Re: Has anyone tried this paper pinholecamera?

peter wrote:
> Yes, it was Olpe for sure.
> Camera-kits made by Peter Olpe, a Swiss professor, who also wrote
> some books on the subject.
> He made two commercial camera-kits, fully assembled they take ordinary
> 120-rolls of film. One is for 6x6, the other for 6x9.
> I have them both... but never tried to assemble them!?
> A shame... I guess I should be doing it now.
>
> This is either the 6x9-model, or a good replica:
> http://www.freestylephoto.biz/sc_prod.php?cat_id=&pid=1000000291

I've got the 6x9 model, it was the first pinhole camera I bought for
"serious" use. It's a great bit of kit, mines been all over the place
with me on holiday etc. As it's made from thin corrugated cardboard, it
does become a bit tatty after a while and the holes where the thumb
wheels are get miss-shapen. You can also loose the little aluminium bits
for connecting the thumb wheels and the 120 film spools very easily.

Overall though I've been very happy with it, even though I haven't used
it for a while. I've now progressed onto a home made 10"x8" pinhole
camera which isn't nearly as easy to use.

Cheers,

-- 
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