I agree with Michel. All the advertising for conventional photographic materials makes one think sharpness is the goal. I suppose it can be a legitimate goal for some purposes but not necessarily for expressive photography. I've spent a lot of time experimenting with ways to make modern materials less sharp. And I have been delighted with the quality of 35mm pinhole photographs for years--either with homemade cameras, bodycaps or one of Dominique Stroobant's lens-less leica lenses. A couple of those images are at the address below. Both enlarge to make fine 8x10 prints. "Take pictures and enjoy."
Howard Wells http://home.earthlink.net/~sandwell/work.html Michel Dusariez wrote: > > About pinhole sharpness. > > An other field in photography is to consider the artistic results first, > put your magnifiers in your pocket and > stop to search indefinitelly the performance, > take pictures and enjoy. > > In the fields of sharpness nothing is never perfect, > I know photographers who devote their entire life in search of performance, > and never do real photography . > > Only tests, and test again ! > > Winners are only photography materials suppliers. > > Take your camera and take pictures. > > Michel DUSARIEZ > > _______________________________________________ > Pinhole-Discussion mailing list > Pinhole-Discussion@p at ??????? > unsubscribe or change your account at > http://www.???????/discussion/
