Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]One of the nice things about Leica body/pinhole cameras is that you can see what you're shooting. Some people, as below, may think pinhole photography is beneath them. Well, to each their own. I happen to think pinhole shots are very interesting. There's a quality to them that you can't capture even with 'the finest glass in the world.' Not to be a snob about it, tho. In this particular shot, a lab print turned out a glossy that makes you do a double take -- is it a computer simulation, or a photograph? The modern architecture, to my mind, contrasts well with the pinhole style. Will I sell this to a client? Nope, I don't have clients. Don't work in an office, and don't kiss ass for a living, either. G. G. On 2 Sep 2001, at 19:57, Ted Grant wrote: > Hi George, > > No offence lad. > > But I think you'll do much better with a real lens and sell the pin > hole for a profit or use it for straining orange juice! ;-) > > It wouldn't and doesn't matter whose building it is or how beautiful > it might be or what you think of the rendering, it isn't worth the > time you put into making the exposure. Certainly when you are showing > this to people who use the finest glass in the world for picture > taking. > > There maybe others who get wet knickers with excitement over your > efforts, but sorry mate it doesn't prove anything to me other than one > forget the pin hole and go for a real lens. ted > > > > > > > > > > Ted Grant Photography Limited > www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "George Kenney" <georgekenney@earthlink.net> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2001 6:31 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica Pinhole shot > > > > Well, my first scan! > > > > Not a particularly great shot, but I really liked the way the > > pinhole cap on the Leica body captured the modern style of this > > building complex, the Intelsat headquarters in Washington, DC, near > > where I live. The only technical detail I can think of that would be > > of any interest is my camera position -- about ten feet off the > > ground, mounted on a tripod in the back of my Jeep. > > > > This was scanned at 4000 dpi, but that creates too big a file for > > disply on the web, obviously. The original conveys a greater sense > > of even focus, whereas the reduced jpeg seems, well, just sort of > > blurry. > > > > I'll be tinkering with color for a month or so, but intend the > > scanner mainly or exclusively for BW negatives I develop myself, but > > which I won't be able to print digitally until the piezography > > people come out with an aftermarket kit for the Epson 1280, which > > they say they will make available sometime in September. > > > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=145719 > > > > G. > > > >