Re: [pinhole-discussion] where 2 measure needle diameters?

2000-09-13 Thread Gregg Kemp
Guillermo - great idea and nice documentation on the method! Gregg At 10:05 PM 9/12/00 -0400, you wrote: Hello all, I just finished a small article on measuring pinholes by using a scanner, here is a link to it: http://members.home.com/penate/diameter.html Guillermo ___

Re: [pinhole-discussion] where 2 measure needle diameters?

2000-09-12 Thread G.Penate
Hello all, I just finished a small article on measuring pinholes by using a scanner, here is a link to it: http://members.home.com/penate/diameter.html Guillermo

Re: [pinhole-discussion] where 2 measure needle diameters?

2000-09-12 Thread George L Smyth
--- "G.Penate" wrote: > Probably some of you are already doing the following, but it just occurred > to me that a flat bed scanner can also be used to measure pinhole diameters. > I just measured succesfuly a 0.012" pinhole diameter. My scanner is an "El > Cheappo" UMAX scanner $60 and it was eno

Re: [pinhole-discussion] where 2 measure needle diameters?

2000-09-12 Thread G.Penate
- Original Message - From: "Mike Keller" > I tried that but wasn't sure I did it right. Care to elaborate on how you > "measured?" Sure, here is what you should do: Set your scanning to the highest optical resolution (1200 in my case), scan the pinhole and then scan a transparent ruler (

RE: [pinhole-discussion] where 2 measure needle diameters?

2000-09-12 Thread Andy Schmitt
What a dam... good idea!!! thanks andy -Original Message- From: pinhole-discussion-admin@p at ??? [mailto:pinhole-discussion-admin@p at ???]On Behalf Of G.Penate Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2000 1:30 PM To: pinhole-discussion@p at ??? Subject: Re: [pinhole-discussion] where 2

RE: [pinhole-discussion] where 2 measure needle diameters?

2000-09-12 Thread Mike Keller
I tried that but wasn't sure I did it right. Care to elaborate on how you "measured?" Michael Keller |-Original Message- |From: G.Penate [mailto:pen...@home.com] |Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2000 1:30 PM |To: pinhole-discussion@p at ??? |Subject: Re: [pinhole-disc

Re: [pinhole-discussion] where 2 measure needle diameters?

2000-09-12 Thread G.Penate
Probably some of you are already doing the following, but it just occurred to me that a flat bed scanner can also be used to measure pinhole diameters. I just measured succesfuly a 0.012" pinhole diameter. My scanner is an "El Cheappo" UMAX scanner $60 and it was enough to do the job. Guillermo

Re: [pinhole-discussion] where 2 measure needle diameters?

2000-09-12 Thread B2MYOUNG
In a message dated 9/12/00 11:58:35 AM, pen...@home.com writes: << I get my needles from "The Dollar store" and they are very consistent from where the tapering of tip starts to about where the needle's eye is (not that it matters to me, tho, as I measure my pinholes and zone plates with a micr

Re: [pinhole-discussion] where 2 measure needle diameters?

2000-09-12 Thread G.Penate
> By chance, I photographed a needle and projected it, > only to find it had 2 different angles of taper and > the diameter was different everywhere along the length > of the needle! Checked a lot more needles and found the > same thing. The question: where on the needle does the > diameter from t

RE: [pinhole-discussion] where 2 measure needle diameters?

2000-09-12 Thread Gregg Kemp
> On Tue, Sep 12, 2000, Kosinski Family wrote: > > Pinhole wizards, > > By chance, I photographed a needle and projected it, only to > > find it had 2 different angles of taper and the diameter was > > different everywhere along the length of the needle! Checked a > > lot more needles and found the

Re: [pinhole-discussion] where 2 measure needle diameters?

2000-09-12 Thread Scott Sellers
On Tue, Sep 12, 2000, Kosinski Family wrote: > Pinhole wizards, > By chance, I photographed a needle and projected it, only to > find it had 2 different angles of taper and the diameter was > different everywhere along the length of the needle! Checked a > lot more needles and found the same thing.

[pinhole-discussion] where 2 measure needle diameters?

2000-09-12 Thread Kosinski Family
Pinhole wizards, By chance, I photographed a needle and projected it, only to find it had 2 different angles of taper and the diameter was different everywhere along the length of the needle! Checked a lot more needles and found the same thing. The question: where on the needle does the diameter