film; negatives
scanned on a flatbed scanner; some overall adjustments in Photoshop.

>what do you mean : 'ripped out'? (sorry, non-anglophone)
>

I detached the folding front completely (using pliers, screwdriver,
and grinding tool), and removed the bellows. There is no going back
to a regular camera!

> Is that a real working sundial? And where is it?
 
Yes, as far as I know it is working. But I've never actually set my
watch by it. It is near Union Station in downtown Portland, Oregon.

Regards,

Tom
Received on Tue Oct 24 11:00:46 2000