Guy, Excellent !!! (en français dans le texte...) "Pourquoi faire simple quand on peut faire compliqué ?"
"Why do it simple when you can do it complicated ?" Sorry for everybody : I am not quite sure of this word- to- word translation of this old french idiomatic sentence ! Maybe someone can give me the english/american equivalent for it. Let's go pinholing with or without maths, PDA, songs... but surely with our open eyes, sensible heart, some light and plenty of childish pleasure ! Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Guy Glorieux" <guy.glori...@sympatico.ca> To: "Pinhole List" <pinhole-discussion@p at ???????> Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 9:17 AM Subject: [pinhole-discussion] Reciprocity nightmare > I had a dream... > > It was a dark, lonely night and I was out with my 8x10 PH camera. The > New Moon was further darkened by an incredibly rare simultaneous eclipse > of the sun and the moon. I could barely see my hands and feet as I > walked to the scene I was about to shoot for that winning picture for > the First International Nocturne Pinhole Exhibition. Ten times before > leaving I had checked that my film holders were fully loaded with film. > > A single word kept swirling in my mind: r e c i p r o c i t y > > I must not fail, I must not fail, I kept repeting to myself in the > darkness of the darkest forest. > > Formulas kept poping up in my mind: 10% compound; one-over-the > square-root of the inverse of the sunny-16 times three times the speed > of my film; add twice the diameter of my pinhole divided by the focal > length of my camera to the exposure time estimated for the 3rd f-stop on > my right and multiply the cosinus by the coefficient of uncertainty... > I knew I could do it. How could I fail with all this simple mathematics > so well spelled out on The list. > > Something tryied to grab me in the dark. I gave it a sharp blow and the > thing went blonk. Nothing could stop me from winning the top prize of > the Nocturne Pinhole Exhibition at Pinhole Vision. > > Finally I reached the scene. It was a wonderful landscape I had spotted > two days ago after hours of walk in the country side. I set the camera > on the tripod. The temperature was a chilling 25 below freezing but I > was well covered for a long wait. With my flashlight, I carefully read > the spotmeter's reading and worked out the reciprocity factor on my > PDA. 258 hours, 64 minutes and 12 seconds... Hmmm... Add a couple > hours, just to make sure... It was just that simple! > > I knew I could do it. But, rats, I suddenly realized that the final > deadline for submitting the print was tomorrow with an exposure time of > well over 10 days. I forgot to factor that into my equation... -:(( > > Guy Glorieux > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Pinhole-Discussion mailing list > Pinhole-Discussion@p at ??????? > unsubscribe or change your account at > http://www.p at ???????/discussion/ >
