Hi folks,
i know, long time i wasn't active on this forum. Now i want to change that. I'd like to share one of my last designs- curved plane 5,5x 14 inch pinhole camera. I made it some months ago, posted some pictures on Flickr. Camera is designed to use 11x14 inch film sheet cut in half. Body i made from plywood bended in hot water. I was thinking that making of camera back will be harder than front, but i was wrong. I designed camera inneworkings in Corel - they are laser cut. Front is made also from plywood, however now i think- it should be made from piece of solid wood- plywood has trend to bend, even thick 10mm pieces. I noticed that when i installed suitcase style locks. Pinhole apertures are interchangeable- there is a slot inside camera to place pinholes/zone plates. Film curvature should be moved 1or two inches up- camera is very, very angle and it was impossible to place interchageable pinholes on the front (first i wanted to install filter ring on the front and place pinholes in blank filter rings).
Great design and execution as usual. What are the two top posts for? Framing? Wouldn't that give you a false frame as the sheet is wider than the front of the camera?
You right- angle of view is almost 180 degrees. I wanted to install suitcase grip on the top, even drilled holes. Unfortunately after assembling it was impossible to screw inside the nuts- grip was too long. So, i added two posts -just to hold camera better in hands when put on/remove from tripod (and mask holes)
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