Ilford 4x5 Pinhole Camera

[Capocheny]

FYI...

http://www.youtube.com/user/harmantl

Cheers

[cosseboom]

Looks like a nice little kit. Kind of expensive at $245.

[Joanna Carter]

The cameras are made by Mike Walker http://www.walkercameras.com/index.html, so you know they've got to be good

[Phil Hudson]

In know what you mean but how "good" does a pinhole camera need to be?!

[Scott Walker]

In know what you mean but how "good" does a pinhole camera need to be?!

If you want good, reliable, and repeatable results, you need a good camera.

[Pawlowski6132]

If you want good, reliable, and repeatable results, you need a good camera.

You need a good enough camera. Nothing more.

[E. von Hoegh]

A sheet of 1/4" MDF and some tinfoil; tape, X-Acto knife, pin.

All that's needed to turn any LF camera into a pinhole camera.

[Ben Syverson]

I'm happy to see a new film camera, and even happier to see a new LF film camera. And I love seeing new pinhole products.

But $245 is pretty steep. I'm planning a similar but slightly more complex ABS 4x5, and it should come in at under $100.

[jp]

Their video has gotten quite a few views in two weeks for a large format product.

I'd buy one.

While I'm capable of building one, I've got too many projects going to actually do it. And I'd need a few hundred dollars in woodworking tools to do it the right way. The dual tripod holes and levels are a big bonus. I could also build cones for it to take normal shuttered lenses, helicoids, for cheap zone focusing or casual aerial work.

Looks a lot more suitable for beating up than the very pretty wooden ones.

[Matus Kalisky]

I find the design really interesting - in particular the way the film holder acts as a film back. Price? - Well - you get box of Delta 100 and 2 boxes of paper too. And the camera probably weights next to nothing (I can imagine that one could use it with some compact table top tripod).

In any way - kudos to Ilford. It is rare to see some new LF products actually produced in Europe.