Hi John, you wrote
> In the 80's, Model Railroader published a good article on pinhole
> photography. This involved mounting a tiny disc of shim brass (with pinhole
> drilled in center) inside your lens, directly in front of the actual diaphragm
> blades. Disc is suspended on 3 tiny legs, epoxied to the diaphragm plate.
>
> Wide open, the lens could "see" around the pinhole allowing you to do your
> composing.
>
> Shooting at f16, all light for the exposure would depend on what came
> through the pinhole. Add OTF flash control (like 1 or 2-T32s up close) and
> it's pretty nifty. Here are 2 B&W samples of my results:
>
> www.zuiko.com/pinhole_1.htm pic is about 115K
> www.zuiko.com/pinhole_2.htm pic is about 66K
> - ----------------------------------------------------
> John Hermanson www.zuiko.com
I should have added, and do so now, that these are indeed great shots.
And the DOF is marvellous; any loss of sharpness that might be due to edge
diffraction as many articles about small apertures will say, doesn't show with
these two.
Brian
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