Reminder: Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day 2007 is this Sunday!

Posted 23 April, 2007 in Random

Reminder: this year’s Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day is this Sunday, 29 April, 2007! Get or make a pinhole camera, shoot on Sunday, and upload your best shot to the 2007 gallery (also check out previous years).

There are heaps of workshops around the world on Pinhole Day that cover both camera building and shooting and processing, check the WPPD events page for something near you.

Need a pinhole camera? If you want to buy one, have a look at:

• 8banners are a China-based camera company that have several interesting models available
• B&H Photo carry pinhole cameras from 35mm to 4×5
• Calumet have body caps that you can use with existing rangefinder or SLR bodies through 4×5 cameras
• Holgamods have several Holga-based pinhole cameras, as well as pinhole body caps for your existing Canon EOS, Nikon, Olympus, Pentax, Sony Aplha/Minolta SLR, Mamiya 645, and Kiev 60 & 88/Pentacon 6/Exakta 66 cameras
• Pinhole Blender, a unique, multi-aperture camera, in 35mm or medium format
• Zero Image cameras, 35mm through 4×5, stocked by Calumet and B&H

If you want to make a camera, check out:

• alspix‘s matchbox camera instructions
• Chris Keeney‘s SPAMera Spam tin and MintyCam mint tin camera instructions
• f295 Pinhole Photography Forum, where knowledgeable and helpful pinhole camera builders abound
• Roger Cline‘s instructions for making perfect pinholes (and zone plates) with graphic arts film

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