I have thought about pinholes, good as they are, they
don't interest me much. Not sure why, maybe I'm too
impatient. Besides, I want to make a shutter as well.
I have nothing against them. The allure of making my
own lens elements is just to tempting.
Matt
--- "G.Penate" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In case you haven't thought/done it already, what
> about pinhole imaging,
> that can be as good as your Holga.
>
> BTW, haveyou people taken a look to the Worldwide
> Pinhole Photography Day
> (April/29th/2001) web site? There are over 150
> images so far and
> contributions to the gallery keep coming every day.
> The URL is
> http://www.pinholeday.org
>
> Guillermo
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Matt Mengel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > I am very interested in making cameras. I want to
> > start with a box type deal including making my own
> > lens. I'm not too concerned with image quality
> just
> > yet. I turned a simple single element (lexan) and
> made
> > a ground glass, taped them into a box to make a
> crude
> > camera obscura as sort of a test bed for trial and
> > error for the lens. Any suggestions on starting
> points
> > for single element lenses, like dia's and radii?
> I'm
> > only scratchting the surface I know but I'm very
> > eager.
> > As for the lexan lens, I'ts got to be as good as
> my
> > Holga right?
>
>
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