of the flash,
or if light is reflecting off the inside of the pinhole material.
--
Traci Bunkers
Bonkers Handmade Originals
http://www.bonkersfiber.com
From: Jeff Dilcher dilc...@hiddenworld.net
Reply-To: pinhole-discussion@p at ???
Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2003 15:14:33 -0400
To: pinhole
Who said the reason for pinhole was a fuzzy image? I use a Finney,
and quite enjoy a relatively sharp image, in some instances. Great
depth of field, which implies a degree of sharpness, is one reason
many people like pinhole.
That is like saying if you want a fuzzy image, forget pinhole,
use
of the list for $199 for the package, plus
actual shipping charges.
Please contact me right away if you would like me to
reserve these for you.
Thanks,
Jeff Dilcher
Atlanta, GA
time off from work to get some
images!!
-Jeff Dilcher
Atlanta, GA USA
computers are almost occult medium to many people at my workplace-
otherwise I wouldn't have a job as a computer technician.
When you take the romanticism and emotion out of it, film and computers
are just two different technologies. On the face of it, neither one can
claim to be more pure or
The newer, more expensive camera apparantly can handle longer
exposures better. Here is a 30 second Nikon D1 exposure (not pinhole):
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/NikonD1/Samples/Night/000902-0739-37.jpg
the dots in the night sky are stars, and not artifacts!
In a few years, technology will
Looks like a light leak. I think Holga owners considers that a feature
and not a problem! There is a reason these cameras were (originally)
inexpensive...
On Tue, 3 Dec 2002, Traci Bunkers wrote:
Thanks for the suggestions so far on my pinhole shots with my Holga. I just
uploaded a photo
On Wednesday 13 November 2002 10:09 pm, pinholeren...@netscape.net
wrote:
I just posted an image taken last week of an old , soon to be
abandoned swiming pool in new jersey.I was real happy with the
colors wanted feedback . It was taken with a Finney using kodak
160 asa print film 120mm.I
On Wednesday 30 October 2002 02:55 pm, ROBERTSON,TRAVIS J wrote:
whatever geek
Trying for most un-cool subscriber post? You have my vote...
eradicate them. Any suggestions on keeping contrast in the sky without a
filter? Or alternatively how to use a filter without rendering every speck
of dirt?
I gave up on filters altogether, and just started shooting color film.
This allows me to adjust contrast and convert to greyscale in
On Wed, 16 Oct 2002, Catherine Just wrote:
hi,
after using 4x5 film holders with my pinhole while
traveling, I am very interested in the film that is
already in a holder. I can't remember the name of it.
I think you are referring to the readyload packs from Kodak.
I use TMAX ones for
pm, Margaret Graham wrote:
I had the same problem in Netscape but it is viewable in IE and well worth
a look!
Margaret Graham
George L Smyth wrote:
--- Jeff Dilcher dilc...@hiddenworld.net wrote:
I have started a little project, to keep myself amused, called Lunch
Hour Pinhole Project
I was not able to get to http://hiddenworld.net:81/Lunch_Hour_Pinhole.html.
Is
it down or is the URL wrong?
Thanks -
george
Users behind restrictive firewalls may not be able to access the site, as
it is on port 81. This is because my little web site runs off my cable
modem, and the
I like the idea of using color film for BW, primarily for controlling
constrast. For instance, you can skip using filters when you take
pictures, and, instead, use Photoshop, to, say, darken only the blue
sky in a picture, when you are converting to BW.
I would be interested in hearing what
I use a Jobo drum, but roll it on a Beseler motor drive, which is actually
designed for rolling print paper. I get great results with it.
On Sun, 1 Sep 2002 erick...@hickorytech.net wrote:
No experience with the duolab, but I can sure endorse Jobo. - Original
Message -
From: D.
On Tue, 27 Aug 2002, Andy Schmitt wrote:
good instinct since everything in front gets focus...including any little
dusties on the filter.
andy
Dusties have no problem getting projected onto the film when the filter
is behind the pinhole- I know this from painful personal experience!
Moral-
Can anyone give advice on what to look for in a paint that
will be used to paint and darken the inside of tins?
I have not made a pinhole camera from a tin, and was thinking
of using some of my pipe tobocco circular tins as wide angle
cameras.
Thanks!
Jeff
I am shooting the same film and the same format.
I would advise filtration of Red and Yellow.
Red will also darken foilage, in addition to darkening
sky, and yellow will lighten foilage in addition to darkening
sky.
a number 29 dark red will make the blue sky extremely dark.
a number 25 will
I would put my chemicals in some little coffee cups, and swish them around
in there for the recommended times. Upload your results so we can see
what develops (pun intended).
On Mon, 20 May 2002, Shannon Stoney wrote:
I have been thinking about making some tiny cameras with Altoids boxes and
On Wednesday 15 May 2002 02:55 am, Guy Glorieux wrote:
No Jeff, you didn't miss any postings on the Wyndham Montreal Hotel
Giant Pinhole picture... I've been quite busy since April 28, working
on this project and other priorities, and I have not had much time to
report.
Wow! Fantastic!
I may have missed an update...
How did the Canadian Hotel room pinhole picture
and the Great Wall pinhole projects turn out?
-Jeff
From my research since I first posted, I have determined that
a) you are likely to get zapped by much higher powered devices
if your film is in bags which are checked and not carried on board.
b) 100asa and under film *should* be able to withstand several exposures
to walkthrough devices.
c)
On Tuesday 07 May 2002 09:51 pm, michael_georg...@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
Great!
Hey, could you guys snap a few lens pics, which you could upload,
which would show us your camera, being setup? I would be
as interested in that, as the final result!
Good luck!
Jeff
On Saturday 27 April 2002 10:52 am, Guy Glorieux wrote:
Hi friends,
I thought that some of you
Whoops.
URL is:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2019480096ssPageName=ADME:B:LC:US:1
I have a scanner for sale on EBAY, if anyone is interested.
There is no reserve, so you might get lucky and get it cheap!
It is a scanmaker4 dual media scanner - it will scan negatives
up to 8x10! I regularly made 4x5 scans on it, which can be
seen on http://www.hiddenworld.net/pinhole
Here is
I have an even simpler solution. I have a small rectangle with
a 4x5 inch whole cut in it. It looks like a little frame. I hold this
up to my eye, and, voila, viewfinder! My camera has a bellows,
so I am able to adjust the focal length to match my eye to frame
distance. Works great, and helps
Good job! What kind of camera are you using, and what
kind of focal length? I have always shot film, but would
like to experiment with paper.
What did you mean by Gimp curves? changing contrast?
I have found that this is almost always necessary with my
pinhole film scans, and even my digital
Dreaded circular email loop in progress. You might want to temporarily
disconnect David!
On 3 Apr 2002, David Weinberg wrote:
I am on the west Coast this week with limited access to email.
___
Post to the list as PLAIN TEXT only - no HTML
on piezography,
Jeff Dilcher
I would second that advice. The formulas give you supposedly
the most sharp picture for the given focal length and pinhole
size... but, is that really what you want from a pinhole image-
the most sharp picture you can get? You can be *way* off, and
still get great pictures.
On Sun,
Thanks, I went ahead and upgraded my server, even though
it is a pain in the $%@!
Thanks for pointing this out!
On Friday 01 March 2002 07:13 pm, you wrote:
Jeff, there's a description of it here:
http://security.e-matters.de/advisories/012002.html
At 10:35 AM 2/28/02 -0500,
Gregg,
What was the vulnerability? I allow people to upload and download via
PHP scripts on my web site, and probably should tighten up my security...
-Jeff
On Thu, 28 Feb 2002, Gregg Kemp wrote:
Hi all,
I have temporarily disabled the ability to upload a file to the list's
upload
Anyone have any good / cheap suggestions on how
I should go about obtaining a focusing loupe and focusing cloth?
I need something that will work reasonable well with
a 4X5 view camera, but am not interested in spending
too much, obviously. I have a finney that I am experimenting
with using for
Yes, most are 4x5 TMAX100 negatives developed in hc110 dilution
B for the recommended times.
Some on the web page were shot using a Leonardo pinhole camera:
http://www.pinholeresource.com/products.html#leonardo
I used to use the 1.5 or maybe 3 focal length versions primarily.
Some newer ones are
I wonder if 4x5 enlarging paper will fit exactly in
the sheet film holders?
They should, but I haven't tried...
-Jeff
On Tue, 18 Dec 2001, Andy Schmitt wrote:
Why not? As long as you cut it the right side put the emulsion facing out
( 80) )
it should be a very good method for holding it.
Sorry, Garden City South Carolina. It is an ocean side community about 10
miles south of Myrtle Beach South Carolina.
On Thursday 13 December 2001 06:39 am, b2myo...@aol.com wrote:
In a message dated 12/12/01 8:23:35 PM, r...@hiddenworld.net writes:
Sunrise on Garden City (with shrimboat on
01:05 am, Mike Vande Bunt wrote:
Jeff Dilcher wrote:
Some new pictures from a recent trip to South Carolina.
Joy. Rock Island State Park, near McMinnville Tennessee:
http://server1.hiddenworld.net:81/pinhole/index.php?cmd=maxstart=12pic=
rockisland2.jpg
Fantastic! The wild diffraction
Dirleton is near Myrtle Beach- about 10 miles south.
Myrtle Beach is very close to the border with North Carolina.
Most plantations are privately owned, but Dirleton was deeded
to the state, and now what formerly was rice plantations are
now wildlife management areas.
On Wednesday 12 December
Some new pictures from a recent trip to South Carolina.
Dirleton Plantation:
http://server1.hiddenworld.net:81/pinhole/index.php?cmd=maxstart=12pic=direleton.jpg
to find out about the history of Dirleton, click here:
http://www.lowcountry-sc.com/dirleton/
Sunrise on Garden City (with shrimboat
Great shots!
Can you give the film and aperature / focal length you used?
Thanks!
On Saturday 08 December 2001 08:21 pm, you wrote:
I uploaded three images which are the result of exposure times arrived at
with less than microscopic precision. Specifically,
By the time you get to a calculated 64 flashes, you actually
need to give 80!
Might want to have an extra set of batteries on hand. Tell your subject
not to move while you are doin' all that poppin'!
Can someone talk about the performance of the fuji instant film? Is it
available in 4x5? what speeds? Prone to reciprocity / color shifts?
I would think adding a blue filter to poloroid shots would exacerbate the
problem. I won't if the blue cast can be adequately compensated for in
it turn at? Do you
just dump out the dev and put the stop in, etc? Thanks for any info...
rob
From: Jeff Dilcher r...@hiddenworld.net
Reply-To: pinhole-discussion@p at ???
Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 14:02:53 -0500 (EST)
To: pinhole-discussion@p at ???
Subject: [pinhole-discussion
Must be a good camera, because the lovely
Teresa Wright endorses it:
http://www.reelclassics.com/Actresses/Teresa/teresa-ad.htm
://www.digitaltruth.com/
Cheers,
Guy
Jeff Dilcher wrote:
Sorry for the technical questions, but maybe someone
could be of help.
1) TMAX 100 film - I am thinking of trying to alter
my development times to obtain the -2, -1, +1, +2, contrast
adjustments. Can anyone give me some reasonable
Sorry for the technical questions, but maybe someone
could be of help.
1) TMAX 100 film - I am thinking of trying to alter
my development times to obtain the -2, -1, +1, +2, contrast
adjustments. Can anyone give me some reasonable
percentages of normal development times that I should
start off
Anyone venture to guess if polaroid materials will still
be available in any form following their bankruptcy?
Anyone use that foam board like that sell at craft stores
for making pinhole cameras? I wonder if it durable enough...
Thought I'd ask before I plunk down any cash...
Does anyone on the list have Kevin Finney's email
address? I have need for a small replacement part
for my Finney pinhole camera...
I have heard people refer to piezography
when referring to printing from a computer.
Is this just a fancy term for inkjet printing?
Does anyone know a good site for someone who knows nothing
about Polaroid to learn? What film, what are the properties,
caveats, etc?
I usually use 4x5 BW, and understand that I can buy 4x5 Polaroid
film and film holders to use in my large format camera.
Hello,
I have been the happy owner of a ZeroImage 2000
camera, and having been mulling the possibility
of buying one of the new 6x9 format versions.
My older camera seemed very susceptible to lens
flare. The web page say:
Matt black paints is applied at the inner part of the camera to prevent
Four days before the Twin Towers collapse, we had the opportunity to visit
NYC. The first thing we did on Friday was visit the World Trade Center,
and take the elevator up to the observation desk on the roof.
Here is a ZeroImage pinhole photo, take on the last Friday of the Trade
Tower's
Me too! I tried VI... I think you have to have a programming gene
(which I must lack) to really like it.
maybe EMACS.
On Friday 14 September 2001 17:41, you wrote:
Hi:
No! There's simplicity (pine) and then there's masochism (vi). Pico is
the editor I use in pine.
Gord
On Fri,
I think the forum we are communicating on is evidence that we are
not necessarily moving away from technology in all regards!
On Thu, 13 Sep 2001, Guy Glorieux wrote:
Gregg Kemp wrote:
leezy, I truly hope (and believe) our pinhole alliance is much broader than
NATO. One of the great
Thankyou!
I took pinhole pictures from the top of the (no longer existing)
World Trade Center on Friday.
I will publish on the web soon.
It is strange to think that the place I was standing on this time
on Friday no longer exists...
On Tue, 11 Sep 2001, Jean Daubas wrote:
Apologize for
Great shots! I particularly like:
http://users.skynet.be/asveyou/park
I don't know if you intended the degree of blurriness that
you got, but it makes the picture more interesting for me.
Is this in NYC?
I'll be visiting there for the first time next weekend.
I'd like to do a bit of pinholing
I took a little road trip last weekend, and took
some photos near Desota Falls State Park near
Mentone Alabama.
Here are the URLs (apologies if these get broken into
two lines because of length):
http://hiddenworld.net:81/pinhole/index.php?cmd=maxstart=0pic=desoto_falls_creek_a_18-18-.jpg
Try Epson's web site.
I think one model is called a 2000 or 2000p.
It is listed under their inkjet printers..
On Tue, 14 Aug 2001, Colin Talcroft wrote:
Does anyone know names and model numbers of the
archival printers from Epson that Jeff mentions?
Thanks.
Colin
That is because inkjet printers use ink that is really a dye, and dyes
based prints fade over (little) time. The majority of current Inkjet prints
are not archival like real photographs from a darkroom can be.
I have noticed that Epson has begun to make archival printers, however
which they
You could use shoeboxes, like we used to do way back when when I was in
highschool.
Of course, your focal length is going to vary-
Students with little feet will be able to take wide angle pictures!
On Mon, 13 Aug 2001, Chuck Flagg wrote:
I have my students use chip cans like Fritos,
This of it this way:
If you have a slide projector shining a slide of, say, your family,
up on a wall. You are seated between the projector and the wall.
If you hold your hand up, between the projector, and the wall,
obviously you see some of the image on your hand. As you move
your hand away
Thanks Derek!
Have you come up with your own reciprocity adjustments,
or are you using what the manufacturer suggests?
-Jeff
On Fri, 3 Aug 2001, Derek Watkins wrote:
Jeff
I've been shooting Fuji NPS with great success. Although the maximum
recommended exposure is 5 seconds, I've used it
Can anyone suggest a good color negative film for me?
I will be shooting 4x5 and processing c-41.
Since it is pinhole we are dealing with, a film with low reciprocity
failure and not to significant color shift when taking long exposures
would be a plus. I am primarily shooting outdoors.
I have
Thanks,
The beach is actually a wildlife management area... no people!
except an occasional crazy photographer and his wife:
http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?z=17n=3486598e=481380size=m
The pond in the middle is full of alligators, and I hear there
are lots of rattle snakes, though I didn't see
Hi folks,
Here is a photo from Blackbeard Island, off the coast of
Georgia, a couple of months ago. Some of the first pics
taken with my Finney. Most of the shots I managed to
ruin, processing, but I was able to salvage this one reasonably
well.
My apologies if my mail has bounced for a
Here is a Zero2000 image I took last summer. No problem
with shutter, as the shutter was basically my thumb (!)
(pardon the long URL...)
http://www.???/discussion/upload/gallery2001.php?cmd=maxstart=pic=jeff_dilcher__coke_.jpg
I think I took this in Cartersville, GA. on one of my rambles,
Just wondering if any pinholers here are processing their color negatives
at home. Is such a thing viable?
I have been concentrating on bw for quite some time, and don't know to
much about color chemistry...
Maybe someone has some recommended internet links...
Just wondering if any pinholers here are processing their color negatives
at home. Is such a thing viable?
I have been concentrating on bw for quite some time, and don't know to
much about color chemistry...
Maybe someone has some recommended internet links...
http://hiddenworld.net
Jeff
-Original Message-
From: pinhole-discussion-admin@p at ???
[mailto:pinhole-discussion-admin@p at ???]On Behalf Of Kate Hudec
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 6:20 PM
To: pinhole-discussion@p at ???
Subject: Re: [pinhole-discussion] Clouds Over
Thanks for the comments on the picture. This was taken on the
Chattahoochie river right before a huge storm. The water, below the dam,
in the picture was teaming with huge alligator gar fish, which made the
scene even more surreal in person. These huge, seemingly armor plated,
fish would swim
A scene from Columbus, Georgia, from the
spring of this year:
(my apologies if your email chops this url)
http://hiddenworld.net/pinhole/?cmd=maxstart=pic=clouds-over-columbus.jpg
This was a finney pinhole camera, set on zone plate
pinhole at, I believe, 150mm focal length.
The nude was a 3.5 minute exposure, and, i forget
the exposure on the statue. TMax 100 film.
On Tue, 26 Jun 2001, M wrote:
A couple of new zone plate scans, one of St. Francis,
and one of a nude.
A couple of new zone plate scans, one of St. Francis,
and one of a nude. I don't know if St. Francis would
approve of the nude, but anyway...
(if these URLs get chopped into two lines, you may have
to piece them back together in your browser...)
I think that idea of technological depth has some
effect on a print's uniqueness, and more to the
point, it directly relates to the issue I have
been calling authenticity. The deeper the
technology the less the
authenticity.
The following view may not be politically correct, on
a
Atlanta, GA.
Thanks for looking,
Jeff Dilcher
http://www.hiddenworld.net
Great pictures, Marcy! Are these taken in California?
I didn't know you were on this list. Let me say that your junkstore
camera page has been an inspiration for me, an aspiring crappy camera
collector as well as pinholer. Keep up the good work,
Jeff Dilcher
Atlanta, GA
-Original
Great pics! I like the sofa picture! Is that you,
or a unintentionally cooperative subject?
I wonder if the contrast is a result of your film/
processing choices? What did you use? It looks like
the Beseler must have a nicely drilled pinhole at just
the right focal length for the aperature to
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I have a technical question, that, perhaps someone on
the list can help me with. Please respond
directly if you like.
I am trying to develop a mathematical function which will
help
Yes, I was kind of surprised that the edges hadn't fallen off more than
they did, however this is the only 40mm I have taken .
My only problem with the Finney is this:
In the past, when using a Leonardo camera, I always could visualize what
portions of my scene would be in the final negative by
I hope my boss isn't reading...
Monday was just too nice a day to go back to
work, and, having just received a new
Finney 4x5 camera, I was longing to shoot
some photos.
This shot is from Master's Cemetary, about
10 miles or so east of Atlanta, Georgia.
that an option to view the gallery in this
manner would add to the fact that the WWPD gallery
represents one 24 hour day in pinhole time!
Any thoughts?
Jeff Dilcher
Atlanta, GA
That is not unusual. I see remailers that translate
certain characters as 2D and 3D, although, usually
I see this when mailing systems replace end of line characters...
-Original Message-
From: pinhole-discussion-admin@p at ???
[mailto:pinhole-discussion-admin@p at ???]On
I would love to get
one, but justifying it to my wife might be tricky!
Has anyone here actually seen a Finney?
I like the idea of the pinhole turret, but, I am wondering,
if the bellows extension has preset stops to coincide
with the various focal lengths. Also, I wonder if the
the ground
Some of these pictures were definately
very short exposure times. For instance,
the bath pictures, the water's action
is stopped. Anyone know how they did it?
I thougth that perhaps the pinhole camera
had a shutter on it, and extremely fast
film was used. But, the pictures almost
don't seem
Yes, this is known as cranial reciprocity failure.
Briefly stated, the subject's head size varies
in proportion to the length of the time of the
exposure, up until a certain point, after which
the subject's head will be removed from the photo
altogether.
Try using faster film in order to keep
I wonder how many expressed an interest!
-Original Message-
From: pinhole-discussion-admin@p at ???
[mailto:pinhole-discussion-admin@p at ???]On Behalf Of Pam
Niedermayer
Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2001 2:44 AM
To: pinhole-discussion@p at ???
Subject: Re: [pinhole-discussion]
Does anyone know any good resources and/or tips
for scanning black and white film? A while back
I purchased a fairly decent scanner, (microtek
scanmaker 4), which has trays for scanning film.
I have been trying to scan 4x5 BW negatives, but
seem to be having miserable results- way to much
Anyone had much experience using Santa Barbar pinhole cameras?
Care to post your opinion of them?
I have been a happy user of the 1.5 and 6 inch Leonardo 4x5
cameras. I was thinking of getting a camera of around 3 inches
focal length...
I like the idea. I don't have the resources to print,
but would gladly make my pics available online. I think
we need to do this on a weekend, unless you want a view
of my office (come to think of it, that might be interesting..
maybe we could do a workplace theme sometime...)
On Wed, 14 Feb
Have you ever given thought to allowing folks to
choose from several popular film types, so that the
values on your page would take into account
reciprocity? For my cameras, I have printed your
page, then corrected the values based on reciprocity
charts, but it would be convenient for newbies to
I like the idea of a swap of some sort, however, I don't do much hard copy
printing-
i.e., I primarily scan negatives and display electronically via the web.
I suppose I could get some decent printer paper, and print via my ink jet
printer, if
this would not offend the traditionalists out there.
Hello!
I was thinking of upgrading my scanner, and was
hoping to get a unit that might be capable of
scanning 4x5 (bw) negatives. Does such a thing exist?
Are other people here scanning negatives to
create positive prints for web pages?
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