Re: pinhole camera
David S Cargo (escargo@skypoint.com)
7 Apr 1997 11:48:58 -0600
In article <5i4jfm$hcf@cello.hpl.hp.com>,
David Jacobson <jacobson@cello.hpl.hp.com> wrote:
>In article <5i38fj$rl8@mirage.skypoint.com>,
>David S Cargo <escargo@skypoint.com> wrote:
>>I took a 120 box camera (bought at a garage sale) and replaced
>>its lens (a small single element glass lens) with a pinhole.
>
>Why did you bother removing the lens? Was it just for purist reasons,
>or would the lens have some deleterious effect?
>
> -- David Jacobson
The lens was in the way. The construction details of the camera
(a "Sunbeam"!) made removing the lens advantageous.