Re: 8 x 10 Bag Camera...

I hole-heartedly agree. The holy grail is the picture that exposes all
the myths of light bending refraction.
Do I hear a pin drop at the mention of this abomination? In the
beginning there was diffraction and images were clean and good. Now
the world is pervaded by (lenses) - try saying that word without sound
like a snake - and we a cleaved from what is good and diffuse by the
sharpness of images. It is easier to pass through the aperture of a
pinhole than it is to see clearly using a lens.

Alexis

On 5 Mar 2005, at 4:27, Guy Glorieux wrote:

> Wolfgang Thoma asked:
>> Can you explain what is the problem with the "full frontal XXXX
>> camera": that it is a XXXX camera or "full frontal"? If I regard the
>> camera, it seems to be perfectly normal ( with the exception of the
>> XXXX, of course)
>> taco
>
> Well, you know, I mean... Hmmm...
>
> It's that normal people make photographic images in the proper manner
> - you know, with a pinhole where light hits directly the
> photo-sensitive emulsion. I always find it a bit rude to look at
> cameras that deliberately chose to rely on a L*** (you know, these
> shiny disks of highly polished convex glass) to actually bend light
> (imagine!) in order to make a photographic image.
>
> We'd rather not mention the word L*** in this group (and I apologize
> for having done so in my first email). And we just don't look at
> cameras that don't have their L*** decently covered (unless the camera
> is gently turned sideways to avoid showing the offensive light-bending
> device).
>
> With digital being the norm in our society, it's becoming more and
> more difficult to avoid exposure to this kind of glass material. I
> recall having read somewhere that a growing number of photographers
> have actually stopped using any silver-based material alltogether in
> their work!!
>
> Shocking, if I may say so! I just can't fathom the depth of such
> perversion.
>
> I'm sure you know that the internet is littered with web sites showing
> pictures of this so-called technologically-advanced photographic
> equipment. Not even a word of caution to warn-off people who consider
> that a "decent exposure" should be long enough to require correction
> for reciprocity failure!
>
> But thank God, this group and other similar fora are actively working
> at safeguarding proper photographic manners. The 5th WorldWide
> Pinhole Photographic Day, on Sunday April 24, will show the strength
> of this momentum.
>
> With very best regards,
>
> Guy
>
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