Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/04/05

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Pinhole photos thru body cap?
From: "Gwen & Jim Long" <jimlong@inwave.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 20:20:47 -0500
References: <3.0.5.32.20010323061203.00a73100@pacific.net.sg><3.0.5.32.20010406060046.00a6a440@pacific.net.sg> <v04011700b6f2b75791c0@[32.100.150.104]>

Let's see.  Now that there are threads on the Noctilux and pinhole lenses
going in parallel, all you engineers:

What would the diameter of a 30mm focal length pinhole lens have to be if it
were f=1?

1/30 of a millimeter?  Anybody have a slide rule handy?

Jim

- ----- Original Message -----
From: Guy Bennett <gbennett@lainet.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 7:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Pinhole photos thru body cap?


>
>
> Here's a site to visit if you are interested in pinhole photography:
>
> http://www.pinholeresource.com/welcome.html
>
> I believe Eric Renner (author of what is probably the best book on pinhole
> photography (entitled, you guessed it, "Pinhole Photography" and published
> by Focal Point) is responsable for the site.
>
> Guy
>
> P.S. And I agree with Jim - pinhole photographs do indeed look like
pinhole
> photographs, I just don't see this as a problem since pinhole photographs
> can be quite beautiful, IMO.
>

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