Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/04

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica pinhole cap
From: bfranson@greennet.net (Bill Franson)
Date: Fri, 04 Dec 1998 20:47:34 +0000

Tried it but didn't like the results. Depth of field is huge but the image
is soooo soft. If you are interested in pinhole you should shoot 4x5 or
8x10. See Tom Baril's large format pinhole work. Beautiful work, much of it
done with Polaroid type 55 pos/neg film.

Bill Franson




At 07:29 PM 12/4/98 -0500, you wrote:
>I saw a product called a 35mm Finney Pinhole Body Cap on the Pinhole
>Resource website (described thus: Each Finney Body Cap is modified with an
>optimally sharp pinhole so that your 35mm camera is adapted to pinhole.
>Just take off the lens and snap on the Finney Body Cap. Most body acaps
>listed below are adapted for 50mm focal length with approximate f/stop of
>f/180.)
>
>One of these caps is designed for use on Leica M. Has anybody tried this
>product? How were/are the results? Can anybody point me to a website that
>features Leica M pinhole photographs? Cheers.
>
>