I'll defend a 1" Fl on 4x5. The first camera I ever built had 0.75" Fl and I've had great fun with it. It has a wonderfully wide acceptance angle and makes a nice round image on 4x5 film. Placed 0.75 inches away from the object it gives a life size image. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Healy" <mjhe...@kcnet.com> To: <pinhole-discussion@p at ???????> Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2002 10:23 PM Subject: Re: [pinhole-discussion] Still Life Compositions
> I need to ask you a dumb question. You are able to get 25 mm of focal length > on 4x5? What equipment are you employing, that you can do this? That's a > separation of 1 lousy inch from pinhole to film plane, isn't it? I'd love to > try that myself. My monorail and bag bellows **AND** recessed lens board > allow me a fat, gross, long-length 50 mm. What is your trick? > > Okay, another dumb question. With that kind of coverage on tabletop, it kind > of seems like you're going to get the doorway behind you in the image, plus > six miles down the length of the hallway, to say nothing of your own entire > carcass. So I'm kind of wondering, why are you working with 25 mm? That it > distorts, would be one good reason. But you'll get distortion with 40-60 mm, > won't you? Do you have to stick to 25 mm? If I didn't like it that I was > getting so much into the frame, that probably would be my first point of > reassessment. Give yourself some bellows. I mean, unless you can position > your camera so it's a quarter of an inch from your subject matter. I tried > that recently w/ table top myself. The camera actually cast a shadow onto my > subject. Impossible. > > Mike Healy > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark Andrews" <mandr...@dragonbones.com> > To: <pinhole-discussion@p at ???????> > Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2002 6:47 PM > Subject: [pinhole-discussion] Still Life Compositions > > > I am novice pinhole photographer looking for some advice regarding shooting > still life compositions with my 4X5 Pinhole Camera (25mm focal length). > > My issue is that I am trying to limit the elements in my composition, but > tend to pick up a significant amount of the surrounding area no mater how > close I am to the still life composition. Is it possible to limit the > surrounding area? I've seen other pinhole still lifes with a limited > composition--perhaps this was accomplished in the darkroom? > > Many thanks in advance for any advice you can offer. > > > _______________________________________________ > Post to the list as PLAIN TEXT only - no HTML > Pinhole-Discussion mailing list > Pinhole-Discussion@p at ??????? > unsubscribe or change your account at > http://www.???????/discussion/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Post to the list as PLAIN TEXT only - no HTML > Pinhole-Discussion mailing list > Pinhole-Discussion@p at ??????? > unsubscribe or change your account at > http://www.???????/discussion/ > >
