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rhyno0688 · Jul 30, 2015

This camera was found on a shelf in a local Darkroom. No one knowns anything about it other than it is set up to shoot 135. Does anyone here have any idea?? It's mostly paper but I haven't ever seen a pinhole like this with the bellows.

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Ian Grant · Jul 30, 2015

Looks home made.

Ian

4season · Jul 30, 2015

Ah, knew I had seen that thing before (Wrebbit All Paper Camera Kit)

http://sarahsthreads.com/crafts/index.php?pid=14

I probably saw it in the likes of Barnes & Noble a number of years ago.

Sirius Glass · Jul 30, 2015

It is a home brew camera.

rhyno0688 · Jul 30, 2015

That's the one, though after shooting a roll through it, I'm not a fan. I measured the hole to the film plane and it was 6" (300mm) and a 2-3 minute exposure in the middle of a bright sunny day was about the right exposure. So by my estimates it comes out to a 300mm f/4000 ish.

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rhyno0688 · Jul 30, 2015

I don't mind the 2-3 minute exposure as much as the super telephoto focal length and being so fricking light. The slightest breeze will make the image lose what little detail there might be.

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Two23 · Jul 30, 2015

rhyno0688 said:
I don't mind the 2-3 minute exposure as much as the super telephoto focal length and being so fricking light. The slightest breeze will make the image lose what little detail there might be.

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Couldn't you add a lightweight achromatic doublet lens of some kind?

Kent in SD

ChuckP · Jul 31, 2015

Isn't 6" around 150mm not 300mm.

Two23 · Jul 31, 2015

ChuckP said:
Isn't 6" around 150mm not 300mm.

Yes. That's the "normal" lens for 4x5.

Kent in SD

rhyno0688 · Jul 31, 2015

rhyno0688 said:
That's the one, though after shooting a roll through it, I'm not a fan. I measured the hole to the film plane and it was 6" (300mm) and a 2-3 minute exposure in the middle of a bright sunny day was about the right exposure. So by my estimates it comes out to a 300mm f/4000 ish.

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ChuckP said:
Isn't 6" around 150mm not 300mm.

Bahahah, obviously I couldn't math yesterday. I blame it on the heat....

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rhyno0688 · Jul 31, 2015

I'm an idiot.

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