Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/18

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Subject: Re: [Leica] One camera NO lens
From: D Khong <dkhong@pacific.net.sg>
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 1998 06:57:15 +0000

>>I think it was Ansel Adams who spent some time with only a camera and
>>various sizes of pinholes on a lensboard for a project he was teaching. 
>>The pics were quite impressive because they were ALL bokeh.  But depth of
>>field was infinite.  

>Shutter speeds were likely approaching infinity as well <g>
>
>-GH
>

Well almost.... the pinhole has an approximate aperture of f200 or smaller.
 So we are talking about an exposure of about 10 secs on 400 film.  Colour
shift would be obvious, movements may or may not be pleasing and you either
like or hate the "sharpness".  Distortion is practically non-existent.
There is a big following of pin-hole enthusiasts. 

For those who are interested, Avenon makes a pin hole lens in LTM.  With
any 28/90mm SM-M adapter, this is useable on your M-camera.

Dan K.