Re: Still Life Compositions

Mark may actually be refering to a 25mm equivalent in 35mm terms. I
know the dual focal length (4x5) pinhole camera I purchased lists it's
focal lengths in 35mm terms: a super wide 12mm and wide 25mm.

Sincerly, Andrew Amundsen

>>Mike Healy wrote:
>> I need to ask you a dumb question. You are able to get 25 mm of focal
>> length
>> on 4x5? What equipment are you employing, that you can do this? That's a
>> separation of 1 lousy inch from pinhole to film plane, isn't it? I'd love
>> to
>> try that myself. My monorail and bag bellows **AND** recessed lens board
>> allow me a fat, gross, long-length 50 mm. What is your trick?
>>
>> Okay, another dumb question. With that kind of coverage on tabletop, it
>> kind
>> of seems like you're going to get the doorway behind you in the image,
>> plus
>> six miles down the length of the hallway, to say nothing of your own
>> entire
>> carcass. So I'm kind of wondering, why are you working with 25 mm? That it
>> distorts, would be one good reason. But you'll get distortion with 40-60
>> mm,
>> won't you? Do you have to stick to 25 mm? If I didn't like it that I was
>> getting so much into the frame, that probably would be my first point of
>> reassessment. Give yourself some bellows. I mean, unless you can position
>> your camera so it's a quarter of an inch from your subject matter. I tried
>> that recently w/ table top myself. The camera actually cast a shadow onto
>> my
>> subject. Impossible.
>>
>> Mike Healy
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Mark Andrews" <mandrews@dragonbones.com>
>> To: <pinhole-discussion@pinhole.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2002 6:47 PM
>> Subject: [pinhole-discussion] Still Life Compositions
>>
>>
>> I am novice pinhole photographer looking for some advice regarding
> shooting
>> still life compositions with my 4X5 Pinhole Camera (25mm focal length).
>>
>> My issue is that I am trying to limit the elements in my composition, but
>> tend to pick up a significant amount of the surrounding area no mater how
>> close I am to the still life composition. Is it possible to limit the
>> surrounding area? I've seen other pinhole still lifes with a limited
>> composition--perhaps this was accomplished in the darkroom?
Received on Sun Dec 29 20:49:16 2002