Re: Finney is Back!

I did the same. The pre-anniversary model speed graphic has a perfect
4x4inch lens board capacity. Also, if you remove the stops on the slides you
can extend the bellows 13 inches.
----- Original Message -----
From: George L Smyth <glsmyth@yahoo.com>
To: <pinhole-discussion@pinhole.com>
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2001 6:45 AM
Subject: Re: [pinhole-discussion] Finney is Back!

> --- Jeff Dilcher <dilcher@cueva.com> wrote:
> > 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?
>
> I saved myself all kinds of money by not buying the camera and simply
making
> several different pinholes corresponding to different bellows extensions.
I
> even made lens holders from pie pan bottoms. Whenever I use my Pacemaker
Crown
> Graphic for pinhole, I understand that the money I saved by doing this
will
> allow me to buy more film and (especially) paper.
>
> Cheers -
>
> george
>
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Received on Fri Apr 20 09:29:54 2001