Any good Kickstarter & Indiegogo photo projects to be seen

Richard S. (rich815) · Apr 14, 2016

Rolls of paper through a Hasselblad. Interesting. Wonder if it would work in something like my auto advance Fuji GA645? And yes the paper thickness vs film thickness, I wonder how that works itself out...small aperture only perhaps? Quite expensive per roll too...

jeffreythree · Apr 14, 2016

I had this in my email today: Dead Link Removed . Another odd lens from Lomography.

TheToadMen · May 30, 2016

There is a new pinhole project from Italy on Kickstarter:
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calebarchie · May 30, 2016

How many wooden pinholes do we need?

TheToadMen · May 30, 2016

calebarchie said:
How many wooden pinholes do we need?

There is just one valid answer to this question: more!!

Richard S. (rich815) · May 30, 2016

TheToadMen said:
There is a new pinhole project from Italy on Kickstarter:
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Cute project, except the music in the video had me wanting to take an electric drill to my temple halfway through, what god awful irritating music!

TheToadMen · Jun 8, 2016

A new Kickstarter project. This time for "Dead Link Removed by Mercury works"
What is it? "A modular, open camera system capable of shooting any format (medium and large format film, digital, Instax...) and using any lens."
Looks interesting, but will it work? They reach for $50.000 on July, 4th.

See: Dead Link Removed

"Side view of a Mercury showing one possible configuration (most Kickstarter rewards don't include the
lens/shutter, strap, rangefinder, or film back; these are shown for illustrative purposes only)."

WHof · Jul 2, 2016

This one seems like a pretty good idea

platypodpro.com/products

TheToadMen · Jul 4, 2016

TheToadMen said:
A new Kickstarter project. This time for "Dead Link Removed by Mercury works"
What is it? "A modular, open camera system capable of shooting any format (medium and large format film, digital, Instax...) and using any lens."
Looks interesting, but will it work? They reach for $50.000 on July, 4th.

See: Dead Link Removed

They reached their goal. There is another video with details and a demo of the camera options:

TheToadMen · Oct 16, 2016

This is a beautiful project by Kurt Moser:
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"THE DOLOMITES: OUR GOAL IS TRANSFORMING A RUSSIAN MILITARY TRUCK INTO A HUGE CAMERA AND CAPTURE THE LIGHT OF THIS UNIQUE MOUNTAINS"

A worthy goal! He's gonna use the huge Nikkor 1780 mm lens.

bergytone · Oct 18, 2016

Hi All, Here's a new Kickstarter project specifically for all of you vintage camera shooters. I have just launched a campaign for my new hand held shutter speed tester, the Phochron XA. visit my website: www.phochronxa.com and check out the Kickstarter project:
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TheToadMen · Oct 18, 2016

bergytone said:
Hi All, Here's a new Kickstarter project specifically for all of you vintage camera shooters. I have just launched a campaign for my new hand held shutter speed tester, the Phochron XA. visit my website: www.phochronxa.com and check out the Kickstarter project:
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Nice project. What is missing in your description is what the "dual sensor module" is for. I'm guessing I'll need it for a SLR with two curtains (vertical) shutter? Without this module I can only test older cameras wit a single horizontal (cloth) shutter, like a box camera?

bergytone · Oct 18, 2016

TheToadMen said:
Nice project. What is missing in your description is what the "dual sensor module" is for. I'm guessing I'll need it for a SLR with two curtains (vertical) shutter? Without this module I can only test older cameras wit a single horizontal (cloth) shutter, like a box camera?

Hey Bert, thanks for that feedback. I will add that to my project description. The single sensor can test any shutter. The dual sensor is for doing curtain shutter tests, whether vertical or horizontal. Older SLRs use horizontal curtains, newer SLRs use vertical plastic or metal vanes. You only need the dual sensor to do more detailed SLR testing.

TheToadMen · Oct 18, 2016

bergytone said:
Hey Bert, thanks for that feedback. I will add that to my project description. The single sensor can test any shutter. The dual sensor is for doing curtain shutter tests, whether vertical or horizontal. Older SLRs use horizontal curtains, newer SLRs use vertical plastic or metal vanes. You only need the dual sensor to do more detailed SLR testing.

Thanks. I backed your project. I could really use a tool like this to test my many old analogue cameras.

kraker · Oct 25, 2016

bergytone said:
Hi All, Here's a new Kickstarter project specifically for all of you vintage camera shooters. I have just launched a campaign for my new hand held shutter speed tester, the Phochron XA. visit my website: www.phochronxa.com and check out the Kickstarter project:
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Great, I backed the project even before I read this, and even before I knew you were a fellow APUG'er.
Looking forward to the product!

Unicorn Publishing · Nov 16, 2016

Dear friends,

We launched a new photography project on Kickstarter and thought you might be interested in it. Welcome a complete photography formulary from 19th century to the present day - most comprehensive collection of formulas for analog photographers.
Please take a look
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Best regards,
Unicorn Publishing

TheToadMen · Nov 17, 2016

Another nice Kickstarter Project: The f/D Book of Pinhole (= a book with worldwide pinhole photographs).
See: Dead Link Removed
and the original thread by Kier:
http://www.apug.org/forum/index.php?threads/the-ƒ-d-book-of-pinhole.141898/

Molli · Nov 17, 2016

TheToadMen said:
Another nice Kickstarter Project: The f/D Book of Pinhole (= a book with worldwide pinhole photographs).
See: Dead Link Removed
and the original thread by Kier:
http://www.apug.org/forum/index.php?threads/the-ƒ-d-book-of-pinhole.141898/

Backed! It's a book, of course I backed it

Molli · Nov 17, 2016

Only 23 hours to go for the New55 Colour 4x5 Peel Apart Film:

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bergytone · Apr 25, 2017

TheToadMen said:
Thanks. I backed your project. I could really use a tool like this to test my many old analogue cameras.

I just finished shipping testers out to all of my backers. Bert, yours is on the way!

TheToadMen · Apr 25, 2017

bergytone said:
I just finished shipping testers out to all of my backers. Bert, yours is on the way!

Nice! I've got a line-up of cameras waiting to be tested.

Any good Kickstarter & Indiegogo photo projects to be seen

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