Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/13
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> >This is a 40mm lens on a 6x12 cm format.
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>
> On that wideangle, pinhole Holga I find it interesting that it has a
> 1/100 second shutter and 'f/8 and f/11'.
>
> Elsewhere it says that it's f/135, which at 1/100 would mean that you
> need 1600 ISO film on the best of days out in the open for the center
> part of the exposure, and f/135 is also very, very mushy even for
> pinhole photography. In the corners it will be dark and stay dark;
> very dark.
>
> All very holgish.
I think B&H got the descriptions mixed up. I _think_ it has a cable
release.
>
> BTW, I like this one where you caught the ghost escaping:
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> http://www.kencarney.com/Places/tif_0009_std.html
Thanks. That was 4x5 TriX and a Leonardo super-wide pinhole. Only
a pinhole would pick up an image like that - sort of like the Steven King
Polaroid that had extra things in the picture.
Ken
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