The American annual of photography (1917) (14597393860)

Identifier: americanannualof1917newy (find matches)
Title: The American annual of photography
Year: 1917 (1910s)
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Subjects: Photography
Publisher: New York : Tennant and Ward
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University



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INHOLE PHOTOGRAPHY By J. E. ADNAMS. HY should I use a pinhole when I can afford alens? The question is a reasonable one. It isas if one said, Why should I go for a walkwhen I have the chance of riding in a motor?Certainly if it is a question of getting therewith the least trouble and in the shortest time, the vote mustbe in favor of the motor and the lens. But there are times when a walk is preferable to a ride, andthere are occasions when it is advisable to use a pinhole inorder to produce a certain effect. Pinhole photography is too often looked upon as a merescientific curiosity, interesting as an experiment only. It ismore than that and I hope to induce some of the readers ofthe Annual, who have tried all the other photographicprocesses and have begun to feel like Alexander the Greatthat there are no more worlds to conquer, to give a trial topinhole work, not as a curiosity but as a new accessory intheir pictorial work, when I think the result will come to themas a revelation. 250
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A BIT OF OLD KNARESBORO. . Illustrating article A Plea for Pinhole Pliotograj^liy, by J. E. Adnams. 251 I do not suggest that they should scrap their lenses andsubstitute pinholes, but use the pinhole for special purposessuited to it. The pinhole has its limitations, granted, but thereis a special beauty and charm about the image produced by itthat is very delightful. True it is never dead sharp, but to sayit is fuzzy is a great mistake. It gives all the detail, but softened and subdued, no oneplane is sharper than another, its infinite depth of field fore-ground and distance are equally defined, and yet the effect ofdistance is particularly well rendered. There being no focus the definition is the same whateverthe distance between the pinhole and the plate. This makes it very adaptable for use as a wide angle ornarrow angle instrument. If placed near the plate it gives awide angled picture and vice versa. The human eye sees everything in focus as it wanders overa scene, but with a le