Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/02

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Leica Pinhole shot
From: Jim Brick <jim@brick.org>
Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2001 23:21:22 -0700
References: <B7B5A8C6.C4C6%alexpix@worldnet.att.net> <3B901CD6.BFDC94B5@ubi.edu>

Hi George,

You know the problem with pinhole photographs is, no matter how much effort 
you put in to them, in the end, they still look like pinhole photographs.

But if you are having fun, that's all that matters...

:)

Jim


At 09:31 PM 9/2/2001 -0400, George Kenney wrote:
>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.

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