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BradS

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This guy hand crafts rather beautiful "zoom" pinhole cameras and sells them on eBay: http://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/sherwood-cameras

This chap makes something called a Vermeer: Dead Link Removed

And some bloke called Clive sells a thing called a Zen: Dead Link Removed

I forgot about this gentleman in Greece who sells extremely cool looking LF pinholes from eBay: http://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/mui.sui.2
 
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i'm drooling over a cupla those vermeers, may have to succomb.

zeroimage are premier quality, bar none.
 
There's also this guy selling cameras under the name of Noon Pinhole.

Personally, I go for Skink Pinhole (also here) products. They're pre-made discs of whatever size you need, that fit in an M42-threaded disc, which comes with whatever adapter to your camera of choice (I got EF to begin with). There's also an L39 version with no adapter needed, and they do adapters for Copal shutters too.

Zörk also do a pinhole set, it's meant to be mounted on a lens filter thread and act as a tiny aperture. I got a set cheap off fleabay, I'm just mounting mine direct-to-shutter.

Also, does the Travelwide with Pinwide insert count?
 
Wonderful photographs have been made with some of these. Also Ilford's titan cameras.

I would also encourage anyone interested in pinhole to try building a simple one. It does not need to be complicated or expensive, it is a lot of fun, and there really is a unique kind of satisfaction in using a camera you've made yourself.
 
Dr Croubie said:
Zörk also do a pinhole set, it's meant to be mounted on a lens filter thread and act as a tiny aperture. I got a set cheap off fleabay, I'm just mounting mine direct-to-shutter.
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These are no pinholes in the common meaning.

They rather are apertures intended to substitute the original one for a smaller one. To yield larger DOF.

Due to its position it likely is to introduce vignetting and also distortion.
 
boink.
 
handmade wooden pinhole cameras

Jerry's handmade pinhole cameras, called: Natasha. See: https://www.facebook.com/NatashaPinholeCamera?fref=ts
He makes several formats. I bought his 6x17 wooden handmade camera and it a beauty!

This is one of the images I made with this camera on expired Fuli RVP 120 roll film (= Velvia 50 ASA slide film):
(there was a url link here which no longer exists)



Bert from Holland
 


The Natasha line of cameas look fantastic. How does one go about purchasing from this guy? Does he not have a proper website?
 
I've been rather enjoying using one of the new Ondu cameras from Slovenia. I believe they are currently working on some 3D models.
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BradS said:
The Natasha line of cameas look fantastic. How does one go about purchasing from this guy? Does he not have a proper website?
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He uses his facebook page: just post a message there or react when he offers a new camera he made.
His email address (for Paypal payments): jerry66@ms91.url.com.tw or chenjerry@kimo.com
Bert from Holland
 
I've bookmarked every one of these sites. They would be great, functional pieces to have just for their beauty.
 
great idea for a thread , i'll add to it if i can contribute anything worthy .
 
I have a Vermeer 6x18. Nicely made camera, with a hemispheric film plane so the aperture is equidistant from the entire image area, so no light falloff in the corners (which could be significant on a 6x18).


there it is in action, and here is a shot from it:

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This was two separate 12.5 minute exposures on the same frame, where I moved the camera about 15 feet closer to the subject from the first to the second exposure.
 
The Woodbläk pinhole, fashioned out of a single solid block of wood. The back is part of that block and reattaches magnetically. The knobs raise and lower with the smoothness of a Leica.

Craftsmanship is outstanding.

http://mottweilerstudio.com/


 
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