Re: slit cameras?

Andy,
It's like in the real life. Ask any crooked slit how they became crooked
and they will tell you that when they were a kid they used to be straight.
But then they had these friends who would go out in the bars late at night,
etc... You know the story...! It's the same thing all the time. I hope
that you'll keep a close eye on your slits when you get some. Don't let
them go out past 8:00 PM!
Cheers,
Guy

Andy Schmitt wrote:

> I realize this is a truly stupid question but how does one make "crooked
> slits"
> thanks
> andy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pinhole-discussion-admin@pinhole.com
> [mailto:pinhole-discussion-admin@pinhole.com]On Behalf Of Tom Miller
> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 5:11 PM
> To: pinhole-discussion@pinhole.com
> Subject: Re: [pinhole-discussion] slit cameras?
>
> Hi Jane,
>
> A slit is an elongated pinhole that, like a round pinhole, is an image
> forming device. A slit is about the same width as the diameter of a
> pinhole, but can be up to 2.5" to 3" long for a 4x5 negative. The
> slit can be a straight line: horizontal, vertical or diagonal. The
> image formed will take the characteristics of the slit. If the slit
> is horizontal, the image will be wider than normal; if it vertical,
> the image will be taller than normal. The fun part of slit
> photography is using curved and zig-zag and right-angle and
> question-mark-shaped and other wacky slits. Tf there are two slits
> between the image and the film plane, the image will take on
> characteristics of both slits. This is the second and truly fun part.
> The resulting images are so distorted!
>
> There isn't a good description of slit photography that I've found on
> the internet (yet). Good descriptions of slit photography and great
> resulting images are in the Pinhole Journal, vol 15 #1 and in Eric
> Renner's book "Pinhole Photography, Rediscovering a Historic
> Technique." There's more about slits in the second edition than the
> first. Eric and Nancy at Pinhole Resource sell the Cardozo slit
> camera on their website www.pinholeresource.com. There is a picture
> of the camera on their products page.
>
> Tom
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "J.E. Patterson" <jane@lightjunkie.org>
> To: <pinhole-discussion@pinhole.com>
> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 11:59 AM
> Subject: [pinhole-discussion] slit cameras?
>
> > Tom Miller wrote:
> > > Attendees who stayed for the question/answer/network session saw
> some
> > > of my dual-slit color photos from the Iconclast series.
> >
> > Can you say more about slit cameras, or where to find out more
> > about them? I noticed them in the description of an upcoming
> > pinhole workshop here[at PCNW in Seattle], but I won't be able to
> > attend.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Jane
> > --
> > J.E. Patterson
> > www.lightjunkie.org | www.luxumbradei.com
> >
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