Homemade anamorphic camera

f295 member Andrew has converted his homemade anamorphic pinhole camera—where instead of light going straight through the opening and striking the film head-on, the film is formed into a circle and the light is projected into its center from above—to use a lens, and the results are stunning!

Andrew writes, "To get a lens anamorphic camera with the least possible effort I modified the pre-existing ‘black box of hell’ pincam. The p_p_p_pinhole is mounted in the ‘lid’ so I just made a new lid and mounted an 85mm lens stripped off a dead Agfa Isolette…"

Continue reading and see photos of and plans for the camera here, and photos that he took with it here at the f295 DIY Forum.

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