pinhole

  • Red Shutter Leica: To Repair or Not to Repair?

    Hundreds of dollars spent on a collectible vintage Leica, and it doesn’t work.  What to do?  Naturally, take it apart! This is the camera I picked up on eBay.  it’s a Leica IIIc, made in 1941.  I thought I’d gotten a pretty good deal – my McKeown’s guide lists this particular model as being worth…

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  • Matchbox Pinhole Camera II

    A couple of days ago I posted about a project where I taught teens in one of Windhoek’s vulnerable communities to make matchbox pinhole cameras.  I lamented how few of the photos had turned out because I had failed to actually make one of the cameras myself in order to use my own experience to…

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