Re: [pinhole-discussion] Pintoids revisited

2002-10-03 Thread John Edwards
Thanks for the ideas and the funny images, MM. Strange to see Picacho, AZ and Reid Park in your collection, since we moved up here from Tucson a year ago. Equally strange to see local places like Gray's Harbor also, since we are now so close to them. I'll wave the next time we pass on the road.

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Lunch Hour Pinhole Project

2002-10-03 Thread Jeff Dilcher
The page uses cascading style sheets, so I guess a relatively recent browser is helpful. The slide show program is call McPics, and is a free php/image magik program for linux/unix. Pretty cool. Search on google if you need a good image display software... On Thursday 03 October 2002 03:16

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Lunch Hour Pinhole Project

2002-10-03 Thread Margaret Graham
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. Feel free to check out the

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Lunch Hour Pinhole Project

2002-10-03 Thread Gordon J. Holtslander
Hi This site looks like it needs to be acessed with Internet Explorer -works fine with IE Netscape (4.x) won't display all the frames crashes my konqueror browser I really like the images though :) - just had to try 3 different browser before I could see them :( On Thu, 3 Oct 2002, Jeff Dilcher

Re: [pinhole-discussion] weddings

2002-10-03 Thread George L Smyth
Catherine - The black on dark burgendy makes things very difficult to read. I didn't even see the links at the bottom until I had gone through several pages. The numeric links are very small and since the link color does not change, I do not know which images I have seen and which I have not.

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Lunch Hour Pinhole Project

2002-10-03 Thread Jeff Dilcher
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

Re: [pinhole-discussion] weddings

2002-10-03 Thread Gordon J. Holtslander
Hi: I think it would be really intersting to take pictures of some of the significant objects involved in the wedding with a pinhole camera - rings flowers, hands holding etc - sort of still-lifes instead of just portraits. A pinhole camera could give them a romantic pictorialist feel. It

Re: [pinhole-discussion] pinhole origins

2002-10-03 Thread Tom Miller
Hi Neil, Probably start with Eric Renner and Nancy Spencer's Pinhole Resource www.pinholeresource.com. What you're looking for is why the Resource is there. Eric's book, Pinhole Photography, Rediscovering a Historic Technique, gives an artistic, practical and historical overview of pinhole

Re: [pinhole-discussion] pinhole origins

2002-10-03 Thread Eric S. Theise
neil gourley writes: Could anyone help me by telling me how to research the pinhole camera and when it began or where to begin to look into its origin as i have a project that has to deal with its history. Eric Renner's Pinhole Photography: Rediscovering a Historic Technique, in its second

[pinhole-discussion] pinhole origins

2002-10-03 Thread neil gourley
Could anyone help me by telling me how to research the pinhole camera and when it began or where to begin to look into its origin as i have a project that has to deal with its history. _ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Pinhole enlarging

2002-10-03 Thread George L Smyth
--- Uptown Gallery mur...@uptowngallery.org wrote: Hello: If one did MF (4x5 or 5x7) or LF (8x10) sheet film pinhole (and had an enlarger large enough), what are the prospects for enlarging? I was very unhappy with 4x6 prints from 35mm pinhole. Everything depends upon what you are trying

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Lunch Hour Pinhole Project

2002-10-03 Thread George L Smyth
--- Jeff Dilcher dilc...@hiddenworld.net wrote: I have started a little project, to keep myself amused, called Lunch Hour Pinhole Project. Feel free to check out the first installment. Wednesday's picture suffered from a stuck shutter, but the rest of the week turned out ok!

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Pinhole enlarging

2002-10-03 Thread Guillermo
- Original Message - From: erick...@hickorytech.net The issue is the degree of enlargement. Enlarging 35mm to 4x6 increases the image area 16 times. Increasing a 4x5 to 16x20 increases the area only 4 times. 4x5 to 16x20 is also a 16X increase in area. You are right, the issue is the

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Pinhole enlarging

2002-10-03 Thread Christian Harkness
Murray, I all depends on your own taste and sensibility. I have made mural size prints from 35mm pinhole negatives and been very happy with them. I routinely make 11x14 prints from my 35mm negs and the 6x6 negs from my Zero 2000 pinhole camera. When I had access to a 4x5 enlarger I made

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Pinhole enlarging

2002-10-03 Thread erickson
The issue is the degree of enlargement. Enlarging 35mm to 4x6 increases the image area 16 times. Increasing a 4x5 to 16x20 increases the area only 4 times. You still get best results by contact printing, which is also true with lens images. - Original Message - From: Uptown Gallery

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Polaroid Pack Film Mechanics?

2002-10-03 Thread Philip willarney
--- michael_georg...@trendmicro.com wrote: ..snip.. So, here I am with many, many boxes of Polaroid 553, Polapan ASA100 4x5 pack film, and no way to use it (yet). I can build a camera out of any damn thing, but a homemade Polaroid back presents a bit more of a challenge. ..snip.. I'm

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Pinhole enlarging

2002-10-03 Thread Guillermo
- Original Message - From: Uptown Gallery mur...@uptowngallery.org If one did MF (4x5 or 5x7) or LF (8x10) sheet film pinhole (and had an enlarger large enough), what are the prospects for enlarging? Murray, 4x5 5x7 were also LF last time a checked. I was very unhappy with 4x6

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Polaroid Pack Film Mechanics?

2002-10-03 Thread Guillermo
- Original Message - From: Gordon J. Holtslander hol...@duke.usask.ca Polaroid makes a pinhole camera kit - I wonder if your film would work with it? Gordon: If I am not mistaken, the Pol-Pin takes 3.25x4.25 packs same as the ones the holder 405 uses. The famous pos-neg 665 is one

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Polaroid Pack Film Mechanics?

2002-10-03 Thread Guillermo
Michael, This site may help you understand how a Polaroid pack works: http://www.theskeltons.org/polaroids/film.htm Guillermo - Original Message - From: michael_georg...@trendmicro.com Anyone have any experience with the mechanics of Polaroid pack film? = So, here I am