Re: Panoramic Pinhole Plans

From: jamesromeo <jamesromeo_at_domain.name.suppressed>
Date: Sun 17 Jun 2001 - 18:57:42 PDT

on 6/16/01 11:29 AM, Benno Jones at bennoj@qwest.net wrote:
Ihave bolth 5x7 and 8x10 cut dark siides I use on mt 5x7 and 8x10 viw. If
eny lens cpver the format it should be ok. You ca rise the frount to make up
error the trick is to revese the back for the 2nd photo,
James

> 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
Received on Sun Jun 17 22:16:10 2001

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