Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark-- Oh, I really ground my axe on that one. Sorry if the edges were showing. That grumpy old professor of mine did, in spite of himself, encourage one student whose work with the pinhole camera is quite marvelous--Mary Ruth Moore. She's not that well-known outside the South, but her work with pinhole photography is very lyrical, evocative, mysterious. She was my teacher for one of my photo courses years ago, and she was quite marvelous. (Her Southern accent is even better than mine!) She taught me how to use a view camera, and for that I am eternally grateful. As for pinhole photography, we are all working with an adjustable pinhole (aperture) when we use a lens. The smaller the hole, the sharper the image, pretty simple. The lens just gives us better control over the light. Marvelous, ain't it? ;-) Kit - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Mark Rabiner Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 6:43 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] A camera is a box with a hole in the front. Kit McChesney | acmefoto wrote: > > Yes, knowing him, he probably is! ;-) > ><Snip> If I may make a late note on this: I do have a big respect for Pin hole technology or antitechnology depending on how you look at it. I look at it Technology. An someday plan to look into it; at least doing a show; lensless. By lensless i mean glassless. I assume a pinhole is not a lens; a glassless lens; but something else entirely. That said I think what photography is all about is not the black box. It's the lens in front of it. And even at the turn of the previous century it was GLASS. GLASS GLASS GLASS My second opinion is while some people wallow in this new funny technique called "hand held Photography" I still think the fast runner up to GLASS as what its "all about" is THE BEST DAMN TRIPOD YOU CAN LAY YOUR GREEDY LITTLE HANDS ON. The question remains: "How do i attach my primo GLASS to my stupendous TRIPOD? You buy one of those black boxes. Mark Rabiner Portland, Oregon USA http://www.rabinergroup.com Email: mark@rabinergroup.com Fax: 503-221-0308 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html