Re: "Pinhole" on film

Hello Christoph,

I appreciate your offer of a pinhole made with this new method. If
I'm one of the luck first ten, my snail mail address is:
Tom Miller
10930 Mississippi Blvd NW
Coon Rapids, MN 55433-3866

Thanks again,
Tom

----- Original Message -----
From: "Christoph Wirsing" <chwirsing@web.de>
To: <pinhole-discussion@pinhole.com>
Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 2:32 AM
Subject: [pinhole-discussion] "Pinhole" on film

> A while ago somebody asked about pin"holes" exposed on film.
> I have been thinking about this before, but never took the time to
try it.
> Now I had to do a print film and used the border of the page for
some tests.
> I only exposed some polaroid pictures until now, so I am not sure if
the
> sharpness actually equals a real hole.
> But as far as I can tell from the first tests, it seems to work
quite well.
>
> The good thing about this technique is
> a) it is very easy to make a perfectly clean hole of exact size
> b) it is the only way to make holes of other shape, like stars (if
you don't
> have a laser)
>
> The way to do it:
> Use a vector graphics program (like corel draw and many others).
> Draw a black square of 25*25 cm.
> Put a white shape in the center of the square, using a size of 1 mm.
(I used
> one dot and two different stars from the "wingdings" font)
> Combine the two objects and reduce the whole thing to 2.5*2.5 cm.
> This way you can be sure that the "hole" will be 0.1cm .
> (If you need other sizes, it should be not too difficult to
calculate)
> Then you can duplicate the object as often as the size of the page
allows
> it.
> Save it as print file and send it to your service bureau.
>
> Unfortunately, I don't have much time at the moment for playing
around with
> them, but if somebody else would like to try it:
> I have made enough "filmholes", so that the first 10 people who send
me
> their snail-address can get a set of them.
>
> I would like to see the results!
>
> Christoph
>
> PS: some of my pinhole photographs can be seen on www.chwirsing.de
(made
> with a zero2000, not the "filmholes" yet)
>
>
>
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Received on Fri Apr 5 10:52:33 2002