Thanks for the replies. Here are answers to a few questions.
Thomas Harvey wrote: > > I have just uploaded a couple of images to my server. Both were > taken with an old Ansco 6x9 folding camera. I ripped the folding > front door and bellows out, put a plate and pinhole across the front. > I think the focal length is about 19mm. > > Tom > > http://web.pdx.edu/~harveyt/USsundialPin.jpg > > http://web.pdx.edu/~harveyt/PolesPin.jpg >
Tom, I've got a couple of old 6x9 cameras which got the same treatment as yours. They're a lot of fun to use. I find that your pictures have much less light fall-off than what I get with mine. I wonder why. Did you do any correction in the printing (like dodging the center part?) Guy Glorieux
No corrections of that sort. It's Ilford Delta 100 film; negatives scanned on a flatbed scanner; some overall adjustments in Photoshop.
what do you mean : 'ripped out'? (sorry, non-anglophone)
I detached the folding front completely (using pliers, screwdriver, and grinding tool), and removed the bellows. There is no going back to a regular camera!
Is that a real working sundial? And where is it?
Yes, as far as I know it is working. But I've never actually set my watch by it. It is near Union Station in downtown Portland, Oregon.
Regards, Tom
