Re: fiber optic pinhole

Here's the home page, click on "The Drinking Straw camera" to see the
6 images.

http://www.andrebaumunk.de/e/index2.htm

Pam

Scott Sellers wrote:
>
> On Monday, April 09, 2001, Mike Vande Bunt wrote:
>
> > The Polaroid backs use what is called an "image plate" which is thousands of
> > optical fibers fused together in a parallel arrangement. An image that is
> > focused on one side of the plate is transmitted intact (minus a slight amount
> > of brightness) to the other side of the plate. The technology was first
> > developed for use in "night vision" scopes. So, yes, fiber optic "cable" IS
> > used in 35mm Polaroid backs, but it's one solid piece fused ou of thousands
> > of individual strands of glass.
> >
> > That said, a single optic fiber should be able to serve as a pinhole.
>
> Somewhere on the web are images (portraits IIRC) made using an array
> of drinking straws that (I think) functions like the fiber optic
> device you describe. The bundle of straws is sized to match the film
> medium 1:1, and carefully laid up to keep the "pixels" in order. Each
> straw gathers the light from one very narrow angle of view, and
> transmits that light to it's own private bit of film. Unlike pinhole
> (and lens photography), there is no flip-flopping of the image. Also,
> the image isn't enlarged or reduced (unless the straws/fibers were to
> get bigger or smaller from end to end). Interesting stuff to
> conceive.
>
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> Scott Sellers
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