My vision has never been great and aging has added new challenges. The simple way would be to move to a digital camera and an autofocus lens but what fun would that be? The best answer is to skip focusing altogether!
Since it's technically my birthday present, my SO is stashing it away until then.
If you haven't already read it, this four-part series by Zeb Andrews of Blue Moon Camera and Machine is the best introduction to pinhole photography I've ever seen. Here's a link to the first article; each article has a link at the end to the next article in the series.
I never heard of Zero Image. Tempting. I like the idea of wood craftmanship and 2 inch negs. That said, I have too many mistresses. A couple German 120s, one that speaks Swedish. Still, kudos for the new direction.
madNbad wrote:
My vision has never been great and aging has added new challenges. The simple way would be to move to a digital camera and an autofocus lens but what fun would that be? The best answer is to skip focusing altogether!
Since it's technically my birthday present, my SO is stashing it away until then.
Getting old sucks. Lenses are usually over rated anyway - so crack your bday present out and take few. Out of curiosity - what does the "deluxe" have that the standard doesn't?
James Markus wrote:
Getting old sucks. Lenses are usually over rated anyway - so crack your bday present out and take few. Out of curiosity - what does the "deluxe" have that the standard doesn't?
The Deluxe includes a cable ready shutter, a 52mm filter adapter and a bubble level. I'll be patient but I did have a few ton the last roll where my vision was a bit off.
A couple of years ago I restarted my film roots by buying a 6x6 pinhole camera here that was dirt cheap. I quickly moved up to a pinhole camera that would do 6x6, 6x9, and 6x12. After a while I wanted a camera which I could control more and that gave me a better image quality. So after some research and thought of what was out there I went the 3D printed camera route. Now I have the quality of image I want and the satisfaction of working with a completely manual camera and the time required to make an image.
A satisfaction that digital images cannot give.
Norm Shapiro wrote:
A couple of years ago I restarted my film roots by buying a 6x6 pinhole camera here that was dirt cheap. I quickly moved up to a pinhole camera that would do 6x6, 6x9, and 6x12. After a while I wanted a camera which I could control more and that gave me a better image quality. So after some research and thought of what was out there I went the 3D printed camera route. Now I have the quality of image I want and the satisfaction of working with a completely manual camera and the time required to make an image.
A satisfaction that digital images cannot give....Show more →
