Had a student who did a self-portrait of her naked back (a la Man Ray, Dali, whoever) with one of those - squeezed the bulb between her knees, she told me. Hmmmm.... Pneumatic tubes - pshaw! Much preferred those little spring-loaded canisters that ran on wires overhead. AndrewF > >From: Alan P. Hayes [mailto:ahayes@berkshire.rr.com] > >>Is there some historical connection between photography >>and >pneumatic systems I'm missing (this just said to try stay >>technically >on topic) > > Somewhere I have a 25 foot cable release that was pneumatically >activated. Great for self-portraiture, easily foot-operated, too. At >some point, it sprung a leak, and one had to choke it hard, or stomp >on it, to releas the shutter....and the pics were better ! > > -- Luis
