stevelmx5
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Hi all, I thought I'd share my latest updates here, for everyone who isn't on my mailing list.
Firstly, I've had to make the call to take my Carbon Adventurer off sale for the time being, due to the cost of carbon fibre increasing by just over 300% since June. Unfortunately, it's not currently possible for me to continue to offer my Carbon Adventurer, without increasing the price by at least £350, which just isn't realistic. I'm gutted, but am looking at alternative materials which offer the same performance, without the same crazy cost!
In better news, I've just announced two new smaller format cameras, a new SnapShot 'Instant", which I've designed to work specifically with the LomoGraflok Instax Wide back from Lomo, and pair that with the magnetic interchangeable lens cones from my Six:12 medium format camera, to give a fully modular Instax Wide camera option.
The lens cones allow for any large format lens, from a 47mm Schneider upwards, to be fitted, as well as all Mamiya Press lenses. The images show my Schneider 75mm f5.6 and Mamiya Press 65mm 6.3 lenses in place. I'm running some more testing, and making a couple of slight changes to the body, over the next week, then will be adding it to my shop.
The second of my new cameras is one I'm especially proud of, as it's an interchangeable lens, multi-format, 135 panoramic camera which offers frame sizes; 24x24mm, 24x48mm and 24x72mm in a body that weighs only 245g (without a lens), and is the same width as my Olympus OM4!
The CubePan uses the same magnetic lens cones as my Six:9 medium format camera system, giving it the same multi-lens compatibility as the SnapShot Instant too.
The camera has a traditional winding lever and magnetic clutch I've design, to make it easy to wind on frames. It also uses the same sprocket-counting design as my Baby Cube pinhole camera, giving exact frame spacing every time with a very simple visual marker for when to stop winding.
Like the SnapShot Instant, I'm currently running a few test rolls through the CubePan, and am hoping to add it to my website by the end of next week. I took a previous version of the camera away with me in the summer, there are a couple of 24x24mm frames I shot using my Mamiya Press 65mm lens;
Firstly, I've had to make the call to take my Carbon Adventurer off sale for the time being, due to the cost of carbon fibre increasing by just over 300% since June. Unfortunately, it's not currently possible for me to continue to offer my Carbon Adventurer, without increasing the price by at least £350, which just isn't realistic. I'm gutted, but am looking at alternative materials which offer the same performance, without the same crazy cost!
In better news, I've just announced two new smaller format cameras, a new SnapShot 'Instant", which I've designed to work specifically with the LomoGraflok Instax Wide back from Lomo, and pair that with the magnetic interchangeable lens cones from my Six:12 medium format camera, to give a fully modular Instax Wide camera option.
The lens cones allow for any large format lens, from a 47mm Schneider upwards, to be fitted, as well as all Mamiya Press lenses. The images show my Schneider 75mm f5.6 and Mamiya Press 65mm 6.3 lenses in place. I'm running some more testing, and making a couple of slight changes to the body, over the next week, then will be adding it to my shop.
The second of my new cameras is one I'm especially proud of, as it's an interchangeable lens, multi-format, 135 panoramic camera which offers frame sizes; 24x24mm, 24x48mm and 24x72mm in a body that weighs only 245g (without a lens), and is the same width as my Olympus OM4!
The CubePan uses the same magnetic lens cones as my Six:9 medium format camera system, giving it the same multi-lens compatibility as the SnapShot Instant too.
The camera has a traditional winding lever and magnetic clutch I've design, to make it easy to wind on frames. It also uses the same sprocket-counting design as my Baby Cube pinhole camera, giving exact frame spacing every time with a very simple visual marker for when to stop winding.
Like the SnapShot Instant, I'm currently running a few test rolls through the CubePan, and am hoping to add it to my website by the end of next week. I took a previous version of the camera away with me in the summer, there are a couple of 24x24mm frames I shot using my Mamiya Press 65mm lens;