Cameras

ok, so if you have found this link, then I have to come clean on something here. Not all of these photos have actually been taken with a pinhole camera. The photo above was taken with the fisheye, and shows some of my pinholes and accessories (ie a light meter and my shutter speed conversion slider.) since this photo have made quite a few new cameras which i dont have photos.

the cameras I have used for these photos are:

pinholes:

pinni - made from a standard 35mm film cannister, im now starting to use film in it instead of paper. Its the little one in the top left. It was my first pinni and has a special place in my heart.

hoodie - made from a big lens hood I picked up for free at a camera fair. Possibly from a Canon judging by the cream colour. Also an old homebrew tin for the lid. Its the bright silver thing in the bottom left

kodak - a large size antiqueish film cannister which takes almost full 8x10 paper. Hardly used because its too big to reload in my dark bag and I have to do it in the darkroom or under the bed covers. The only photos ive ever taken with it are skull and hills. This camera is not in the photo above.

orange - made from an oval cardboard container. The difference in film plane curvature to hoodie possibly gives it less distortion but a wider viewable angle. This one is at the top of the photo, with pinni sitting on top.
Most of the /fixie and /pilgrim shots were taken with orange. You can see the excellent image quallity. Very happy with the results, possibly also due to a good pinhole...

All of the above cameras are, uinfortunately, no longer in use. I really miss orange actually, as the image quality was unsurpassed, even with my film cameras. The KMT-1 was close, but rachel has that now so I cant claim it as my own even though I made it for her. Hoodie was good as well and took some great photos as I was learning how to do it all. My next film winder will probably have a curved film plane along the lines of orange or hoodie as I really like the effect. The PB1 is good but its first hole was a bit dodgy which gave some good effects sometimes but often got frustrating. A new hole was put in halfway through my last film which is currently being developed, so hopefully its going to be good, especially as I currently dont have the equipment to construct any more pinholes.

KMT-001 : made from a Keens Mustard Tin, this was my first film-winding pinhole. The photos are excellent from this baby, but it wasa gift to the loveley rachel so apart from the first couple of test films there will be no more additions to the site. she has apparently used it quite extensively for her exhibition which she is organising for December. MAybe Ill get some of her good shots and put them up when i can.

TTT-delux : I dont think there are any photos from the TTT-delux on this website. I made it at the same time as the KMT-001 and it was a double shot paper loading camera. It was pretty good and had a unique aperture release which was not too bad but has since been surpassed in the pb1. since Im now in Hobart and dont have access to a darkroom I am relying entirely on my PB1. Also I do actually prefer colour photography for most things and its a hell of a lot easier taking a roll of film to the lab then going to the darkroom. Obviously it costs a bit more adn doesnt have quite the same DIY cred but hell, give me a break!

PB1 : Made in conjunction with Josh this camera is my film winder. The box is sturdy black cardboard with the inner winding mechanism made out of an old tin can (same as the KMT-001) Its all held together with black electrical tape and bright red gaffer tape and has a Prussian Blue derwent pencil as the winder. The shutter release is the same black cardboard which ive made into a housing and shutter. It slides SO much better than the tape and metal ones I made for the KMT-001 and TTTDelux. Currently this is the only camera I have. Even my Canon has been relegated to the storage shed for the moment...

non-pinholes:
So yes, a few of these photos came from these cameras:

The Agfa Isola 1 - a camera I picked up for free at a camera fair. My girlfriend and I reckon its from the 1950s. Its cool, very basic, takes 120mm film and was free! And now that Ive run an E6 through it, I am realising how fucking good it is too! Rachel has this one now, as I reckon she has more use for it, and Im not really going to use 120mm film that much.

homemade fisheye - Its made from what was possibly a slide projector lens, and it fits onto the front of my Canon Eos V. somewhat of a meld of opposite technologies, but it takes unique photos. Hopefully soon Ill have more images online for people to see. Amazing what you can do with some black plastic and electrical tape! Unfortunately my first ultra-dodgy rig for the lens fell apart, and I havent had the chance to remake it. Also I dont actualy have access to it right now becaseu it is a part of the Canon, not the pinhole crew.