Re: Finney is Back!

Hi Jeff,

I've used a Finney quite a bit over the last two years. The bellows
doesn't have "stops" that correspond to the focal lengths. You can
set the bellows extension to any focal length you like. The "side
scale for measuring bellows extension" mentioned on the Pinhole
Resource website unfortunately isn't very visible on the picture. It
is a ruler measured in 10mm increments that swings up from the side of
the camera. You use it to measure the bellows extension and set it to
a length that corresponds to one of the apertures in the turret.
(This is a little hard to visualize without seeing the ruler in
action.)

The ground glass works, but only if ALL light is kept off of it. The
focusing cloth must completely surround the camera and the
photographer's head. I have used the ground glass two or three times
when testing films to make sure that the objects in the test scene are
all in the frame. I don't use the ground glass in practice.

A lens conceivably could be used on the Finney, since it has a
standard sized lens board (turretboard?) 4 inches. However, the
Finney doesn't have a bed like a Deardorff and may be too lightly
built to hold a heavy lens. The scissor-action extenders visible in
the Pinhole Resource photo are all that hold the front in place.

Hope this helps.

Tom

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Dilcher" <dilcher@cueva.com>
To: <pinhole-discussion@pinhole.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 12:14 PM
Subject: Re: [pinhole-discussion] Finney is Back!

>
>
> I would love to get
> one, but justifying it to my wife might be tricky!
>
> Has anyone here actually seen a Finney?
>
> I like the idea of the pinhole turret, but, I am wondering,
> if the bellows extension has preset "stops" to coincide
> with the various focal lengths. Also, I wonder if the
> the "ground glass viewing screen" is usable with pinhole...
>
> Is there any reason why a conventional lens/shutter
> can't be interchanged on this camera?
>
Received on Thu Apr 19 13:53:03 2001