I have an even simpler solution. I have a small rectangle with a 4x5 inch whole cut in it. It looks like a little frame. I hold this up to my eye, and, voila, viewfinder! My camera has a bellows, so I am able to adjust the focal length to match my "eye to frame" distance. Works great, and helps me compose pictures before I haul out my camera, and set up the tripod, etc. I carry it on a cord around my neck...
You could make this a little more precise. Say if you have a 3 inch focal plane camera, you could afix a small 3 inch cord to the frame. That would help you ensure that your eye is the proper distance from the frame, to match what your camera will "see" when it takes your picture. On Tuesday 23 April 2002 03:23 am, Joe Rollins wrote: > I made a viewfinder by taking a exposure from a known distance from an > object, & developing. I then returned to the scene, stood the same > distance and cut a template out of cardstock to match the photograph. I > then cut a viewfinder out of heavy plastic using the template. > Very elementary, perhaps, but it seems to give me an idea of the intended > scene if the viewfinder is held the same distance from the eye. > Joe Rollins jroll...@starband.net > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Richard M. Koolish" <kool...@bbn.com> > To: <pinhole-discussion@p at ???????> > Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 1:08 PM > Subject: Re: [pinhole-discussion] Re: [pinhole-discussion]ground glass > > > > Thankyou all for the input on ground glass > > > > > > Guillermo- > > > > > > The reason for the ground glass is so that I can view the scene for > > > composition before exposure. I don't require a necessarily good image, > > just > > > > one for the main lines and masses of the picture. Your idea of a > > fresnel > > > > sheet is inspired, I shall use it. I know that pinhole is also about > > > serendipity but I want a little more control over the final image, > > > particularly when one has taken time to find and there is no retake! > > > > > > I am going to use a viewing pinhole for the ground glass - one that > > gives me > > > > enough light (under a cloth) so I can see the image. I am not > > > concerned with viewing detail just the main masses. > > > > > > Alexis > > > > Why not make a viewfinder instead? > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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/
