[Leica] leica pinhole shots

[Summicron1@aol.com]

no need to get defensive -- you put the photo up for criticism, you got it. 
Learn.

Pinhole photography is a totally different and very demanding school of the 
art. It gives photos a whole new feel and opens new vistas for the artist to 
explore. Your photo does none of those and is really not much more than a 
snapshot, something to show your technique works.

fine. Now put some effort into it. Read a few books on pinhole photography, 
check out the web sites (there are many) experiment with light and shadow and 
movement, and see what can be done with a "lens" that is infinitely in focus 
but never really sharp. Make a Large Format pinhole out of a coffee can and 
see what that does for you. I know one guy who made one out of a Minox film 
can.

Pinhole cameras are serious instruments, but being extremely basic cameras 
they require much from the photographer. Even Ansel Adams did some work with 
them and spoke highly of the possibilities..

You could easily end up with something that you can market. Others have.

charlest trentelman
ogden
utah

In a message dated 9/3/01 1:07:09 AM, owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us 
writes:

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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. >>