New nice pinhole cameras from ONDU

[HHPhoto]

Hi,

some nice new cameras available:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ondu-/ondu-pinhole-cameras?ref=live

Cheers, Jan

 

[pdexposures]

We actually just posted an interview with the founder here:

http://www.pdexposures.tv/

 

[HHPhoto]

We actually just posted an interview with the founder here:

http://www.pdexposures.tv/

Thanks!

Cheers, Jan

 

[camperbc]

Wow, $86,000 and counting, with over a week to go! Looks like Elvis Halilović is going to be a very busy fellow. By my tally he already has a whopping 956 cameras to build! I wonder if he ever dreamed his Kickstarter project could be this successful? (he was looking for just $10,000)

I see Elvis has just announced a reverse colour scheme, which also looks gorgeous... now we have to decide which colour combo we like the most. Maybe one of each?

Glen

 

[daveleo]

Elvis has updated the video on the website. Looks very nice.
I have one on order (35mm film format).

It is so great to see him get this level of support from around the world ! !
Almost $90,000 😱 😱 in pre-orders for a small wooden camera with no lens ! ! The mind boggles !

 

[alienmeatsack]

For those of us who are investors in this project, it's been very cool to watch the project go from a concept with some heart behind it to a shipping product as of this week!

They ended up with nearly $110,000 in funding and I think got overwhelmed by the mass of support and love for their beautiful pinhole cameras.

According to their last update a few days ago, the first run of Early Bird funder's cameras are done and going out this week. They said they are still on target for the rest of the cameras.

I think they've adapted well to the huge demand and I look forward to receiving mine. I am still expecting it in October there abouts. 🙂

 

[one90guy]

My only pinhole camera I made from a Polaroid 100. Worked ok but ended up using the back on another project, Those are some great looking cameras.

David

 

[daveleo]

Mine came today !

Mine came today !

Got my Ondu in the mail today (ordered it back in May??).
Here it is, as seen through my Skink pinhole (on a D5100).
Happily, I ordered some Tri-x for my Hexar this week,
so a roll will go into the Ondu (let's keep hope alive 😉 !!).

PS . . . the ONDU is a fine work of craftsmanship !!

 

[alienmeatsack]

I'm still waiting for mine. I got in just past the first batch of "early bird" Kickstarters. I have been expecting mine to show up any day now for a few weeks. 😀

I keep seeing people posting about getting theirs on blogs and such, so I am guessing they are slowly starting to finally trickle out. I can't wait to get mine and try it. Maybe by the time it arrives the weather here will be nicer and I can go out and shoot.

 

[Ezzie]

Waiting for mine too.

 

[alienmeatsack]

Mine arrived safe and sound yesterday. WOW is it pretty. A lot of hard work and craftmanship as well as planning the functionality of it.

I've only done one quick test roll so far. I hope to use it properly this weekend.

One thing of note to users of the ONDU 135, be sure to check your tension before advancing to the next frame. I ended up with a bunch of shots over the top of each other because I didn't have the film tensioned. (And a whole lot of empty film.)

 

[daveleo]

. . . . .
One thing of note to users of the ONDU 135, be sure to check your tension before advancing to the next frame. I ended up with a bunch of shots over the top of each other because I didn't have the film tensioned. (And a whole lot of empty film.)

Thanks for that.

 

[alienmeatsack]

I didn't care for the metal cassette they included. So, I took one of my plastic ones, flipped the spool and filed both ends smooth. Seems to work nicely on this roll I am working on now.

 

[daveleo]

got a picture of that ??

 

[alienmeatsack]

I don't have a photo here of it, but it's pretty simple. I used a Kalt plastic film cassette for it.

I literally just turned the spool around and stuck it in in reverse, and then took one of my medium grit nail files (sandpaper or a wood file works too) to smooth the ends down so it fits better into the camera.

Also, if you plan on shooting more then one roll at a time and are going to be out and about, I recommend having your new film roll pre-attatched to a new fresh take up spool made like mentioned above. Then all you have to do is remove the finished roll, pop in the new one and wind forward to the unexposed area and shoot.

A few photos from mine, playing around...

Lit purely by my scanner, camera sitting on the front edge facing to the back of the scanner. I opened the lid, opened the ONDU shutter and then did a Preview scan with different objects on the scanner bed.


Untitled by alienmeatsack, on Flickr

 

[alienmeatsack]

Close up tests and detail tests...


Leica M3 by alienmeatsack, on Flickr


Sprocket Rocket by alienmeatsack, on Flickr

 

[alienmeatsack]

I did notice that when you advance your shot and are keeping the film tight, you need to be careful not to keep too much pressure on the source cassette or it will drag the film across the frame and cause small scratches.


Out the Window by alienmeatsack, on Flickr

 

[Ezzie]

I did notice that when you advance your shot and are keeping the film tight, you need to be careful not to keep too much pressure on the source cassette or it will drag the film across the frame and cause small scratches.


Out the Window by alienmeatsack, on Flickr

My experience too with the 6x6. First roll, lots of scratches. My ONDU


My ONDU by Eirik0304, on Flickr

 

[Ezzie]

From the first roll. A bit cropped, I misjudged the FoV, boy is 25mm on 6x6 wide, wider than I thought.


Ice flows by Eirik0304, on Flickr

 

[alienmeatsack]

I think the trick to avoid the scratches, besides some felt on the edges of the frame (which I've considered but am not sure how much clearance there is between the frame mask and the back which would def scratch it).

I've been trying to do the dual-taut method, which I assume would will for 120 and 135 versions. (I may have talked about this before.)

I load my film, then carefully wind the feed spool to take up slack that may have occurred. This is more common with 35mm film I think. Once it's taut, you know that the take up and the feed are in sync so to speak. Then to advance without dragging the film across the edges of the mask, you just feed the advance as you turn it by turning your source/film side spool. Making sure to do so a little in advance of the speed you are turning the take up. You want to give the takeup/film advance enough to work with but not so much that it hits the back or the mask and slides on it.

If you do this right, your film stays somewhat taut and you have no scratches.

I do think I'd still like to try the felt idea. I need to use a dummy roll and some dummy film and put felt on the edges of the mask to see if that helps. If you put it on the edges as it rounds off on each side, it shouldn't push the film into the back but should keep the film from grinding across that edge.

I don't know how else to work around this minus full on felt on both areas and sanding down the back a tad to compensate for that and I don't want to hack the camera too much.