Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/04/06

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Subject: [Leica] Re: what's the point of a leica pinhole???
From: Jeff Moore <jbm@oven.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 17:15:39 -0400
References: <200104062027.QAA10681@unix3.netaxs.com>

2001-04-06-16:27:55 Kyle Cassidy:
> why make a pinhole out of a leica body cap?

Fer one thing, you can get closer to the filmplane, and thus get a
shorter "focal length" -- kinda like 30mm, I seem to recall.  So if
you want a wideangle pinhole camera, the Leica's a better bet than an
SLR, which would be more likely to have a 50mm-ish perspective.

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