Re: [Leica] Leica Pinhole shot

["Ted Grant" <tedgrant@home.com>]

Hi George,

No offence lad.

But I think you'll do much better with a real lens and sell the pin hole for
a profit or use it for straining orange juice! ;-)

It wouldn't and doesn't matter whose building it is or how beautiful it
might be or what you think of the rendering,  it isn't worth the time you
put into making the exposure. Certainly when you are showing this to people
who use the finest glass in the world for picture taking.

There maybe others who get wet knickers with excitement over your efforts,
but sorry mate it doesn't prove anything to me other than one forget the pin
hole and go for a real lens.
ted









Ted Grant Photography Limited
www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "George Kenney" <georgekenney@earthlink.net>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2001 6:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica Pinhole shot


> Well, my first scan!
>
> Not a particularly great shot, but I really liked the way the pinhole
> cap on the Leica body captured the modern style of this building
> complex, the Intelsat headquarters in Washington, DC, near where
> I live. The only technical detail I can think of that would be of any
> interest is my camera position -- about ten feet off the ground,
> mounted on a tripod in the back of my Jeep.
>
> This was scanned at 4000 dpi, but that creates too big a file for
> disply on the web, obviously. The original conveys a greater sense
> of even focus, whereas the reduced jpeg seems, well, just sort of
> blurry.
>
> I'll be tinkering with color for a month or so, but intend the scanner
> mainly or exclusively for BW negatives I develop myself, but which I
> won't be able to print digitally until the piezography people come out
> with an aftermarket kit for the Epson 1280, which they say they will
> make available sometime in September.
>
> http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=145719
>
> G.
>