Re: [pinhole-discussion] Hello

2001-05-01 Thread George L Smyth
--- Laika la...@sputcorp.com wrote: Does anyone know if there any plans or detailed pictures of pinhole camera design on the web or in books? Probably not necessary. I say this because a pinhole camera is simply a light-tight container which holds film opposite a pinhole. This can take

Re: [pinhole-discussion] PC/MAC compatibility question

2001-04-26 Thread George L Smyth
--- John GRAY jg...@bretton.ac.uk wrote: Tina, this may seem a bit late in the day but problems between Macs and PCs reading tiffs and jpegs stems from the fact that Macs don't require a file extension in th way PCs do. If you include the appropriate extension after each filename- Pc dos

RE: [pinhole-discussion] Pinhole Day in Brazil

2001-04-24 Thread George L Smyth
--- Gregg Kemp gregg.k...@sas.com wrote: Ana Maria, thanks for the update from Brazil. Congratulations to you and Guilherme for the great job with the Portuguese translations, the promotions, AND workshops! You guys have incredible energy and are doing so much! Yes, that does sound good.

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Finney is Back!

2001-04-20 Thread George L Smyth
--- Jeff Dilcher dilc...@cueva.com wrote: 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

Re: [pinhole-discussion] helpful hints

2001-04-19 Thread George L Smyth
--- Sheila Cichoski sher...@hotmail.com wrote: hello everyone. i'm a newcomer to the list and to pinhole photography. i heard about it from a friend and have been doing research the last couple weeks. I found the discussion list and thought it would be helpful and give me good

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Pinhole Website

2001-04-16 Thread George L Smyth
--- photoe...@aol.com wrote: Hi, This is Lonnie. I looked at all the photographs on the website. It's great. What are all these different types of logos? Does the Pinhole group have more than one logo? Somebody explain this to me. Lonnie It was thought that since the logo would be

Re: [pinhole-discussion] new

2001-04-10 Thread George L Smyth
--- William Erickson erick...@ic.mankato.mn.us wrote: If those of you who have lesson plans would share them, I'm sure several of us would appreciate it. I'm committed to a pinhole series at our arts center and haven't done it before. If you go to http://www.pinholeday.org/support/, under

Re: [pinhole-discussion] new

2001-04-10 Thread George L Smyth
--- Deborah Tinker dtinker@tuhsd.k12.az.us wrote: I am new to the listserve discussion format. I am a beginning photo teacher at a Tempe Arizona high school. I use the pinhole camera as an introductory assignment, but feel I could go deeper into the technique. Anyone out there willing

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Shim Stock

2001-04-09 Thread George L Smyth
--- photoe...@aol.com wrote: I found thin brass sheeting in a hobby shop where they sell model trains. Brass may not be any better than aluminum. Aluminum may even be better, because brass seems more subject to tear in my opinion. I mount my pinholes in slide holders, marking the pinhole

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Sheet Film Holders

2001-04-06 Thread George L Smyth
--- Bruce Klemz bkl...@vax2.winona.msus.edu wrote: I'm new to pinhole, mainly using a 35mm with a body cap. I've also built one of the simple cardboard box versions using 4x5 paper negs and love the results. To get more phototaking (and less walking), I'd like to build one that uses the 4x5

Re: [pinhole-discussion] WPPD - THE MOST CHALLENGING PART

2001-04-05 Thread George L Smyth
--- Temi t...@temioriginals.com wrote: http://www.pinholeday.org Coordinating Team Gregg Kemp, (USA) (leader) Zernike Au (Hong Kong) Diana Bloomfield (USA) Jean Daubas (France) Larry Fratkin (USA) Guy Glorieux (Canada) James Kellar (USA) Edward Levinson (Japan) Pam Niedermayer

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Pinhole and lith printing - A natural complement?

2001-04-02 Thread George L Smyth
--- Guy Glorieux guy.glori...@sympatico.ca wrote: Hi everybody! Really this has been busy times for me lately. But, it seems I just can't stop... I received last week my first Lith Printing kit and I just had to try it on some of my favorite negatives. What a discovery! To me Lith

Re: [pinhole-discussion] thankyou

2001-03-28 Thread George L Smyth
--- lisa styles lisasty...@one.net.au wrote: Thankyou to all of you who have given me inspiration for my lesson plan. One thing that I am having trouble with is translating the Americanisms into things that we have access to here in Australia. Is a pringles snack a box or a canister?

Re: [pinhole-discussion] lesson plan

2001-03-27 Thread George L Smyth
--- lisa styles lisasty...@one.net.au wrote: Hello I am a student teacher in Australia and I am trying to design a lesson plan on making and using pinhole cameras. I want the students to be able to make their cameras cheaply and quickly. Has anybody tried using black foam core? The

Re: [pinhole-discussion] New picture uploaded

2001-03-25 Thread George L Smyth
--- Guy Glorieux guy.glori...@sympatico.ca wrote: It was Sprind Day a few days ago. My wife had bought some tulips to celebrate. The sun was shining inside the house. I pulled my pinhole Brownie Hawkey and got this shot. 2 minutes hand-held. More and more, I do these blurry,

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Re:Help scanning pinhole photos

2001-03-25 Thread George L Smyth
--- Pam Niedermayer pam_p...@cape.com wrote: I don't know about pinhole, but when photographing with a regular lens the general rule is to photograph approximately 30% overlap because the lens introduces enough distortion that it would be impossible to line up the adjacent shots otherwise.

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Re:Help scanning pinhole photos

2001-03-24 Thread George L Smyth
--- Charles Flagg cfl...@ispchannel.com wrote: I am trying to scan larger pinholes taken with my caramel tin 11X14 camera. If anyone would be able to give advice, offline from the group, on stitching scans together with photoshop. I am not having much luck so far. I have some photos I

Re: [pinhole-discussion] i need some help

2001-03-18 Thread George L Smyth
--- Pedro Saucedo jad...@cbnn.net wrote: hi there, my name is Dahli Saucedo and i've just finished my darkroom and pinhole camera, and was all excited about it...but when i finally got the camera loaded right and made an exposure...and put it in the developer..it started to develop normally

Re: [pinhole-discussion] f-number

2001-03-13 Thread George L Smyth
--- Renovica r...@mbox.vol.cz wrote: I made a pinhole with a pinhole diameter of 0.1mm. What formula do I use to calculate the f-number? How do I determine the exposure time. Please reply to this email address. Many thanks. Gorana Renovica If you go to

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Wroldwide Pinhole Photography Day Logo Poll

2001-03-12 Thread George L Smyth
--- Simon Cygielski si...@wbj.pl wrote: I just voted in the survey, but I want to take the opportunity to lobby for the design with the pinhole photographer on top of the world. That really makes a statement, doesn't it? Yeah, that's he's got a pinhole for a belly button. g Sorry, just

[pinhole-discussion] Your Help Needed

2001-03-10 Thread George L Smyth
Hi there folks. I am working on the Support Site that will be a part of our Worldwide Pinhole Day. I am looking to provide links to sites that contain information about Pinhole photography. Can you help me with this? For instance, where will I find information about how to build a camera, what

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Re:WDDP site design-call for voluntineers

2001-03-08 Thread George L Smyth
--- Guy Glorieux guy.glori...@sympatico.ca wrote: Hi Zernike, If this can be of help in one of the pages for the site, I have a web page full of Pinhole related links at http://www3.sympatico.ca/guy.glorieux/pnhllinks.htm It covers most aspects of pinholin', from the basics, to building

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Could someone help me?

2001-03-06 Thread George L Smyth
--- Kellie Deem kd...@gonzaga.edu wrote: I am doing a project for my photography class and I am going ot make a pinhole camera. I was researching some galleries and I came across a picture of a man, whose head was gone. How did they do that? Does it have something to do with the time?

Re: [pinhole-discussion] couple of pictures

2001-02-27 Thread George L Smyth
--- Pam Niedermayer pam_p...@cape.com wrote: How spherical would the film plane have to be to get to sharp edges? Let's say I'm building an 8x10 pinhole camera (which I am), and wanted to build a special curved film holder. Should the spere be around the distance from pinhole to film center,

Re: [pinhole-discussion] paper negatives and warm tone developer

2001-02-27 Thread George L Smyth
--- b2myo...@aol.com wrote: and a contact print of a solarization of a pinhole neg...with great mackie lines...using a #5 filter...or a #0 filter for a different effector split filter printing...#5, the #0. Here are instructions for split filter printing: [clip] Actually, split

Re: [pinhole-discussion] the Pinhole Polls are open...

2001-02-27 Thread George L Smyth
Original Message - From: Guy Glorieux What on earth is a chad, whether dimpled, hanging or pregant? Never seen one in my life... Guy You are fortunate indeed! g Cheers - george = Handmade Photographic Images http://members.home.net/hmpi/

Re: [pinhole-discussion] couple of pictures

2001-02-27 Thread George L Smyth
--- Simon Cygielski si...@wbj.pl wrote: I also have a question: is the loss of sharpness on the far edges inevitable, or can it be corrected somehow? perhaps thinner stock? This hole was made (fairly carefully) out of a Coke can I would definitely say that thinner stock would be appropriate.

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Committee World pinhole photography Day

2001-02-21 Thread George L Smyth
--- Zernike Au zern...@zeroimage.com wrote: As we now have many people in the list giving suggestion and idea for the pinhole photography day. I suggest to set up a commitee(hope I use the correct word) to work for this event first. I would be willing to offer my time. Cheers- george =

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Map clip art

2001-02-20 Thread George L Smyth
--- John A. Olson jaol...@library.syr.edu wrote: Here's a FREE site for map clip art. http://www.graphicmaps.com/clipart.htm There was nothing on the page. Cheers - george = Handmade Photographic Images http://members.home.net/hmpi/ __

Re: [pinhole-discussion] WPPD Logo

2001-02-18 Thread George L Smyth
--- Pam Niedermayer pam_p...@cape.com wrote: This needs a lot of work, but is generally what I had in mind: http://www.pinehill.com/WWPPDLogo.gif Pam PS I stole/borrowed one of George Smyth's pinhole images since I didn't have anything scanned. It's for illustration purposes only. Hey,

RE: [pinhole-discussion] RE: Pinhole-Discussion digest, Vol 1 #192 - 4 msgs

2001-02-16 Thread George L Smyth
If the server allows ASP, I could probably write the code that would allow folks to upload and dynamically have displayed their own images. From the URL shown at the bottom, the chances are that this is a Unix server, so unless it's got ChiliASP, this may not be possible. Cheers - george

RE: [pinhole-discussion] the day of pinhole

2001-02-16 Thread George L Smyth
--- Andy Schmitt aschm...@warwick.net wrote: I don't know about that...no air for light scattering. I think Dark there means DARK... Actually, there would be little difference between the light and dark side of the moon, since the differentiation is based upon our view of the moon (the moon

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Zero camera

2001-01-17 Thread George L Smyth
--- joebe...@aol.com wrote: I finally got my Zero 6x6cm camera in and it is a beauty. One question bothers me though. Can you use TriX film in it? Wondering about fog from the red filmcounter window for such a fast film. Presently have Verichrome pan ASA 125 loaded into the camera. You

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Wood 4 x 5 pinhole camera

2001-01-12 Thread George L Smyth
--- Temi t...@temioriginals.com wrote: Thank you George - My message was not stated clearly - what I am looking for are images of the actual camera to aid me in constructing one myself. As soon as I send this off I will take time to view your images. Thank you again. - Temi Note: I just

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Wood Pinhole Camera for 4 x 5 Film

2001-01-12 Thread George L Smyth
--- Temi t...@temioriginals.com wrote: I plan to build a pinhole camera out of wood that would use a 4 x 5 film holder. Does anyone know of any images on the web of this type of pinhole camera. The URLs would be a great help. Thank you. --Temi All Images in the Pinhole section of my site, with

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Making Pinoles

2001-01-03 Thread George L Smyth
--- Dwight L. Brown n5...@delrio.com wrote: Can anyone give me some good advice on making good pinholes. I want to make up a lensboard to use on my Sinar. (don't you just love the idea of using a Sinar for pinhole camera :-) Is there a good web site with instructions? Sure, the Pinhole FAQ

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Zero camera, 6x6

2000-12-31 Thread George L Smyth
--- Mike Vande Bunt mike.vandeb...@mixcom.com wrote: You can always use photographic paper in 4x5 film holders in the Bender camera as a lower cost option. (Obviously this leaves you with paper negatives to print from.) If you decide to build a Bender, you'd better be the type who absolutely

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Request for comments

2000-12-31 Thread George L Smyth
--- Benno Jones ben...@jps.net wrote: I'd stay away from the Brownie if you're planning on shooting on film. I've converted Brownies and used 120 film without any problems. Sure, it doesn't fit neatly into the rollers, but it's close enough. Cheers - george = Handmade Photographic Images

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Re: Pinhole-Discussion digest, Vol 1 #126 - 12 msgs

2000-12-30 Thread George L Smyth
--- joebe...@aol.com wrote: Dear George and Gregg: Thanks a lot for your insight on the 6x6 Zero camera. Will have to rethink wehat model I want. Also, do you prefer the zone plate over the pinhole or vice-versa? Seems to me the zone plate is rather soft focus and would be better suited

Re: [pinhole-discussion] 6x6 Zero Pinhole camera

2000-12-29 Thread George L Smyth
--- joebe...@aol.com wrote: Can anyone tell me something about the camera made in Hong Kong, 6x6 Zero Pinhole Camera. I am relatively new to pinhole photography and I am considering the purchase of this camera. You may wish to consider their new 6X9 camera. Not only will you get a larger

Re: [pinhole-discussion] basic question

2000-12-20 Thread George L Smyth
--- Barry Muscavelli pinhol...@hotmail.com wrote: Has anybody used smaller formats (like 35mm?) for pinhole?? Yes, I built a pinhole camera out of a 35mm cannister. Don't expect sharpness, but it's a fun project. I was even able to develop it inside the cannister. Cheers - george =

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Zero Image

2000-12-12 Thread George L Smyth
--- ethereal art ethereal...@mindspring.com wrote: Hey folks! Christmas came early today. My NEW Zero 6x9 Image camera came in at school. Craziness here got the cable release mechanism, too. The COOLEST part is that on the inside, there are 2 small movable slats of wood to change the image

Re: [pinhole-discussion] ZP image

2000-12-08 Thread George L Smyth
--- G.Penate pen...@home.com wrote: http://www.p at ???/discussion/upload/images/tanks.jpg Nice use of the Zone plate, and nice composition. Cheers - george = Handmade Photographic Images http://members.home.net/hmpi/ __ Do You Yahoo!?

Re: [pinhole-discussion] November Mailing

2000-11-29 Thread George L Smyth
--- James Kellar ja...@kellar.com wrote: The last time I sent out this monthly message, I got a few negative responses. So I'll ask the membership, do you want me to send out this monthly e-mail? Just send an e-mail to pinh...@jameskellar.com, with a YES, I want the monthly E-mail, or NO, I

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Some images

2000-11-28 Thread George L Smyth
--- Katharine Thayer ktha...@pacifier.com wrote: Since I've enjoyed seeing other people's work, I thought it only fair to show some of mine in turn. Here are four of the 8 pinhole images I'm showing along with 15 lens photographs in my current one-woman show titled Catching Time: New

Re: [pinhole-discussion] information please

2000-11-20 Thread George L Smyth
--- 97boatwrightr 97boatwrig...@intranet.pairlist.net wrote: I am a year 10 pupil at Chelmer Valley High School and am doing a project o pinhole cameras. Please could everyone send me information regarding any aspect on pinhole cameras. Ruth - You'll find a plethora of information about

Re: [pinhole-discussion] black paint and pinhole

2000-11-09 Thread George L Smyth
--- MARK POWER mpo...@coventry.ac.uk wrote: I've been using standard brass shim for pinholes without painting the inside black. I've just read one report that reccomends that you do so. What do other people think? I don't think that it makes much difference - at least I've never seen it.

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Non - silver processes

2000-11-08 Thread George L Smyth
--- MARK POWER mpo...@coventry.ac.uk wrote: I would like to learn more about non-silver processing and would like to hear anyone using gumoil etc. Does anyone know of relevant chemical suppliers in the uk? I don't use gum, but there are a number of Alt-Processing articles on my site, if you

Re: [pinhole-discussion] RE:zoneplate / pinhole camera

2000-10-26 Thread George L Smyth
--- edwin gendron egend...@vt.edu wrote: Hi george, thanks for the reply, unfortunately, I tried this site a few times, and I kept getting told that it isn't in service. Is it possible that there's a typo-error in the address?? Just now tested it and I'm in without a problem. @Home isn't

Re: [pinhole-discussion] RE:zoneplate / pinhole camera

2000-10-25 Thread George L Smyth
--- edwin gendron egend...@vt.edu wrote: I'm kinda a novice at this stuff, what exactly is the difference in pinhole and zone plate?? In fact...what is a zone plate camera? Best would be to read the article The Zone Plate by Chris Patton at

Re: [pinhole-discussion] New Pinhole Photos

2000-10-18 Thread George L Smyth
--- Chuck Sloan cha...@getnet.com wrote: Hi, I'm fairly new to this group, but I've been interested in Pinhole photography for several years. I've got some of my photos posted at: http://www.getnet.com/~chaslo/Gallery4.html I'm getting more active in this area, so expect some new photos

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Re: Orthochromatic Film for Pinhole Cameras

2000-10-13 Thread George L Smyth
--- jmm1...@aol.com wrote: I was going to use the Arista Ortho fIlm from Freestyle with Dektol diluted. I understand that the ISO would be about 3? What about the development time? If I remember correctly (it's been a while), 2-5 minutes. Cheers - george = Handmade Photographic

RE: [pinhole-discussion] bwac

2000-10-12 Thread George L Smyth
I will be showing one of my pinhole photo postcards on canvas at bwac small work ( 24 and under ) 18 ' x 24 ' Opening reception oct. 14 from 12 to 5 pm. Brooklyn working artists coalition ( bwac ) 141 beard street redhook brooklyn 1-718-596-2507 www.bwac.org See you theremichel

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Re: Orthochromatic Film for Pinhole Cameras

2000-10-12 Thread George L Smyth
--- HypoBob hypo...@pacbell.net wrote: George, Using Dektol at higher dilutions is an interesting way to handle contrast on orthochromatic negatives. However, what kind of shelf life are we talking about for the diluted developer? If we are getting into the realm of one-shot Dektol,

Re: [pinhole-discussion] New pics and new page

2000-10-12 Thread George L Smyth
--- Mike Vande Bunt mike.vandeb...@mixcom.com wrote: No, I don't think that thumbnails are actually being loaded. On my slow access system it took a while for the thumbnails to load, but the full size images open almost instantly when the thumbnails are clicked on. I believe that the

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Re: Orthochromatic Film for Pinhole Cameras

2000-10-11 Thread George L Smyth
--- Guy Glorieux guy.glori...@sympatico.ca wrote: George L Smyth wrote: You could use Orthochromatic film. I use this on occasion and develop it with dilute Dektol. This gives me a large negative that is easily printed. George: What exactly is orthochromatic film? What size do

[pinhole-discussion] Re: Digest Problems

2000-10-11 Thread George L Smyth
--- Claudia Smith c...@ns.net wrote: I am finding this digest really hard to read with all the italics and arrows from the quotes. Is there some way to make it easier to read and is it necessary to include the whole message replied to which often appears several times? I don't get the

[pinhole-discussion] Re: Film for Pinhole Cameras

2000-10-11 Thread George L Smyth
--- Edward Healy ejhe...@worldnet.att.net wrote: For example, what other types of objects do you suggest I use as a pinhole camera or other papers or film stocks (sheet film?) to use. I'm also interested in moving into color work but don't have a color darkroom... Any thoughts/suggestions

Re: [pinhole-discussion] New pics and new page

2000-10-11 Thread George L Smyth
Just a quick comment, I found your gallery 1 (with splendid images too) easier to deal with as a sequence of images scrolling down than your new gallery where one needs to open each image and return back to the main thumb page to get to next image. Perhaps you could arrange the gallery as

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Ooooopsssss

2000-10-11 Thread George L Smyth
Erich - Very nice images. Well done. Cheers- george --- Erich C. Decker fot...@rz-online.de wrote: Oooop, I forgot to give you this: http://www.fotair.de Sorry, Erich ___ Pinhole-Discussion mailing list

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Infrared Pinhole Exposure Times?

2000-10-11 Thread George L Smyth
--- L MCRAE mcra...@email.msn.com wrote: Hello All, I have recently become involved in pinhole cameras and have a question that I hope someone can answer. I have a Olpe Bussiek pinhole cardboard camera and am getting good results using bw 400 ASA 120 film. I'd like to switch to 200 ASA

Re: [pinhole-discussion] pinhole camera

2000-10-10 Thread George L Smyth
--- labquiz labq...@k12.hi.us wrote: what is a pinhole camera You will find the FAQ at http://members.home.net/hmpi/Pinhole/Articles/FAQ/pin_faq.htm. Cheers - george = Handmade Photographic Images http://members.home.net/hmpi/ __ Do You

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Fwd: Body caps-what's the dif?

2000-10-09 Thread George L Smyth
At 04:56 PM 10/9/00 -0400, you wrote: Would anyone know why a body cap from pinhole resource cost 443.00 and from calmut' $29.00? Is one made better than another? I don't mind paying extra for something better. Thanks for the info...Y I believe that the Pinhole Resource item is a turret, which

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Filter placement

2000-10-07 Thread George L Smyth
--- HypoBob hypo...@pacbell.net wrote: Is there any reason not to put a filter on the inside of a pinhole camera? Some people have mentioned problems with dust. However, I often tape a red filter within my camera when shooting 4X5 Infrared. Of course, I do ensure thatthe filter is spotless

Re: [pinhole-discussion] where 2 measure needle diameters?

2000-09-12 Thread George L Smyth
--- G.Penate pen...@home.com wrote: Probably some of you are already doing the following, but it just occurred to me that a flat bed scanner can also be used to measure pinhole diameters. I just measured succesfuly a 0.012 pinhole diameter. My scanner is an El Cheappo UMAX scanner $60 and it

[pinhole-discussion] Re: system working OK?

2000-09-12 Thread George L Smyth
--- garfinkeldes...@aol.com wrote: Actually I also have experienced low pinhole related e mail so yes I too am having these problems. Wendy I haven't noted any problems. george = Handmade Photographic Images http://members.home.net/hmpi/

RE: [pinhole discussion]Expired film

2000-09-07 Thread George L Smyth
--- Tom Purdum javaboy...@yahoo.com wrote: This may be a silly question, but does expired film give any advantage or render different results? Expired film will generally lose speed and contrast. Obviously, it depends upon how old it is and how it has been kept. I use film that's 5-7 years

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Re: Slit-apertures ?

2000-09-01 Thread George L Smyth
--- james ja...@kellar.com wrote: How did you make the slits? Gorge, I was looking on the Pinhole Resorce site and Eric is selling a slit camera and he says that it comes with 2 pieces of litho film for making your own slits. You might want to get in touch with Eric to get more info.

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Re: Slit-apertures ?

2000-09-01 Thread George L Smyth
--- Tom Lindsay tlind...@erols.com wrote: Hello All, I made a 4x5 slit camera a few years ago. I made it out of illustration board that can be purchased at a good art supply store. I made the slits out of the same brass shim that I make pinholes in. The slits are spaced about 1 1/2 inches

[pinhole-discussion] Re: Slit-apertures ?

2000-08-31 Thread George L Smyth
--- Sebastian Nieder sebastian.nie...@gmx.de wrote: Hi ! Has anyone ever tried slits ? I've read in the E.Renner-Bible, that you have to cross two slits for getting a disorted image. But there's no info about how far the slits have to be away from eatch other; what slit-diameters are the

[pinhole-discussion] Re: Pinhole diameter help

2000-08-31 Thread George L Smyth
--- Tom Purdum javaboy...@yahoo.com wrote: Ok, I have been doing a bit of reading but I am a bit confused. Being that this is my first pinhole camera I am a newbie. I figured out my pinhole diameter to be 0.22 for a 1.5in focal length and an F-stop of 167. Is this right? I just don't

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Infra Red and pinhole

2000-08-31 Thread George L Smyth
--- Tom Purdum javaboy...@yahoo.com wrote: George, Thanks for the additional info. I have been to your website as you suggested to me on the IR list. My camera is almost done. It is a leonardo style 1 1/2 fl. I have not yet determined the pinhole dia. When I get the camera done and

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Zero 2000 Zone Plate?

2000-08-30 Thread George L Smyth
--- William Erickson erick...@ic.mankato.mn.us wrote: For what it's worth for comparison, I've paid $75 for these backs. A lot better than the nearly $500 you have to spend for a new one. Does anyone in the world charge that much? You can oftentimes find them on eBay for around $50 or so. I

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Infra Red and pinhole

2000-08-30 Thread George L Smyth
--- Tom Purdum javaboy...@yahoo.com wrote: Greetings all, I recently joined this list (today) and was looking through the archives for info on IR and pinhole photography, but I could not find any. Does anybody have any basic starting points or suggestions? Tom - I shoot Infrared

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Zero 2000 Zone Plate?

2000-08-28 Thread George L Smyth
--- Chris Peregoy pere...@gl.umbc.edu wrote: I thought so too but saw them advertising a zone lens back in Feb. or March when there was a lot of talk about them on the list. Just thought that I Would mention that they will soon be coming out with their other formats. I've been patiently

Re: [pinhole-discussion] posting of images to the list?

2000-08-25 Thread George L Smyth
--- G.Penate pen...@home.com wrote: If this image goes through ok, I ask everyone to NOT start posting images. Instead, let's discuss the pros and cons of doing this through the list. For example, we can limit the size of postings to prevent anyone from sending any really large files. Or

Re: [pinhole-discussion] list update

2000-08-24 Thread George L Smyth
I don't know what it is that makes this list so collaborative, understanding and tolerant, but I'd be more interested in keeping it like this than in finding the reason. It's difficult to get too worked up over things because pinholers all look for different results. That being the case, it's

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Flat black paint

2000-08-23 Thread George L Smyth
--- lva l...@pamho.net wrote: Hello fellow pinhole camera engineers, which paint or spray-paint is the best and most matt for painting the inside of a camera? Any matt black paint is good. The flatter, the better. Cheers - george = Handmade Photographic Images

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