Re: [pinhole-discussion] Tests in different film formats

2003-05-12 Thread Wally Wolfgang Thoma-Schuermans
bendur...@aol.com wrote: Hello Does anyone have plans for how to turn a lubitel in a pinhole camera? I bought one ages ago but never got round to using it. Cheers Ben Yes, Guillermo sent me one. Here it comes: Taco, It is actually very easy, the shutter/lens assembly come off by

RE: [pinhole-discussion] Panorama characteristics?

2003-05-12 Thread George L Smyth
I'm going to guess that my answer would be that it is a combination of the angle of view and a format that is wider than a normally wide format (I would guess that the typical 2X3 aspect of 35mm film would be condidered wide). Indeed, you could halve a sheet of 4X5, but if the result was a

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Panorama characteristics?

2003-05-12 Thread Nick Dvoracek
The original definition of a panoramic camera was one that rotated to take in the entire surrounding scene, probably with synchronized moving film. (see http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/ 00170451?query_type=wordqueryword=panoramaedition=2efirst=1max_to_sh ow=10single=1sort_type=alpha)

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Tests in different film formats

2003-05-12 Thread BenDuross
Hello Does anyone have plans for how to turn a lubitel in a pinhole camera? I bought one ages ago but never got round to using it. Cheers Ben