Re: Finney observations (was My "personal day" off from work...)

From: George L Smyth <glsmyth_at_domain.name.suppressed>
Date: Fri 11 May 2001 - 11:57:28 PDT

--- Jeff Dilcher <dilcher@cueva.com> wrote:
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> My only problem with the Finney is this:
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> Obviously, with an extendable bellows camera, lines can't be traced on the
> camera (nor would I want to on a Finney!), so, my question is, how are
> Finney users lining up what will be on the final image when they are
> making a photograph? Guesswork?
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My guess would be that a string could be run from a pin placed at one side of
the negative to a pin above the pinhole, back to a pin on the other side of the
negative. I've done this sort of thing before, but then this hasn't exactly
been on a $1,000 camera. <g>

Cheers -

george

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Received on Fri May 11 14:57:30 2001

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