Results 1 to 5 of 5

Thread: True or False? You be the judge . . .

  1. #1

    True or False? You be the judge . . .

    American/Parisian photographer Man Ray tells this story (don't try this with imp ortant clients!):

    ". . . I've even taken photographs without a lens on my camera. Once, I had to p hotograph a painter and I arrived with my studio camera and tripod and everythin g. I started to set up, but I'd forgotten the lens. I knew the size of my lens b ecause I prescribed my own glasses, I knew optics so well. I knew that my lens h ad a 12-inch focal length, but of course I realized it would be a very fuzzy pic ture. I had a roll of tape and taped my own eyeglass lens onto the opening in my camera and just let the black cloth down, with a little hole in it, to diaphrag m it. I opened the cloth and let it down, and I got the portrait of Matisse--a b eautiful, soft-focus photograph with all the details visible."

    So next time someone with glasses asks you, "What lens should I buy?" you can (i f you believe Man Ray) just tell them to save their money for film (because they 'll probably want to bracket a bit!). . . .

  2. #2

    Join Date
    Feb 1999
    Posts
    146

    True or False? You be the judge . . .

    sure it's true! and I once saw McGuyver build a 20x24 view camera out of a jar of mayonnaise, an old Gideon's Bible and two lines of cocaine. Why, I myself built a pinhole camera out of my rectum and the hood off of a '63 pontiac Sun Chief....it uses coffee instead of film.

  3. #3

    True or False? You be the judge . . .

    Not only that, but if you wear bifocals, you've got one of those trick near-far filters!

  4. #4

    Join Date
    Jan 2000
    Posts
    91

    True or False? You be the judge . . .

    Also with Trib's pinhole camera, your pictures will have a nice brown tone.

  5. #5

    True or False? You be the judge . . .

    Don't think this will work well with my astigmatism!

Similar Threads

  1. Predictions come true.
    By Richard Boulware in forum On Photography
    Replies: 11
    Last Post: 20-Apr-2006, 07:08
  2. A dream comes true for 9.5"x20" camera
    By freddy in forum Cameras & Camera Accessories
    Replies: 11
    Last Post: 10-Sep-2005, 11:26
  3. true dagors coverage
    By Janko Belaj in forum Lenses & Lens Accessories
    Replies: 6
    Last Post: 14-Jun-2005, 16:56
  4. Xtol or tried and true
    By Neal Shields in forum Darkroom: Film, Processing & Printing
    Replies: 13
    Last Post: 28-Oct-2004, 16:24
  5. a true tilt axis
    By Dan Duangphatra in forum Lenses & Lens Accessories
    Replies: 2
    Last Post: 7-Sep-1999, 07:10

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •