Why limit myself to 'soft-focus' images? I sharpen all my scans. It doesn't matter if they are taken with a pinhole camera or a conventional camera. My scanner produces soft scans, so I sharpen them. It costs a lot of money to have 120 film processed and printed in the UK so I process my own and scan the negatives. The Zero 2000 produces sharp images but I also like to use a 35mm body cap to produce softer pinhole images.
http://www.s-rees.co.uk/pinhole/wal/2.htm I think it's nice to have the choice of a soft or sharp negative. Some subjects look better slightly soft but others need a greater resolution. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean Hanson" <jhan...@pon.net> To: "pinhole-discussion-request@p at ???????" <pinhole-discussion@p at ???????> Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 12:53 AM Subject: [pinhole-discussion] wondering > About the message two days ago; a member took a pinhole image, > "sharpened" it in Adobe or a digital method, and printed it out. I > wonder why we don't just take traditional lens photographs and smear > them a little and print them out to look like pinhole work. What is it > that we are doing? I love pinhole photography and am retired from > traditional photo studio work. So my sister asked me recently, "why are > you and your friends intent on taking bad pictures?" I have always felt > we had a kind of philosophy...we were trying to see the world, or time, > or light another way. And I am not down on digital....but it is hard to > explain to non- participants that we really are doing something, and > something important. If we sharpen the images to look like better > conventional photos, is something being lost? The mystery? The > understanding of an almost occult medium? An atempt to see what light is > really doing as it hits and wraps around an object? What can I tell my > sister? Jean > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ >
