RE: best viewfinders for close-up work

definitely purchase a film holder first...it makes it easier to fit the
back.
8x10 is sooooo much fun & the negatives are sooooo big....
so how old are the girls?
andy

-----Original Message-----
From: pinhole-discussion-admin@pinhole.com
[mailto:pinhole-discussion-admin@pinhole.com]On Behalf Of Sarah Heidt
Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 9:23 PM
To: pinhole-discussion@pinhole.com
Subject: Re: [pinhole-discussion] best viewfinders for close-up work

My younger brother does woodworking and has generously offered to build me a
large format pinhole camera. He even bought a set of micro drills for his
Dremel (are these small enough, I don't know!) All I have to do is give him
the plans. (Don't give me grief about not building it for myself--I'm a busy
mom of two little girls, and shy of power tools...) I am not sure whether to
go 4x5 or 8x10. I don't have film holders. So should I purchase a wooden
film holder first on Ebay and then have him build the camera to accomodate
it? I have the book "Primitive Photography" by Alan Greene that shows very
detailed plans for making a large format camera (with lens!) and I was
thinking of giving the book to him and letting him use that as a guide. Any
other ideas or plans that are online I could send to him?

Thanks in advance,
Sarah -- always ASKING for help, maybe someday I'll be able to
reciprocate...

>From: DaiNaka@aol.com
>Reply-To: pinhole-discussion@pinhole.com
>To: pinhole-discussion@pinhole.com
>Subject: Re: [pinhole-discussion] best viewfinders for close-up work
>Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 13:50:46 EDT
>
>Most of the viewfinders on old folding cameras (or any non-slr for that
>matter) are useless for close-up since they do not adjust for parallax
>closer than a meter.
>
>I pre-visualize the scene when I do close-ups which for the most part
>works out well for me. (Another words, I just point and shoot with out
>any framing devices.)
>
>dai.
>www.justdai.com
>
> >Thanks to those of you advising me on good medium format (non-TLR)
> >cameras for zone plate conversion. I have one more question for the
> >group.
> >
> >Given that I shoot mostly close-ups, what can you tell me about the
> >viewfinders of these old folding cameras and rangefinders? Some seem to
> >have little diopters, others just a little window. Will any of them be
> >able to frame up something only a foot away? If not, how could I
> >customize them to do so? Thanks.
>
>
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