Homemade Camera Podcast

Ethan is away making magic in New York City so Nick and Graham go old school with a chatty old-timey podcast. They talk about what they've been doing since the last show, Graham's new Franken Holga 3D Stereo abomination to make pictures no one can figure out, the arrival of Nick's Lomograflok back for Instax Wide, Nick's appearance on Cameraocity (Cocaine and Waffles), and what a sustainable analog future might look like.  Thanks to Robbie Cribbs of Sound Trap Studios (https://soundtrapstudios.com/Sound_trap_studios/Home.html) for letting us use the music. 

In Episode 75, we talk to David Hancock about his Kickstarter for a set of 4 different pinhole cameras, his YouTube channel, and why bamboo is a great building material.  Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/davidmhancock/large-format-pinhole-cameras-to-build-at-home YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/hancockDavidM Fireseller66 (maker of fine pinholes for pinhole cameras): https://www.ebay.com/sch/fireseller66/m.html  

In this episode, we welcome in the wonderfully off-kilter mind of Joe Van Cleave. He talks about a bunch of wonderful stuff and he and Ethan demo the self-developing 20X24 Super Behemoth*.  *Not it's official name. 

Graham received a message on Etsy from ArlenB asking if it's possible to recreate the Holga with a few twists. "Out of curiosity, is there anything preventing you from making the plans to print a regular Holga 120GCFN, with an interchangeable lens, zone focusing, and no light leaks, or is that too difficult?" This episode is a discussion about a potential Holga replacement. 

Ethan has a surprise for us.  www.cameradactyl.com (keep checking back)

See Douwe's slides for this project on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/96630454@N06/ Build your own enlarger.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfvTjQ9MCwY Mike Ware's Cyanotype page: https://www.mikeware.co.uk/mikeware/New_Cyanotype_Process.html David Allan on IG https://www.instagram.com/dbloomsday/ Anna Atkin's cyanotypes: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/anna-atkins-cyanotypes-the-first-book-of-photographs.html Adam Savage, Every Tool is a Hammer https://www.amazon.com/Every-Tools-Hammer-Life-What/dp/1982113472 Post Exposure by Ctein https://www.amazon.com/Post-Exposure-Second-Techniques-Photographic/dp/0240804376

I'm not sure we actually talk much about chromatic aberration, it just sounded smart as a title.  We welcome in Jason Lane (https://www.pictoriographica.com/ and https://www.instagram.com/pictoriographica/) to talk everything lenses, dry plates and the secret base in the Antarctic.

We welcome in Jeremiah Jones, who you may know as @Sunny16_Photo on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/sunny16_photo/) to talk about some of his camera builds and other stuff.  You can visit Jeremiah's work website (https://www.sewlabusa.com/). No Nick this week. Thanks to Robbie Cribbs of Soundtrap Studios (http://soundtrapstudios.com/Sound_trap_studios/Home.html) for composing the show's theme music and for allowing us to use it. Thanks Robbie!

About 40 minutes in we experience some audio issues and the quality degrades and suddenly Graham is replaced with Wallace Shawn (thanks, Ethan). Sorry about that.  There are quite a few swears in this episode.  We welcome Erik Mathy (IG: erikhmathy) to talk about homemade lenses, how he got from the Land of Cheese to the Land of Fog, why you should match your lens to the subject you shoot, and many other things.  The link to the Google Docs spreadsheet to calculate your own lens: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yQ3dsD0Rs-HflRcnPYHSmK0soLXtykGAPl8pdZcrBpM/edit#gid=0 The link to Susan Burnstine's website: http://www.susanburnstine.com/ Simon Forster of the LFPP (https://largeformatphotographypodcast.podbean.com/) and The Classic Lenses Podcast (https://www.classiclensespodcast.com/) wrote this in the YouTube chat during the show: Suggestion for the title of this week's show; Graham's Felt-Lined Shaft. That's all on you, Simon.  Watch the show on YouTube if you want: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJd7umuR8Fg)

We welcome in Nicole Small (IG Nicole Small One on One https://www.instagram.com/nicolesmall_oneonone/) for a talk about her YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXbIGe6luBekTIvnKBhYIow) series on the Cyanotype process and all about the cameras she has built and will build in the near future. 

Just a quick little catch-up on what we have been doing lately. 

Ethan, Nick, and Graham get together to talk about stereo photography, the use of two lenses to create images that appear to be in 3D.  Graham is enthusiastic.  Nick is skeptical. Ethan is pedantic.  Ian Fleming (https://www.instagram.com/ifleming/ or simply @ifleming) stops by in the latter part of the show to talk about his experiences with the subject.  You can read Ethan's Wiki article about Ren Ng (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren_Ng). However, Ethan's presentation about stereo photography that he presented in front of 1 (one, as in one more than zero, which we should all acknowledge is greater than zero) is not currently available on the interwebs. He thinks he can resurrect it and if he can, we all think he should put it on the Homemade Camera YouTube.  And, speaking of, this episode is available on the aforementioned YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJ3JmlNccVI&t=140s). If you've never been to YouTube, this would be a good time to get your feet wet. It's a really cool place. Seriously.  I'm not joking, it's cool.   

We talk with Matt Bechberger of Reveni Labs about his new spot meter.  Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mattbechberger/reveni-labs-spot-meter-tiny-spot-meter-for-your-film-camera/ YouTube: https://youtu.be/1eqb5lGYvdY Website: https://www.reveni-labs.com/  

We talk about the fabulous (for homemade cameras) year that was 2020. 

We experiment a bit with this episode. We livestreamed on a bunch of services and recorded it. Erik Mathy dropped by. Nick laments the paving of the world. Other stuff. 

This week we talk about making your own lenses, why Back Focal Length is meaningless to Ethan, and how to play around with loose achromat lens elements to make your own, homemade lens. The formula: Formula: F = (f1 x f2) / (f1 + f2 - d) BFL = (f2 x (d - f1)) / (d - (f1 + f2)) f1 is the front lens, f2 is the back lens, d is the distance between the lenses. F is the focal length, BFL is the distance between the back lens and the recording media (film, sensor) A link to a spreadsheet with the formula in it: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yQ3dsD0Rs-HflRcnPYHSmK0soLXtykGAPl8pdZcrBpM/edit?usp=sharing Special thanks to Erik Mathy (https://www.instagram.com/erikhmathy/ @erikmathy). We first heard about this formula on an episode of the Large Format Photography Podcast (https://largeformatphotographypodcast.podbean.com/) We also talk about a modified Adolescent Crown Graphic Nick's working on. Ethan mostly tells Graham his formula is wrong. Graham mostly tells Ethan he names his products after rodents and wonders when the Cameradactyl Chipmonk is coming out. Graham offers to give away a bunch of darkroom equipment to someone in Northeastern Florida (Jacksonville to Ocala, Daytona to Gainesville). Email Graham@homemadecamera.com if you are interested. Warning, Graham swears at the very end. If this had been edited by Simon of the LFPP and Classic Lenses, there would have been a gap where you guessed what Graham said but because Graham edited the show, you hear a bunch of F-words in a row. Finally, we may be taking the month of November off from recording. Don't worry, we'll be back by the Winter Solstice when things are darkest.

In this episode we talk to the ingenious Hervé Ellena.   Hervé is an architect, engineer, and photographer who has been building his own cameras since 1995.   www.homemadecamera.com   Herve Ellena- Website: https://cargocollective.com/https://cargocollective.com/stillmovie... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rvlna/

In this episode the boys talk about interesting camera components that they might want to build cameras around.

In this episode Ethan shows the guys his latest Kickstarter project and walks them through the design process from start to finish.   You can check out the Kickstarter for the final product here: https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/cameradactylmongoose   Check out the Youtube Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N82aUrmA0Zo&t=3225s

In this episode the boys talk to Graham Burnett of Graflexparts.com. Graham is an excellent repairman and modifier of graflex cameras and other antique but still in use classics. Graham might just make the best replacement graflex shutter curtains out there, and we talk about it and look into some of his resto-mods. check out the homemade camera podcast at Homemadecamera.com   You can check out some of Graham's work at: graflexparts.com facebook.com/graflexparts instagram.com/graflex_parts https://www.facebook.com/groups/grafl... https://www.facebook.com/groups/30285... graflexarts@gmail.com

This is an Audio episode that you can watch as a full video episode on youtube here:  https://youtu.be/1Nvr_SrDPVw   Freeman Lin of instagram @watchmemake fame talks to the guys about his camera mods turning 35mm SLR's into panoramic viewfinder cameras. You can find some of Freemans work at www.trastic.com.

In this Episode of the Homemade Camera Podcast, the guys talk to Sam Trachsel of Ars-Imago about his homemade 16x20 camera that he has been using to shoot direct color positives. WATCH THE VIDEO ON YOUTUBE:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuVKpjJ1QSI&t=2055s   The Homemade Camera Podcast: https://www.homemadecamera.com   The Homemade Camera Podcast Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2282531432013144/   This is Sam Trachsel's blog post about the camera on Ars-Imago's blog: https://www.blog.ars-imago.com/post/shooting-with-big-tuna   Sam's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/trachselsam   Joe Van Cleave's videos on the process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLoxxwzlAk4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ry6ycSgT8g8 CAMERADACTYL's video about the process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkcIk8M4KVc  

In this episode the guys talk to John Aldred of DIYPhotography.net and youtube fame.  John is one of those analog (and not so analog) industry figures that Ethan fealt like he should get to know, but he never expected the breadth and depth of Johns knowledge and stories about venomous snakes.  (Hint: there's a great one after the end music).   John writes about trends, products and techniques in the photo and video industry and about technology in general, and is a rare tech writer who will cover smaller and more niche products.  It's a little bit of a different perspective than our usual camera-building guests, which was a good thing.  John has a deep love of tinkering and it really shows.   Check out Johns writing on www.DIYPhotography.net and check out his youtube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/johnaldred    

In this episode Nick shows Graham and Ethan the camera he has built from a baby speed graphic.     This is our first episode experimenting with recording video.  The video is low quality webcam footage and screen shares, but we thought it might be a good starting point to show what we are talking to eachother about.  If you are listening on a computer, we recommend watching the episode on Youtube instead.     This is the link:  https://youtu.be/cIM8xVzxkKk

It's time for you to submit your camera builds for the Homemade Camera Zine 2020! We are looking for all types of builds, from Matchbox Pinholes to Ultra-Large-Format view cameras and everything in between. Send your entries to: HMCzine2020@gmail.com In the body of the email include the following: Pictures of the camera Pictures taken by the camera Pictures of the build (if you took any) Your name Your social media contacts  A description of the build A description of what it's like to shoot the camera An assessment of what you might change on a future version of the camera Anything else you think is important about this build  

This episode features a conversation with Graham Hufton, otherwise known as Chicken Thumbs (https://www.instagram.com/chickenthumbs/) a Canadian living in Manhattan. We learn about his career in Industrial Design, including office furniture, museum exhibits, deodorant, and other things you will find in Target.    We talk about “gendered” design and how different visual cues are as much a result of the manufacturing process as with the target demographic.    Graham mentions the book Master Shipwright’s Secrets:  https://www.amazon.com/Warship-Tyger-shipwrights-secrets-Restoration/dp/1472838386

In this episode, Graham, Nick and Ethan catch up on some of their projects.  They talk about the new Raspberry Pi Camera and digital camera possibilities; Nicks progress on his 8x10; his experience with the Universal Speed camera, and with the Kracken.   The gang talks about the next issue of the Homemade Camera Zine, and ways to make photographic images without a camera   Gunpowder prints/hybrid gunpowder prints: http://christophercolville.com/ Camera Lucida: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugv0XhUd2l4   Dave Allen:  https://davidsallen.com/portfolio-items/pretty-photos/ Flaver D Miro-2C Camera : https://www.flickr.com/photos/17202358@N00/49898532846/

For this episode, we welcome Nicole Small to discuss her homemade cameras, her love of pinhole photography and how she found herself as a (self) portrait artist.  You can find her work in these locations and follow along with the discussions: https://www.nicolesmall.com/tag/art/ https://www.instagram.com/nicolesmall_oneonone/?hl=en https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXbIGe6luBekTIvnKBhYIow/videos She mentions friend Mark Boucier and how he got her into photography. The use of micro drill bits vs. pins for drilling pinholes. Here's a link to some:  (https://smile.amazon.com/XLX-Circuit-Carbide-Tungsten-Jobber/dp/B01LWP84P7/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=micro+drill+bit+set+.10&qid=1588605831&sr=8-2) Nicole works quite a bit with Cyanotype and the variant Cyanotype Rex developed by Terry King: http://www.f295.org/main/archive/index.php/t-898.html https://slykasstuff.tumblr.com/post/155772150296/comparing-different-cyanotype-techniques http://www.viewcamera.com/pdf/2005/king.pdf  Also, direct positive cyanotypes: https://www.photrio.com/forum/threads/positive-cyanotypes-in-camera.59879/ https://www.photrio.com/forum/threads/new-positive-siderotype-iron-based-photography-process-using-iodine-starch-as-colorant.139850/ Direct positive black and white processing links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XybUMhh2tsM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLoxxwzlAk4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZNyqqfPBbs Color Direct Positive Filter Set: https://www.freestylephoto.biz/31636-Arista-RA-4-Color-Filters-6x6-in.-21-Pack Nicole talks about one of her biggest influencers, Randy Mayer a large-format photography teacher she bumped into at a camera store who became an influence in her technical photographic life and pushed her into doing a solo exhibit.  Contacts: OneOnOneArts on Facebook https://www.instagram.com/nicolesmall_oneonone/?hl=en https://nicolesmalljournalentries.wordpress.com/camera-builds/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXbIGe6luBekTIvnKBhYIow/videos   Graham@homemadecamera.com Nick@homemadecamera.com Ethan@camerdactyl.com https://soundtrapstudios.com/Sound_trap_studios/Home.html (Robbie Cribbs)

We start off the show with a discussion on how to make an enlarger from photographic stuff most photographers have around the house.  Then, there's a talk about a pinhole project Graham is putting together which Nick insists should be called the Kraken 612 Triclops Predator. We also talk about Nicole Small (https://www.instagram.com/nicolesmall_oneonone/) ahead of the next episode when she will be our guest for the whole show.  Chris Peregoy's Pinhole Blender site is mentioned (http://www.pinholeblender.com/) along with the Mr. Pinhole pinhole calculator site (https://www.mrpinhole.com/calcpinh.php) Also talked about is JOE VAN CLEAVE’s Advent Camera: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mg3utTjG2ZE&t=477s Nick tries to steal Graham's Canomorpic name for his own project, (though he does write it Can-O-Morphic so it may get past the Trademark police), a whole-roll 360 degree camera. We talk about Perry Ge's work adapting various lenses to his Pentax 6X7 and a special pimp-out accessory for his X-Pan. Lastly, one of the ugliest cars ever, the Local Motors Rally Fighter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rally_Fighter makes a cameo. Thanks Robbie! http://soundtrapstudios.com/Sound_trap_studios/Home.html

We start out with a variation on the Desert Island Camera question, a Quarantine Island camera and morph that into talking about cameras we can build with junk you have hanging around the house. Hint: Kites, Rockets, Coconuts, Plasti-Dip and Hardie Board.  Then, we use the Google Random Number Generator to give away several sets of Holga Masks and an early Kraken 612 development model.  Through the end of April you can get 15% off a Kraken 612 using the code RELEASETHEKRAKEN15 at my Etsy Store.  https://www.etsy.com/shop/FrozenPhotonCameraCo  You can see all about the Kraken 612 at http://frozenphoton.com/ We move on to a discussion about what we've been doing in life and in cameras: Nick: Hiding out at home and finishing up some regular work. Finding half-done projects. 8X10 camera build. Ethan:  Crowd-sourced Ventilators.  Formed (joined?) small International group of 8-12 people to work on non-digital ventilators for people who may need lower-tech ventilators that get around the need for expensive and possibly hard to source digital components.  After starting with valves. In one week produced 2 working prototype, ready for testing. This ventilator uses mechanical/pneumatic controllers instead of digital ones. The key is a 4-way diverter valve, allowing a degree of analog logic control of the airflow.  Working on patent language (not for patent, but for clarity of communicating the concepts and design). Online source of projects. Ethan’s team, openventilator.io . . . , is now ranked 5 and may go to number one by the time you hear this.   http://openventilator.io/en_US/  Graham: LIFE: Teaching online. Different. No commute time to get my head ready. Routine is good. Most students seem to be taking to the format. Starting up a DND game.  Cameras: To get my mojo back, I took out a Bronica EC-TL for the first time in a long time. The Kraken is on sale. Changed the license. Shot my 4 X 10 but haven’t developed yet.  Nick talks about long sticks in the time before drones. Thanks Robbie! https://soundtrapstudios.com/Sound_trap_studios/Home.html

This episode was recorded during the early stages of the worldwide Coronavirus scare in the Western Hemisphere and we start of with talking about a crowdsourcing project that Ethan is working on.  Facebook group: Opensource Covid-19 medical supplies Multiple crowd-sourced projects: #projectopenair #coventchallenge Designing in OnShape (https://www.onshape.com/) We eventually move on to talk to Dave Walker (https://www.instagram.com/davethewalker80/) and he tells us about how he got into cameras, photography and tinkering and about the atomic nature of his day job. He talks about the Bulldog 4X5 camera (https://www.ephotozine.com/article/bulldog-5x4-self-assembly-camera-large-format-review-7560) which is unfortunately no longer available.  He also talks a bit about a digital camera he built for infrared work in the darkroom using a car back-up camera.  The big reason we wanted to talk to Dave is his work with LCD shutters and their capabilities. They are very cool.  We move on to the Covid Camera Challenge: Build a camera at home with parts on-hand as low-tech or as high-tech as you want it to be. Build it and take pictures of it and send them to us. We will put together a PDF zine of the projects. If you can’t use it because you can’t get it developed or can’t get the film or whatever, that’s cool. We are aiming at an end of May deadline on this project.  Books: The Revenge of Analog David Sax (https://smile.amazon.com/Revenge-Analog-Real-Things-Matter/dp/1610398211/ref=sr_1_2?_encoding=UTF8&keywords=the+revenge+of+analog&qid=1584980508&sr=8-2)  Shoutouts: Graeme of Sunny 16mm https://sunny16podcast.com/  Flickr Wood and Graphite YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJJOStpzNewBJ0XfhRSsmfw) Dave: beaver1801 (https://www.instagram.com/beaver1801/) on Instagram. Also on http://insusers.com/beaver1801  Contacts: Dave: https://www.instagram.com/davethewalker80/ Nick: Nick@homemadecamera.com Ethan: Ethan@cameradactyl.com Graham: Graham@homemadecamera.com  Thanks Robbie! Also, go to http://frozenphoton.com/kraken/ to learn more about the Kraken now that it's been released. 

The digital files for the Kraken are available for download right now.  http://frozenphoton.com/kraken/

This week the gang talks to Matt Bechberger, longtime listener and contributor of some excellent cameras to the first Homemade Camera Podcast Zine!  Matt is launching a new kickstarter campaign for Reveni labs, making a shoe mounted light meter.  Check out the project here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mattbechberger/reveni-labs-light-meter-tiny-meter-for-your-old-cameras

In this episode the boys talk about their photographic mentors; how many shots in a roll are good, and if that matters; a chicken parade, whatever that is; future builds and what they've been up to this past week, including laser camera triggers; SWAT team device programming, making 3D printed pens, Drawing, and of course, camerabuilding.   Also, on a whim, Ethan made a Zine, check it out here: https://www.cameradactyl.com/buttergrip/camerastickers     Books: Photographic Cameras and Accessories by Paul Hasluck ed.      

This week Nick and Ethan have the pleasure of talking to Sandeha Lynch.  Master Camera Builder and sculptor, Sandeha has some excellent work on his website at http://www.sandehalynch.com/  and is a pretty big fixture on the facebook analog photo community groups.  Check out his website, and follow along with the show!   http://www.sandehalynch.com/ http://instagram.com/sandehalynch

We start our discussion with potential destinations for a dream photographic trip anywhere in the world. Dave and Simon, the DangerBoyz, made a documentary film about shooting a photograph in a huge disused World War II oil storage tank in Scotland. Not only did they shoot the image in the tank, but they also set up a darkroom and developed the film and made a large format print of the tank. They talk about the film, how they met, and why they wanted to tackle this improbable task.  The discussion ranges from rock climbing to trash bag cameras, paper negatives in the dark and bickering with the world’s longest echo. No interview with Si and Dave would be complete without a discussion about their documentary film, One Shot: Inchindown (https://inchindown.com/) and what it took to make a very large print from a negative they exposed in the super huge oil storage tanks in Scotland (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inchindown_oil_tanks).  Dave and Simon talk about what project they are currently working on (is Simon a bat?). Could lava tubes be in the future? Glass plates in a fjord? We talk about what we've all been doing lately: Graham has been printing copies of his 6X12 camera that has now been renamed the Kraken and has an official release date (April 16, 2020). Ethan calls dibs on the use of the name Chupacabra (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chupacabra), Graham challenges Ethan for reserving the name, loses the argument but wins in the end.  Nick’s been in Tuscon this week, away from the dark skies of the Northwestern winter. He arrived with a broken medium format camera so he stopped at Monument Photo (https://www.google.com/maps/place/15+E+Fort+Lowell+Rd,+Tucson,+AZ+85705/@32.2650815,-110.9734827,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x86d67161ca413fd7:0x533e55b0f04641b0!8m2!3d32.2650815!4d-110.971294) and bought a 90-year-old Zeiss Ikonta that works wonderfully.  Ethan made a 3D-printed toilet tank flap holder. He loves to flush now. Dave has been doing some photo mash-ups with swirl-spirals, triptychs and wax paper.  Simon Hanging off ropes upside down in the tanks. There’s a lot going on down there. We move on to shoutouts.  Graham points out the Instagram feed of Thomas Berg (@ThomasBergPhoto). Earlier in the episode, Ethan mentions Nikki Glaser (https://nikkiglaser.com/). He also gives shouts to Simon, Perry, Johnny from the Classic Lenses Podcast (https://www.classiclensespodcast.com/) Nick mentions Werner Herzog’s Cave of Forgotten Dreams (https://www.ifcfilms.com/films/cave-of-forgotten-dreams) Dave mentions Mikey Sturgess and his Holga posts.  (https://michaelsturgess.com/) and Valde-North (https://twitter.com/jeremynorth?lang=en). You can get in touch with us thusly: Ethan (Ethan@cameradactyl.com) Nick (Nick@homemadecamera.com) Graham (Graham@homemadecamera.com) Dave (DavidSAllen.com) Simon (You'll know it if you run into him) The show's not over once the music ends. (Cryptic hint of the day)

We start off by talking about Ethan’s successful Kickstarter, the Brancopan. It’s been made real by you, the listeners along with others. This week our guest is Jeff Perry from 20th Century Camera (https://20thcenturycamera.com/) We learn about Jeff’s real age (he’s nine, folks) and how he got started in photography and then built an automatic Jello Shot machine. We find out that while Jeff likes modifying old cameras, part of his design ethic is to make any modifications reversible so the cameras can be restored to their original operation.  Jeff’s not only a camera modifier but also is a designer of full cameras, shutter systems, and the like. Jeff makes a line of developing “reels” in sizes from 2 by 3 to 8 by 10 for sheet film (listen to the show for the full list or visit https://20thcenturycamera.com/). We get the story of the development (pun!) of these devices. We roll on to our goals for 2020. Graham has purchased but not yet received the book, Build Your Own View Camera!: An Easy and Inexpensive Passport to the Professional World of Photography for the Hobbyist by Bert West. He'll let everyone know what it's like when he gets it.  Jeff mentioned Peter Gowland (https://www.petergowland.com/) and Norman Dean (@analognmd on Instagram) who makes roll film backs for Polaroid Land cameras. Graham mentions:  Ryan Wyss https://www.ryanwyss.com/cold-camera/2020/1/9/cold-cam-v2  Mina Saleeb asked if Graham was going to make a 6X15 or 6X17 version of the 6Twelve. The answer is not right now but maybe soon.  Michael Catalano mentioned that he is in the process of creating a 6X12 as well. Get in touch with Jeff: Jeff@20thcentury.com Web 20thcenturycamera.com IG: @20thcenturycamera IG@Jeffery.Who FB 4JeffPerry, 20thCenturyCamera Nick@homemadecamera.com Ethan@homemadecamera.com Graham@homemadecamera.com Podcast@homemadecamera.com HomemadeCamera.com/giveaway

  The guys start off talking about the process of designing any project and then launch into a discussion about the panoramic aspect ratio and the ways to shoot them. Ethan’s Brancopan (back it now on Kickstarter [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/416154634/the-cameradactyl-brancopan]) and Graham’s 6Twelve are discussed.  They further discuss business models for getting designs out to the world. Ethan needs a contact at Kodak, so if you know someone, drop him a line. Nick talks a bit about methods of creating self-developing camera systems including a coffee cart that also is a camera. Graham is giving away the alpha version of the 6Twelve and Holga masks. Go to homemadecamera.com/giveaway   Book: The Inventor and the Tycoon by Edward Ball (https://www.amazon.com/Inventor-Tycoon-Murderer-Muybridge-Entrepreneur/dp/0767929403)   Lori Brooks:https://www.instagram.com/fashionistalori/ Brendan Barry: https://brendanbarry.co.uk/ Dave Walker: https://www.instagram.com/davethewalker80/

In this Episode Graham and Ethan talk to a man who needs no introduction, Brendan Barry, superstar camera maker.  Brendan makes cameras out of Fruit and vegetables, shipping containers, trailers (or caravans for those listeners in the UK), blocks of cheese, and even a skyscraper.  He may make the worlds most whimsical cameras.  He is an inspiration to us, and will be to you too.     Unless you still have a carphone in a briefcase, you've probably seen Brendan's work before, but just in case, here are some links to his most excellent and inspiring work: https://brendanbarry.co.uk/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLINj68P16w      

In this episode we talk to Daniel Keating about topics wide ranging from homemade cameras and films to bartering with the soviets over photochemistry.  Daniel is an amazing resource of photographic and photochemical knowledge, and he gives a freight train of an interview that we suppose only scratches the surface of what he knows and has to share.  This is a great one to listen to with a pad and paper, or google opened in your browser.   You can find Daniel on facebook, https://www.facebook.com/daniel.keating.tucson and if you're lucky, you can catch him on the homemade camera podcast facebook group!

This week we extend the afghan box camera and talk about developments towards that project.  We talk about the RA-4 Color reversal process more in depth, and its potential inside an 'instant' camera.  Ethan talks about involving Joe Van Cleave in the process. Ethan talks about trying a Kickstarter to sell the plans for his next camera to a group of people and then giving them away free to the world. Links:   Johnny and Perry’s discussion on presentation of images. (https://www.classiclensespodcast.com/e/93-listeners-emails-eventually/) Whole roll concept   Preview YouTube video Large format COLOR POLAROID ALTERNATIVE. Direct Positive RA-4 Reversal Prints. ft. Joe Van Cleave     Large format COLOR POLAROID ALTERNATIVE. Direct Positive RA-4 Reversal Prints. ft. Joe Van Cleave   Joe's Video on the process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ry6ycSgT8g8&t=6s    

We're a little all over the place in this episode. We start off talking about the Sagrada Familia and the forms and techniquesEthan gives an update on the printed zine and then launches into a travelogue of his trip to Spain. Nico's Photo News: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkcuvqBAZPgTJ9evx9wkzvAJoaquin runs Opensx70.com Ethan talks about what it was like to shoot the Homunculus and the Panorama every day.Graham talks about his trip to North Carolina and why Bass is analogous to Saturation.Nick talks about the Sunny 16 Podcast’s (sunny16podcast.com) Day Into Night challenge. Graham comes up with an idea of how to troll Graeme. Ethan talks about his Day Into Night camera.They also talk about the challenge to produce self-developing cameras. Graham suggests our listeners give a listen to the The Lensless Podcast (https://anchor.fm/thelenslesspodcast) Episode 75 with Evil Chutney who talks about his self-developing camera.Nick talks about his upcoming trip and the concept of what to take pictures of. He asks Ethan about what lenses are the best to use on the Homunculus. Shoutouts Badru Jones and David Allen

Apologies to anyone who expected this show to be released on the 21st of October, our usual release date (not that any of you actually notice we release on the 7th and 21st of each month); it was delayed due to Graham updating his computer to MacOS 10.15 and Audacity (audio editing) not updating their software to work with MacOS 10.15. He had to scramble a bit to find a computer with the old operating system but find one he did and here's the result.  Ethan has gone off for a European Vacation so Nick and Graham, left to their own devices come up with a show about... 90 minutes in length. They open the show with a discussion of modified Holgas and how to determine the frame sizes on slit masks and then move on to a chat about the interaction between elements in a photograph is the foundation of an interesting image. Then, to completely annoy Simon, Perry and Johnny of the Classic Lenses Podcast (https://www.classiclensespodcast.com/), they talk about using modern cheap manual focus lenses that have been designed to go on modern digital autofocus cameras for homemade film cameras. These lenses are excellent and cheap (did we mention cheap?) and, once a shutter system is devised, can create a competent camera build.  Nick bought a 100 year-old Kodak Panoram camera from an antique store and the design of its swing-lens opens up possibilities. If you don't know about the Panoram, here's Mike Ekman's page on it: (https://www.mikeeckman.com/2016/10/kodak-no-1-panoram-kodak-1900-1926/). The Nodal Point issue is also discussed and here's a reference on that: (http://www.hugha.co.uk/NodalPoint/Index.htm) Graham thanks Neil Piper of the Soot and Whitewash podcast (https://anchor.fm/neil-piper) for reviewing the 24Squared which could be back on the market in a few weeks.

They start off talking about bokeh and bokeh balls and Downton Abbey.   Ethan gives a short zine update and then Nick talks about Field of View vs. Perspective. Narrow terms for optics: Perspective: The geometry of point of view. Field of view: With a normal lens, we see about 42mm is the same as our eyes. Wide-angle lens distorts image: The distortion is an effect of our brains. We can’t normally see it that way so our brains have trouble figuring it out. Barrel distortion and pincushion distortion are optical effects of lenses that can be corrected in lenses. They then move into an open discussion about things to think about when building a large format camera. Advantages, disadvantages, concerns, etc. are covered. The conversation about field of view is continued. Depth of Field/Equivalent calculator https://www.pointsinfocus.com/tools/depth-of-field-and-equivalent-lens-calculator/ Ethan talks about a new project he has been working on, an 8X10 3D printed camera and why his head smells like soup. They all talk about what they’ve been doing lately. Nick is thinning stuff out (no, not his hair, though that may also be the case); Graham went to a Viking and Mead Festival where he shot portraits of people in costumes, he’s working with developing more Holga Masks, including a panoramic insert and a 645; Ethan is working on a Day-Into-Night camera. It's also worth noting that Nick and Ethan appeared on the Sunny 16 Podcast talking about this day-into-night (or night-into-day) photographic challenge the Sunnies are foisting off on the rest of the film photography world (https://sunny16.podbean.com/e/ep-171-made-for-the-job/) @kouichihirawa was mentioned as Nick’s shoutout. Graham’s shoutout was to All Through A Lens Podcast (https://allthroughalens.podbean.com/) Ethan shouted at Al Gore and the Internet. He lost the argument. 

The discussion starts off with a question about the features you would want on a single camera you might have on the desert island with a camera-supplies mini-mart.This episode’s guest is Lucus Landers, a Brooklyn-based photographer and camera-maker. We learn about how gaffer’s tape bellows on a home-built 4X5 stem from growing up in the great state of Oklahoma. The gaffer’s tape is a recurring theme…George Daniels writes books about watchmaking that helped Lucus understand the building of gears for a film transport mechanism:https://www.amazon.com/Watchmaking-George-Daniels/dp/0856677043/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1FAN85T8NZNNY&keywords=george+daniels+watchmaking&qid=1568676150&s=gateway&sprefix=george+daniels+%2Caps%2C180&sr=8-1https://www.amazon.com/Practical-Watch-Escapement-George-Daniels/dp/085667687X/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1FAN85T8NZNNY&keywords=george+daniels+watchmaking&qid=1568676150&s=gateway&sprefix=george+daniels+%2Caps%2C180&sr=8-2Gear profiles are discussed (cycloidal gear profile and involute gear profile) as Graham’s brain starts to enter a state of bafflement.Build quality vs. engineering quality is highlighted.Lucus’s next project is revealed late in the show.Lucus Landers’ work can be found at LucusLanders.com and on Instagram @cropped_cameraHe mentions the instagram account The Daily Mini (@dailymini).The YouTube channel that features the tear-down of Retinas (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBNcopU34d_pGsKTvRzHcsg)Lucus mentions Penumbra Foundation and their work in the photographic world (https://www.penumbrafoundation.org/)   You can find Lucus at http://lucuslanders.com and on instagram @cropped_camera. His Youtube Videos can be found under cropped_camera.

      ZINE UPDATE :The print version of the Homemade Camera Zine No. 1 is now available for preorder at https://www.cameradactyl.com/homemadecamerapodcast/homemade-camera-zine-no1 . Orders will end on Sept. 22nd, and Zines will ship by October 7th.  There's a bit of trouble with Squarespace, where if you are in the US/Canada, order as normal, but for UK/EU customers, there's a $0 where the entire price of the zine and shipping is rolled into the shipping cost ~$23 -$24.   SHOW NOTES: We start off with a conversation about what size of image is the right size of image, given a lack of “standard” sizes that are available today. We then introduce our guest, Heather Oelklaus, (http://www.camerakarma.com ) and talk for a while about her Super-Duper-Uber-Ultra-Large Format Camera, Little Miss Sunshine (https://youtu.be/wsLPJjnq-XY).   Also, Heather builds lots of less-gigantic, but no less beautiful and amazing pinhole cameras, some of which can be seen here: http://camerakarma.com/#!/4/featured/Cameras_with_the_images_they_produce/188 During the rambling conversation, we hit on drawing and how it can make you a better photographer, drawing and how it can make you a better camera maker, the reaction of students to the process, how crazy ideas are the best ideas and other really cool stuff. You gotta listen. Seriously, listen. Photography in a black hole is contemplated as a bit of a bonus. We discuss the progress we have made or not made toward the self-developing camera challenge. And we talk about police shields. Yes, seriously.   We got so caught up this time that we forgot to bring up Heather's excellent anaglyphic work, which Graham and Ethan have special love for.  We'll have to beg her to come on again to talk about it, but for now, you can see some of her amazing 3D pics at: http://camerakarma.com/#!/2/featured/Anaglyph/196 Heather’s shoutouts: PalominoPinhole.blogspot.comJean Steiner, the weaver.        

This week Graham is out of town and Nick tells Ethan about his crazy ideas.  They get about a third of the way through before Ethan figures out Nick is indeed NOT talking about crazy camera ideas, but in fact, very simple cameras, that allow him to make crazy pictures.  Only Then do they get back to talking about Nick’s crazy camera ideas themselves. Leave it to Nick to add bicycle wheels to a camera or pistol grips and a scuba mask to a concertina. Nick and Ethan do a small update on the self developing camera challenge, their plans, and some tests Ethan has been running to perfect a reversal process to be used in a number of self developing options that he is prototyping for the challenge.  Ethan gets way into the weeds about the reversal process and trials and tribulations with his experiments. Here’s a pic that Heather Oleklaus sent us, without seeing Nicks sketch from last time

This week the gang talk about cameras that are their own dark rooms. They’re not quite instant cameras but they can produce a final positive image in about ten minutes. Some call them Afghan Street Cameras, Kamra E Faoree, Cuban Polaroids or any number of different names but they all amount to about the same thing: Pure fun for the homemakers of cameras. Hey, maybe we should use that as our new name.  Here are some links to videos about the cameras:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18-5xaVfhR8 https://www.afghanboxcamera.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-V3Qqx4Qpk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_oNHxlLt-w https://flickr.com/photos/61017349@N00/sets/72157681714928605 https://makezine.com/2010/06/07/cuban-polaroid-is-ultra-low-tech-ca/ They also talk a bit about direct positive reversal process: Joe Van Cleave https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PFQXaDdl60 Don Froula https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50YgsRDYjL0 Finally, they issued a challenge to the listeners to produce a camera that self-develops images (film or paper). Bonus! Here's evidence of Nick's clear insanity. A Wearable Amphibious Autonomous Photo Lab:  

Ethan Moses of Cameradactyl and Butter Grips fame (http://www.cameradactyl.com) officially joins the team as our third wheel (3rd lens?). We get his history and interests and he entertains us with stories of crossing the country looking for Photographer's Jeans and buying them wherever he can.  They also talk about camera sizes (turns out smaller is better for Graham while bigger is better for Nick and Ethan likes anything smaller than 1.6 Kiev 60s).  Future plans are discussed and Heather Oelklaus and her new work is brought up (http://www.camerakarma.com/#!/HOME).  Graham reveals his pinhole camera-building spree. The Canamorph is the interesting one (https://www.instagram.com/p/B0L-piiHfJ7/). Nick talks about a wheelbarrow and not going to his local county fair.  Ethan brings up the possibilities of printing distortion-free singlets (how is that NOT a band name?) like this thing: (https://transferencia.tec.mx/en/2019/02/21/eureka-they-find-the-formula-to-solve-an-old-optical-problem/) If you're still with us at the end (which is THE recommended course of action), you can hear our theme music. Thanks Robbie!

In this episode, Nick and Graham welcome back Ethan Moses from Cameradactyl to talk about his new camera, the Homunculus (don't worry, we talk about why it has that name). This camera actually got its start on a previous episode of the podcast where Nick pestered Ethan to develop a camera based on Mamiya Press lenses and a 2X3 Graflok back (same as the RB67 back). Well, this is the result. Most of the show directly relates to that subject but they also talk a bit about travel photography (Graham is just back from a 2-week vacation in North Carolina), a new 135 panoramic camera Ethan is working on for a friend of his and traipsing through the New England winter on a motorcycle and sidecar.  Graham talks about Ball Photo in Asheville (http://www.ballphotosupply.com/index.html  Seriously, they're way better than their website). Go there. Make a pilgrimage.  Also of note: We're using a new system for recording shows. It is a bit rougher than what we were using before but it reduces a 4-5 hour editing job down to 1 hour. Bear with us, please. 

They start off with a discussion about the focal length of lenses.  They talk about limitations on output and how those limitations affect the creation of the work.  They talk about Ethan Cameradactyl's new camera, the one based on the Mamiya Press.  Fuji lens coverage Chart https://www.pacificrimcamera.com/rl/00910/00910.pdf http://www.subclub.org/fujinon/lensgraph.gif Graham mentions Uncle Jonesy's Cameras podcass (https://unclejonesyscameras.blogspot.com/) Link to the zine submission form: http://homemadecamera.com/homemade-camera-zine-submission-form/