. The American annual of photography. Figure 1. It is not part of my purpose to enlarge upon the generalcharacter of the lensless image or its application to landscapework. Nor can I go into the matter of the making of needle-holes further than to say that any small carefully made holein very thin metal may be successfully used in place of a lens;and that the more perfect the hole and the thinner its edgesthe better the results will be. Numerous expert articles uponthe making and use of the needlehole have appeared from timeto time in the magazines and annuals, and to them I must refer 216. PO
. The American annual of photography. Figure 1. It is not part of my purpose to enlarge upon the generalcharacter of the lensless image or its application to landscapework. Nor can I go into the matter of the making of needle-holes further than to say that any small carefully made holein very thin metal may be successfully used in place of a lens;and that the more perfect the hole and the thinner its edgesthe better the results will be. Numerous expert articles uponthe making and use of the needlehole have appeared from timeto time in the magazines and annuals, and to them I must refer 216. PORTRAIT. S. Withrington Stump. the reader in search of further detail. It is much to be re-gretted that the two best monographs on the subject, Nos. 27and 70 of the Photo Miniature, have long been out of printand are hardly procurable at the present time. From the standpoint of architectural photography, or theportraiture of buildings, the most important quality of theneedlehole image is its geometrical accuracy. Provided thatthe camera is set level, be the angle of view wide or narrow theperspective will be absolutely true. As a rule in architecturalwork one must use a wide angle lens quite frequently, and inthat case more or less exaggeration of perspective is inevitable. With the needlehole, be the field of view ever so wide, ifthe camera is properly placed the lines will fall in just as theyought. And the angle included on the plate may be varied atwill without necessarily moving the camera. By simply in-creasing or diminishing the distance between needlehole andplate either magn
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