Well put... I'm STILL getting use to getting closer than close to my
subjects. andy
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Thanks. About the x3.5, I hadn't really considered it as a malleable factor
until Guillermo discussed it this AM. And he is right, my 50mm on a 4x5
isn't even 3.5, it's about 3.25. I've gotten falloff (especially along one
side, which I suspect is the result of careless centering of the pinhole),
HA! It is a folding camera that will be 18 wide and about 9 high. The body
will follow the plan for a 10x12 that Alan Greene features in his book
Primitive Photography. Much modification, though, because his wants a 22
body, and I intend to keep mine to 6. As far as I can tell, it simply will
I am building a 7x17 camera, which I intend to use w/ a pinhole. This will
be a wooden folding camera, so it will have a fixed focal length. Therefore
I need to be sure I arrive at a good camera length from the start. I
wonder whether Guillermo and/or others could review my logic below, and
