Panoramic Pinhole Plans

From: Benno Jones <bennoj_at_domain.name.suppressed>
Date: Sat 16 Jun 2001 - 08:29:53 PDT

I recently came into possession of a 5x7 dark slide that has been cut in
half to give to approx. 6x17 exposures on a 5x7 piece of film. I have a
fairly decent 5x7 camera (Kodak 33a) and would like to use the setup to
make some pinhole panoramas. However, once I fashion a pinhole
lensboard, I'm worried that falloff towards the edges will result in a
sort of 'half-dome' effect on the photos that won't look so hot
(especially on the bottom half of the film. So my plan is to make the
pinhole off-center on the lensboard and flip it for each exposure. As I
am very inexperienced at making my own pinhole cameras (even as limited
as this - I use a Zero2000, a Leonardo and a Nikon pinhole body cap), I
feel a need for outside input. This leads me to ask the group for any
comments. Are my falloff fears fraudulent? Anything else I should take
into consideration?

Thanks,
Benno Jones

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Received on Sat Jun 16 11:30:31 2001

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