On Wed, 30 Sep 98 14:26:38 GMT, w.j.markerink@a1.nl (Willem-Jan Markerink) wrote:

[rest deleted, since I think we probably lost everyone else,
and we know what the rest was anyway....! ;-]
>>>Perhaps we should find something more useful to do with two 6mm's....:-))

>>Hmmm, maybe mount them back-to-back and shoot th' whole shebang out
>>there at one time, then use thet there sof'ware t' re-'range th'
>>whole thang inta one W - I - D - E view o' everything at once!

>What about putting a semi-reflective coating on both, and putting the
>lenses face to face, a few cm's apart?
>That way you get a picture of a lens in a lens in a lens in a lens in a
>lens....:-))
>And the number of iterations with still recognizable subjects is an
>indicator for film/lens quality....;-))
>
>We call that Droste-cacao-box effect in Holland (lady printed on the box
>holds a box with a lady, which holds a box with a lady etc).

I can't top that one! ;-) But with the lens curvature, the image
size will reduce VERY quickly...! BTW, years ago I entered a
room that was mirrored on all surfaces, including the floor and
ceiling - amazing effect! I've been tempted to at least mirror
opposite sides of a room ever since, but never did... (The
glass color limited how far out the image went, and in the
room above, all disappeared eventually into a dark green.)
A similar effect can be created by aiming a video camera at
a TV that it is connected to...