Re: The world isn't flat

Guy,

I used a Pinoramic 120 made by Kurt Mottweiler. I just aimed the camera down
towards the river and it caused it to do the "bend". That's a straight shot
with no altering at all :)) .

Have a good weekend, and

"Keep on Pinholin'",
Tom

Guy Glorieux wrote:

> Tom,
>
> This is all wrong! If the earth was'nt flat, the water would drip away
> from its side and fall into the void underneath and the lake would be
> empty. If the lake is'nt empty, then it means that the earth can't be
> round. Can't beat that argument, can you? ...!! -:))
>
> In fact, I'm sure your picture is a counterfeit, like perhaps you bent
> the sides of the paper during the printing under the enlarger, or
> something like that, to get the bent horizon! -:))
>
> Seriously, what kind of focal length did you have on your pinhole and
> what kind of "camera obscura" contraption did you use.
>
> The bent horizon looks about like what I get on my 35mm camera when I
> put my 16mm semi-fisheye lens. So this is a super wide angle. But how
> is it that you don't get light to fall off on the edges (Hmmm, perhaps
> something similar to what keeps the water from dripping away from the
> sides of the bent horizon!?)
>
> Then I can't quite figure the format either. Like if you had used a 120
> panoramic camera. Is that the case?
>
> Tell us more!
>
> Guy Glorieux
>
> Tom Lindsay wrote:
> >
> > Hi All
> >
> > “Last night I had a marvelous dream” said Columbus, as he was leaving
> > the flower laden picnic table along the river. “Word up!” said the
> > Queen; “tell me more!”
> > “Well Bella, I feel the earth is round and not flat as others might
> > think”. “Word!” said the Queen; “have you been smokin’ that weed again
> > Colo?” “No way!” said Columbus with a little snicker; “my dreams just
> > have been in pinhole!”
> >
> > look at http://www.pinhole.com/discussion/upload/images/colo11.jpg
> >
> > “Keep on Pinholin’”,
> > Tom
> >
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Received on Fri Nov 17 14:52:06 2000