George L Smyth wrote:
> --- Jeff Dilcher <dilcher@cueva.com> wrote:
> how are Finney users lining up what will be on the final image when they are
> making a photograph? Guesswork?
>
>
> 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>
>
One of the magic of pinhole photography for me is the degree of uncertainty that is
associated with the fact that you do not have a viewfinder to perfectly frame the
image. I use the flat of my hand as a rough guide of where the extemities of the
image lie and this has generaly worked well. The more you use the camera, the
better you get the feel for where the edges of the image will be. Of course, with
a bellows camera this feeling will take longer than with a fixed focal length
camera.
Guy
Received on Fri May 11 15:27:19 2001
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