Re: pinhole is not about "sharpness"?

From: Jeff Dilcher <dilcher_at_domain.name.suppressed>
Date: Tue 07 May 2002 - 18:50:12 PDT

On Tuesday 07 May 2002 09:51 pm, Michael_Georgoff@trendmicro.com wrote:
> Perhaps the majority of pinhole is not at all concerned with sharpness.
> There are many, many of what I consider Pictorial shooters, achieving great
> soft images, some very dreamlike. Very nice stuff! (eg: Davison's The
> Onion Field, etc, etc). The WWPD gallery is full of great, soft pinhole
> images.

I have had people who couldn't believe that some Finney pics I made
were actually pinhole, due to sharpness. Using the "correct" focal length and
aperature, I was able to get this amount of detail:

http://hiddenworld.net:81/pinhole/?cmd=max&start=&pic=blackbeard.jpg

I don't mind not having "razor" sharpness, but I like a certain level of
clarity...
Received on Tue May 7 18:49:28 2002

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