I had been thinking about starting to take more lens based photographs and came across a Yashica Mat TLR. Based on the serial number it was made in the early part of 1969. It is in good condition for it’s age and everything works as it should. I have always found the square format appealing and look forward to using the camera. Here are some images from the first roll.
I purchased the Thingyfy pinhole lens for my Micro 4/3 camera. Nice all metal build quality. With a focal length of 11mm and an aperture of f74 it has a very wide angle of view.
Shot another roll of Fomapan 100 in the Scura pinhole camera and got much better results.
I had a desire to work with circular images so I created a camera out of a tea tin and cut photo paper with a circle cutter to fit. In the end it proved to be more work than it was worth.
This anamorphic pinhole camera is made from a metal can with the pinhole at one end. I had the shutter 3d printed. The camera takes half a sheet of 8×10 photographic paper to produce the negative.
The Easy 35 was the second 3d printed camera that I had printed for me. The open source files can be found at: http://pinholeprinted.com/order/easy35/. I use it primarily with expired color slide film.
The Holga 120WPC is a panoramic pinhole camera that takes 6, 6×12 images on a roll of 120 film. Standard cheap plastic construction typical of Holga cameras. A good idea to tape the camera shut with duct tape. Many of these cameras have a problem with excessive vignetting which can usually be solved by widening the opening around the pinhole. The camera is capable of producing surprisingly good images.
The Zero Image 2000 was the first commercially produced camera that I purchased. Using 120 film and made of teak and brass, it is still my favourite camera. The 25 mm focal length matches my way of seeing and the images it produces are very sharp. It is a little fiddly to load and in certain light conditions, it can be hard to see the frame numbers through the red window, but all in all, a great camera.
