Adrian Hanft (of Lego pinhole camera fame) wrote a nice, step-by-step tutorial on converting a Polaroid SX-70 camera—whose Time Zero film has been discontinued—to take the still-available 600 film. He writes: Polaroid 600 film actually fits in an SX-70 camera pretty easily. The problem with using 600 film in the SX-70 is that it is [...]

Kait Jarbeau built this "coneographic" camera. I can’t wait to see what comes out of it!

Carl Zeiss AG Press Release: Oberkochen, August 15, 2006. The Zeiss Ikon SW is the 35mm precision camera for uncompromising superwide photographers. Its lens mount takes any lens with M bayonet, in particular the ZEISS high performance superwide-angle lenses Distagon T* 2,8/15mm ZM and the Biogon T* types from the ZEISS ZM range. An accessory [...]

Photographer and camera hacker extraordinaire Steven Taft built this wavy film plane camera. He writes: …the latest is a "planomorphic" box with shower door rollers to guide the film along several wavy paths. I ran 2 rolls through it yesterday, and discovered a few light leaks and an exposure issue I had worried about. When the film [...]

Ceramicist and photographer Steve Irvine has made another dead gorgeous ceramic pinhole camera! Have a look at his pinhole photography, astrophotography, other cameras, and pottery—it’s all exquisite. Via the f295 Pinhole Photography Forum

Team Droid write: Other than tripping the shutter on your disposable camera this might have other uses. It times for 15 seconds before the spring drives a pin into the shutter release on the camera. Clever idea, I wonder why the cameras don’t come with these in the first place. Anyway, its totally hackable if [...]

Oren Grad writes at The Online Photographer: Check out the re-launched, much improved website of Fotoman Camera. This Hong Kong-based company is known for its well-made, (relatively) inexpensive, interchangeable lens, scale focusing, roll film panorama cameras in 6×12, 6×17 and 6×24 formats. A long-awaited second lineup of large format point-and-shoot cameras has now finally become [...]

Direct Source Marketing (DSM) Press Release: CONCORD, CA, June 22, 2006 – A joint venture between Rolleiflex and Horseman today announced one of the widest angle cameras on the market, Horseman SW-D Pro, which accepts digital camera backs to give professional and high-end consumer photographers wide angle opportunities that weren’t available in the past for [...]

Photographer Travis Gray came up with this awesome and cheap mod to add a cable release socket to a Holga. Check it out!

f295 member Longbow3 is building a double-sided, multi-focal length camera! It shoots 2×3 and is 30mm on one side and 90mm on the other. Sweeeeet! Check it out at f295