You may wish to try the BTZS focus cloth - http://www.darkroom-innovations.com/BTZS_Focus_Cloth/btzs_focus_cloth.html. I don't use one, but I've heard positive comments.
Cheers - george --- Jeff Dilcher <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have a Finney camera, and the ground glass is completely useless to me. > Supposedly, the larger pinhole on the rotating turret is supposed to be > large enough to view an image on the ground glass, but I don't find this > is the case. Maybe if I tightly wrapped a focusing hood so that not a > single bit of light leaks through, I might see something! The designer of > the camera even agreed with me, and admitted that the camera was > originally intended as a lens camera- hence the addition of the ground > glass. That having been said, it is nice to be able to swap out the > pinhole turret for a lens/lensboard, and quickly convert to a lens camera, > if I wish... > > If you created "guide lines" on the top and side of your camera, you will > be able to compose our photo much more quickly and easily than ground > glass. Ground glass, imo, is really only necessary for focusing, and > there is no need to focus with pinhole. > > But, to answer your question, I believe the "smooth" side of the ground > glass is on the outside of the camera... > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ ===== Handmade Photographic Images http://GLSmyth.com DRiP Investing http://DRiPInvesting.org __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Games - play chess, backgammon, pool and more http://games.yahoo.com/
