Don't forget to get something to the polish the ends so they transmit properly. andy
-----Original Message----- From: pinhole-discussion-admin@p at ??????? [mailto:pinhole-discussion-admin@p at ???????]On Behalf Of Eric Lawton Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 12:19 PM To: pinhole-discussion@p at ??????? Subject: Re: [pinhole-discussion] fiber optic pinhole This is a really interesting idea that I also have been considering for the last six months. Edmund Scientific has fiber optic cable available for purchase. I have been very close to purchasing some but I haven't had it as one of my top priorities. I believe some of the polaroid film backs (for pro 35mm cameras?) use fiber optic cable since the size of the polaroid film prevents it from being placed on the same plane as the 35mm film. Eric >From: Jarred McCaffrey <[email protected]> > >I have had an idea in the back of my mind for about a year and I am >wondering if anyone has tried it yet in an artistic way. I am a college >student (studying computer science), so I have not had time to try it >myself. > >Fiber optic tubes are the thin plastic tubes often used in fiber optic >decorations like false plant and light displays or fancy Christmas tree >toppers, etc. Fiber optic tubing and cable is also used, in many >different forms and factors, in the electronics industry. Light enters >one end of the tube, reflect off from the insides of the tube until it >reaches the other end, then exits the tube and is "focused" as a pinhole >would be. You could think of it as a very long pinhole (not wide, but >long rather). > >Fiber optic tubing would make a great pinhole. Tubing is cheap, of a >known aperture, flexible, comes in lengths up to hundreds of feet >(inches are probably enough), and it is small enough to allow extreme >perspectives otherwise unachievable (imagine looking up at an ant using >an ultra thin fiber optic tube lens). > >It is already in use in the "spy cam" industry, but I have yet to see >the art world take this up. If anyone has tried (or does try) this, I'd >love to hear about it. I am especially interested in what people do >with the extreme perspectives that are possible using thin fiber optic >tubes. > >Have a great day, > >Jarred McCaffrey > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com _______________________________________________ Pinhole-Discussion mailing list Pinhole-Discussion@p at ??????? unsubscribe or change your account at http://www.p at ???????/discussion/
