What is your favorite commercially available pinhole camera, and why?

BradS said:

I have a few commercially made pinhole cameras. Here's what I think about each of them....

Mike Walker's Ilford/Harmon titan 4x5:
This camera is brilliantly designed, wonderfully light weight, sturdy and makes fantastic photos. I really, really like it. It is well worth the price. However, as good as it is, there are a few little things I think could be improved upon. First, the shutter...there is only the lens cap and sometimes it sticks a little going on or off. It doesn't seem like a big deal until you use this thing in bright sun. It is a "lack of confidence" kinda thing for me...and it keeps me from using it as much as I would otherwise...second, the back. I love that it holds a 4x5 film holder perfectly. I wish it also held a roll film holder. I shove little wedge shaped sticks of wood between the roll film holder and the camera rails to make it work but, it is very much non-optimal. Finally, I would like very much if there were some way to attach a filter.
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narsuitus said:

I use two 120 roll-film pinhole cameras: the Holga 120WPC and the Zero Image 6x9.

The Holga comes with a 6x9cm mask and a 6x12cm mask. However, since I do not have the 6x12cm mask, I only use my Holga to shoot 6x9cm images.

The Zero Image 6x9 comes with two dividers that allow me to shoot 6x4.5, 6x6, 6x7, or 6x9cm images. However, since I have no desire to shoot any of the smaller aspect ratios, I only use it to shoot 6x9cm images.

When I shoot 6x9 images, I am able to capture 8 images per roll of 120 film.

The Holga is made of plastic. The Zero is made of wood.

The Holga has a .3mm pinhole size and a 51mm pinhole to film plane distance.

The Zero has a .18mm pinhole size and a 40mm pinhole to film plane distance.

Both have tripod sockets.

The Zero cost twice as much as the Holga.

Of the two, the Zero is my personal favorite.

120 Pinhole Cameras by Narsuitus, on Flickr

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