Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]OK, no doubt it's the cheapest lens one can use with a Leica!! M > 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.