From: S Wang (stwang@direcTVinternet.com)
Date: 12/20/02-06:35:52 PM Z
Oops.
A slight mistake here: with a window about 5x7.5 inches, a knot at 5
inches would give you the view from a 24mm wide-angle, 10 inches a
50mm lens.
Sorry.
Sam
>Claudia,
>
>Although it seems that there is no need for such with 35mm, since
>the viewfinders that come with the cameras would be perfectly
>adequate, there is a different kind of clarity and insight that
>comes with a large open frame viewfinder.
>
>I would suggest cutting a 5"x 7-1/2" hole in a cardboard to
>correspond to the 24x36mm proportion of 35mm film. Attach a string
>to it and tie a knot at 5" for a 50mm lens, at 10" for a 100mm lens,
>etc. The good thing about such a finder is that it allows you to
>look intently at the subject, at life size, and not at a smaller or
>dimmer representation.
>
>This would be very similar to what we often do with beginning design
>students: have them place a cardboard frame over "anything" and
>study the structure, the composition, of the area, and draw it.
>
>It also invites you to really imaging how the camera would see the
>scene, sort of what Ansel calls Previsualization, or someone else's
>"the Zen viewfinder".
>
>Sam Wang
>
>>Excuse the newbie question, but would someone be able to explain how this
>>could be done with 35mm? Thanks,
>>
>>Claudia
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