Re: Zero 6x9 pinhole

I would second that advice. The formulas give you supposedly
the most "sharp" picture for the given focal length and pinhole
size... but, is that really what you want from a pinhole image-
the most sharp picture you can get? You can be *way* off, and
still get great pictures.

On Sun, 2002-03-10 at 07:12, Bill Erickson wrote:
> There are at least two different formulas for the pinhole to film plane
> distance question. There are lots of different tables already calculated
> that have been referred to before. See Eric Renner's book for a long
> detailed description. Also, since you can be off from the "right" distance
> by a factor of 10 and still get usable images, just try something and see
> what you get.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "cfowler" <cfowler2@tampabay.rr.com>
> To: <pinhole-discussion@pinhole.com>
> Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 7:49 AM
> Subject: [pinhole-discussion] Zero 6x9 pinhole
>
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > How about different subject than photoflo !
> >
> > I am getting ready to order the zero 6x9 multiformat pinhole
> > camera, has anybody used this camera's ? is it worth 200 Bucks ?
> > I have mostly used large format camera's, I have a big 5x7 view
> > camera, I dont think it be hard to convert to pinhole but how do
> > select the distance of the bellows ( pinhole to film plane ) ?
> > is there certain rule ?
> >
> > C.H. Fowler
> >
> >
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Received on Sun Mar 10 19:35:44 2002