Hello, hello! I'm back home in Cincinnati and slowly recovering from a fantastic weekend in Philadelphia. Can you believe that I didn't take a single photo all weekend? Honestly, I can't remember the last time three days went by and I didn't photograph anything; it's probably been years. Now I'm ready to make up for the lost time! Luckily, Santa was good to me this year, and I have some fun new photography goodies to try. First up is one that I'm particularly excited about - the P-Sharan 35mm pinhole camera!
I've been wanting to build a pinhole camera for ages, but hadn't found something to serve as the case. The P-Sharan takes care of that - it has a heavy-duty cardboard case that you construct yourself. Although I was a little intimidated by it, the construction process turned out to be really easy. The camera comes with absolutely everything you need (including adhesive - and don't worry if you ruin some of it, because there's plenty of extra). It took me about an hour and a half to build, with only one little error that turned out to be easily fixable.
I love the retro style of this camera - it's so cute!
The P-Sharan takes 35mm film, and I was surprised at how easily the film loads and advances. The shutter is a piece of cardboard that you lift away from the pinhole to shoot. The simple mechanism means that it's super easy to make multiple exposures (something I'm looking forward to playing with!). Since pinhole photography can requite long exposure times, it's handy that the camera comes with a tripod adapter. It works perfectly on my tripod.
Because there's no exposure-counter, the manufacturer recommends keeping a log of shots, so that you know (roughly) how many you'll be able to fit on a roll. I'm also keeping track of other details for each shot, in an attempt to figure out what works, and what doesn't.
I found that a mini-Moleskein fits perfectly when attached to the back of the camera with the rubber bands included in the kit - great for taking notes!
The camera is surprisingly sturdy, but at the recommendation of others online, I think I'm going to keep it inside this tupperware when tossing it in my bag. I don't want to break it!
Now I need to shoot, shoot, shoot, so I can get the film developed and see how it turns out. I also have a roll of 35mm from the Canon AE-1 that needs to go in, so I'd like to hurry through this first pinhole roll and get them both processed. I have no idea what to expect from the pinhole, which makes it really exciting!
Has anyone tried pinhole photography? If you have any tips or tricks to share, I'd love to hear them!
Enjoy your Tuesday!
I've been wanting to build a pinhole camera for ages, but hadn't found something to serve as the case. The P-Sharan takes care of that - it has a heavy-duty cardboard case that you construct yourself. Although I was a little intimidated by it, the construction process turned out to be really easy. The camera comes with absolutely everything you need (including adhesive - and don't worry if you ruin some of it, because there's plenty of extra). It took me about an hour and a half to build, with only one little error that turned out to be easily fixable.
I love the retro style of this camera - it's so cute!
The P-Sharan takes 35mm film, and I was surprised at how easily the film loads and advances. The shutter is a piece of cardboard that you lift away from the pinhole to shoot. The simple mechanism means that it's super easy to make multiple exposures (something I'm looking forward to playing with!). Since pinhole photography can requite long exposure times, it's handy that the camera comes with a tripod adapter. It works perfectly on my tripod.
Because there's no exposure-counter, the manufacturer recommends keeping a log of shots, so that you know (roughly) how many you'll be able to fit on a roll. I'm also keeping track of other details for each shot, in an attempt to figure out what works, and what doesn't.
I found that a mini-Moleskein fits perfectly when attached to the back of the camera with the rubber bands included in the kit - great for taking notes!
The camera is surprisingly sturdy, but at the recommendation of others online, I think I'm going to keep it inside this tupperware when tossing it in my bag. I don't want to break it!
Now I need to shoot, shoot, shoot, so I can get the film developed and see how it turns out. I also have a roll of 35mm from the Canon AE-1 that needs to go in, so I'd like to hurry through this first pinhole roll and get them both processed. I have no idea what to expect from the pinhole, which makes it really exciting!
Has anyone tried pinhole photography? If you have any tips or tricks to share, I'd love to hear them!
Enjoy your Tuesday!
11 comments:
wow, I haven't actually seen that before, how cool. I can't wait to see your results already!
Very cool! I've never tried it but am very interested in seeing how your photos turn out! Have fun playing with it! :)
I never had one but I can't wait to see your results :D
oooh, very cool! i haven't done pinhole phototos in YEARS, but when i did, it was with photo paper, not with film. this is very intriguing. i love that you can move onto your next shot without having to go back into the darkroom and develop the previous one first!
i ran across something ages ago that used a real camera from the thrift store to do similar pinhole photos, but of course, i never got around to it. i'm excited to see how your photos turn out!
I Looooove pin hole.
I only really did it during the time I had access to a darkroom and I took the cheapskate route and used RC paper as my film.
It was super fun, I think I probably took about 100 photos, a lot of self portraits (haha) and I used my ipod to pass the time and time the exposures. I made playlists of songs by play time, so if I had a four min. exposure I could just choose any thing from my 4 min play list and I was good to go. It won't take you long to learn to look at the lighting conditions and decide how long you need to expose for.
excited to see what you create!
So cool!
Pinhole is so much fun! I did a study abroad this summer in Italy that was focused on pinholes. We built our own cameras that used 4x5 film. There is definitely a steep learning curve, but once you figure it out, you can get some of the coolest results. Enjoy!
Great camera! I saw your first pictures of it on Instagram and now I am waiting for the first photos you will take with it :)
Oh wowww that looks so cool!! I'd love to play around with that camera
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that, is, SO, RAD! :D
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I have wanted to try it ever since I heard about it. But I don't have the money right now. And I have my instax to figure out right now.
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