SWMBO ....?
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From: "Dawid Loubser" <dawidl@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, February 16, 2009 12:35 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Risking the wrath of SWMBO
>
> On 16 Feb 2009, at 6:12 PM, Ken Norton wrote:
>> I guess, what I'm asking is this:
>> 1. Am I nuts for being bored with my photography and wanting to
>> really shake
>> things up a bit?
>
> Nope, otherwise you couldn't call yourself a zuikoholic...
>
>> 2. Can I satisfactorily achieve at least a modicum of my desires
>> with just a
>> pinhole cap for the OM system?
>
> Nope, pinhole photography for 35mm sucks, it only gets special with
> larger formats.
> Of course, you could also just make like when we were kids and build
> your own
> pinhole camera from a box (even if you base it on a precise pinhole
> cap) - you really
> don't need to buy one. Buying a pinhole cap with a known f-stop will
> make it easy
> enough to compute exposures for your own 8x10 format or whatever
> pinhole camera.
> And of course... pinhole photographers don't need no stinkin'
> computated exposures,
> just like they don't need no stinkin' lens.
>
>> 3. 6x6, 612B or 4x5?
>
> At least 4x5. Or http://pinholevan.com/
>
>
>> 4. How can I sell the idea to SWMBO that I need this handbuilt wood
>> box with
>> pretty brass fittings?
>
> No problem, just *exchange* it for that pretty titanium-coloured
> whatchemacallit
> 3Ti-type thing. I'm sure I can find you a pinhole camera in exchange
> for it which
> won't bother/offend the SWMBO.
>
>
>> 5. This really is a disease, isn't it?
>
>
> An incurable one... But I would like to use this opportunity to
> convince you
> that, instead of hanging on to gear, you really do need to *move*
> on... Send
> me that old OM-3Ti and I'll send you a large-format pinhole camera...
>
> :-)
>
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