hello,i´m intersted in a kind of objective---more a tap with a hole in the middle, that is possible to screw on all minolta-cameras. i don´t find it under minolta.de . do you know what i´m talking about and do you maybe know the name of the thing i´m talking about?? that would be so helpful.. thanx, anne

-- anne grabow (ted.minsky@web.de), April 29, 2002

Answers

You are looking for a pinhole body cap. I beleive that photography2k@hotmail.com), April 29, 2002.

You are looking for a pinhole body cap. I beleive that Calumet carries them.

I hate it when I leave out a final quote!

-- Ed Farmer (photography2k@hotmail.com), April 29, 2002.

Just a point of information: The name 'Camera obscura' is now usually taken to mean a darkened room with a periscope or other lensed optical device fitted into the roof or wall of it; such that the surrounding view(s) can be seen projected on a screen or white table inside the room.
These darkened viewing rooms pre-date photography by some considerable time. The earliest examples date to the beginning of the C18th, and even then, they were nearly always fitted with lenses to give a sharp and bright image.

'Camera obscura' simply means 'dark room' in Latin, and is the origin of our common use of the word 'camera'. It really has nothing to do with pinhole photography.

-- Pete Andrews (p.l.andrews@bham.ac.uk), April 29, 2002.