on 4/30/01 4:43 PM, Stephen Springer at springer@uidaho.edu wrote:
I have found if you tape or paint the brass orlight color parts black in the
camera and around the pinhole helps to cut the flare it helped with my Zero
and outher pinhole cameras I have
James
> Rune:
>
> I get the same thing every time I shoot "into the sun," using both my Zero
> 2000 and my Leonardo 4x5. You're not alone! This has been discussed on the
> list before, and I followed with great interest. Nothing was really resolved
> (not that it should have been), but some people said they got the effect,
> while others wondered how a lens-less camera could possibly "flare." As a
> low-tech thinker, I finally just figured it must be light somehow flaring as
> it hit the film. I'm sure some of the more technically-savvy people on the
> list will have a better explanation.
>
> I've learned to like the effect, and now I "use" it. It could be pretty
> annoying, though, if you didn't have some use for it. And always shooting
> away from the sun would be pretty limiting.
>
> Steve
>
>
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Received on Mon Apr 30 18:57:47 2001
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