RE: Pinhole and SLR

[Joe Berenbaum <joe-b@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>>I'm VERY surprised that Mr. Jarventaus can see anything in the view
>>finder
>>of his camera.  His pinhole must be fairly large.  However, I can't say
>>I've really tried looking through the one I built so will have to give
>>it a try.
>
>I have tested the pinhole using fast color negative film, and
>the pinhole is working fine.
>As I told earlier, the viewfinder image is VERY dim, but I was
>able to see something on a clear day. When I tried it it was winter,
>and maybe the snow was so bright that it helped...
>Soon I will find out how it is working in summer with Konica IR film.

One accessory that is useful for times like this is the Russian turret
multi-finder. Just stick it in the hotshoe and you have a
parallax-correctable viewfinder for 28/35/50/85?/135mm. Or there is the
Russian 35mm brightline finder also, which is a lot cheaper but not nearly
so good- although it works, which is all that is really important. Accessory
viewfinders are useful with a B+W 092 or darker filter on an SLR and could
maybe become quite useful with a pinhole also in lower light levels. I think
the trick is to stop "thinking SLR" when the image gets dark.... 

Or maybe one could learn something from Willem-Jan and put the pinhole
between the film rails? ;-}


Joe B.

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