Unique Wooden Camera Build - Can't Believe the Photos it Takes!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 มิ.ย. 2024
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This was one of my favourite projects, I had a blast both making it and using the finished camera. I reckon it's going to get some use.
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This was one I've my favourite projects, I had a blast both making it and using the finished camera. I reckon it's going to get some use.
I think you might be able to get rid of the ring and get less glare if you would also blacken the inside of the hole in the shutter. Imho, the ring is reflected light from the shop on that surface. It could also be done by having a 100% chamfer on the inside of the hole in the shutter, leaving no inner surface where light could bounce. (even though it will still scatter light without blackening)
@@lukearts2954 Thanks, I'll try to blacken the inside and see how it goes. :)
@@PaskMakes FWIW, 'Black 4.0/3.0/2.0' by Stuart Semple over at Culture Hustle would give the best light absorption. You should also take a look at his other paints/etc., as I'm sure you could have a *LOT* of fun with them! (One artist used Black 2.0 to make 'cracks' just a few millimetres deep look like they have infinite depth. It is an incredible effect.)
Cheers!
I must apologise Neil, I hit the dislike by mistake but I soon put it right 😉😉
what makes your ca glue so special?
I wish there was a love button instead of a like. I have so much I wish to say, and I don't have the words. Thank you. Thank you for sharing your joy of photography, of making, and creating. Thank you for bringing beauty to a world that seems to be letting it slip away. Thank you for letting us in your shop, for sharing your superior skills, for showing us that even when mistakes happen it isn't the end of the world. Thank you.
No worries at all Vickie - I can feel the love, thank you! :)
I appreciate your honest reporting of your errors. As I watched you create increasingly complex steps, I was thinking "I hope he doesn't blow it at this point. Every step forward makes having to start over more risky." You taught me that mistakes can be corrected as you go, and there is no reason to give up if you are willing to make corrections." A great life lesson for me and so many others in this day and age. Thank you!
I had a couple of moments where I had the 'hope I don't blow it here' thoughts, especially routing the recess in the curved front. It all worked out though - glad you enjoyed it. :)
I'm sure you hear this kind of thing all the time, but you are really the kind of person I aspire to be. I consider myself a maker, and I watch a ton of youtube content from yourself and other makers. Nobody, least of all myself, gives off the vibe of "I just love to make stuff" like you do, and it is so inspirational to me. It doesn't matter what you're making, you always put your whole self into it. For me, if I make a mistake in the middle of the project it really hurts my motivation, but for you it almost seems like you get excited because it means you get to spend more time on the project.
Thank you for sharing your work with us!
Thank you! I definitely don't get excited about mistakes but I think I do deal with them pretty well. Glad you find the videos inspiring. :)
I love the progression of Neil’s channel.
Make things from scrap wood, get more viewers, make some money.
Buy cool tools, get more viewers refurbishing cool tools, make more money.
Use cool tools to make even cooler projects, get more viewers, make more money.
Where will this lead to? I don’t know but I’m watching to find out.
Love it all, thx Neil.
Thank you! Things have definitely progressed around here and although I make a living from doing this, that's really all it is. I really do appreciate the support as that's the only reason I'm able to do this. :)
Very cool. I find that using a film camera makes one a better photographer because it really forces you to consider everything more carefully before you take the picture.
I'm so glad to hear that as I had 20 years of film experience before digital even came about ;)
Thank you! I totally agree. :)
They're coming back into fashion now
as an analog photographer myself i realy enjoyed this build!
One tip: use different tongs for each chemical bath, your chemicals will last longer. If fixer touches developer it will be ruined very quickly!
Thanks for the tip Ruben, I definitely appreciate any advice. Glad you enjoyed the build. :)
So the fixer still on the paper that gets dipped into the developer has no effect?
😂🤣
No matter what you do you will still transfer chemical from one to the next.
@@Crewsy There will be chemical transfer, but only in one direction. Using the same tongs can introduce fixer (last step) to developer (first step) which would ruin the developer. No need to be so smug and wrong about someone posting a tip.
@@Crewsy developer to stop: no problem, stop to fixer: no problem, fixer to developer: problem.
Don’t know what you try to be smart about here.
If you got fixer on undeveloped paper then you are doing things wrong i’m afraid.
And if you try to re-develop a fixed photo, il’d suggest you take some lessons in photography.
I'll never meet Neil and gain nothing by saying this. Men like Leonardo DaVinci, skilled in multiple arts and fields, gave rise to the phrase "renaissance man." Neil truly is one of those. I really don't think there's much he can't do.
would you like to see a huge RC wooden tank? th-cam.com/video/acgGayd5ubA/w-d-xo.html ?
I really agree with you!
Love your work Neil - the camera turned out as a work of art. Kind of reminds me of the beautiful craftsmanship that went into those early brass instruments such as laboaratory microscopes and their cabinets of early 20C.🙂
Thank you very much - I'm just enjoying myself with these projects and having fun. Glad you appreciate them. :)
I would agree, a true Polymath
I made a pinhole camera from a shoebox when I was 15, such great pictures, obviously this is another level. Well done.
Mr Neil,
It is impossible to watch your work in different fields and not admire and appreciate the care you put into everything you do. You have done another great work. Congratulations. Stay well. 👌🏼👍🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Thanks very much - Glad you enjoyed it! :)
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Thank you for leaving in your mistakes and your solutions to those mistakes. That is a very helpful part of the process.
No worries Bob. :)
Many years ago I used to go to astronomy camp, we had special astrophotography setups which included the materials to shoot pictures with analog film sensitive to specific wavelengths. We had a darkoom too, I've spent many many hours in there developing black and white film and photos, it was super cool, I still have many of those laying around hahaha.
One day from the man who set that up, he invited a couple of guys to come make pinhole cameras. We'd make them from tin cans, we'd put them anywhere and everywhere around the campground, it was super fun to do. I even took a picture of myself that day sitting perfectly still for 30 minutes. It was quite scary developing the photopaper but it worked out pretty well hahaha.
I'm sure you're gonna get many hours of fun out of this camera. It's an absolutely stunning build, I hope it will benefit you and add to your photography knowledge. It's important to realise where we came from in any field of expertise, it's fun to be busy with the same materials and restraints our ancestors had to work with!
Sounds like some good memories Benjamin - Glad you enjoyed the build. :)
Holy crap… I generally skim through videos to get the highlights, but I literally watched every second over dinner. I couldn’t pull myself away. It’s so fascinating when you need a part, and you just make it! I’m a full time maker over on TikTok, but am genuinely in awe if your skill and gifting. GREAT VIDEO!
I´m not surprised that you are an photographer. It´s so obvious when one see how you edit your videos. It´s professionel storytelling.
I´m in my 60´s and bought my first SLR camera as 13. Photographer is for life. Amateur or pro.
Thanks Michael. :)
The light artifact you are getting is probably a reflection from the bevel in your shutter assembly or from the reflected "edge" of the pinhole itself! Black it out, see if it changes. Awesome build! I have been shooting/developing my own film for decades. I love digital as well - but the process is why I shoot more film than digital!
That makes a lot of sense. I wonder if one of those chemical blackening solutions might be used to darken the pinhole without compromising its shape?
I was about to say the same thing. Even though very thin, the brass shim has some thickness which could result in the hole’s walls reflecting some light. I’ve used cold blackening solution to blacken pinholes and did not experience any issues with the chemicals distorting the shape.
Great build and have fun with your new camera!
I was just going to post this very thing.
Neil, I sometimes have to use the metal lathe for wooden parts and i find that some cloth stuffed into the chuck can save a lot of time when cleaning out the fine sawdust from the scroll.
In my professional life pre retirement I was a physics teacher and one of the most inspiring lessons we did was investigating pinhole cameras and taking photographs around the school and developing their photographs. In the days before OHS the children loved seeing their images appear in the chemical baths, far better than just reading about it or watching a video .....
Neil, one of the real joys of this channel is getting to see you use the tools you made in previous videos. It’s wonderful.
Glad you appreciate that Reggie - some of those tools have been working great for me, I really do enjoy making them. :)
Love this! we made pin hole cameras in my high school photography class. It was part of our first project! brought back all the memories with this one !
Thanks very much - Glad you enjoyed it. :)
When he first started making the big aperture, I thought "That's enormous." Then later he made the actual pinhole. "Ah, there we go."
Well, its job IS to be a light leak
I thought that may have been a bit confusing. :)
This is amazing Neil! I was a photography major in college and did black and white dark room and you have really scratched an itch with this project. Great job!
Thank you - glad it may have inspired you. :)
You never fail to astound what a wonderful bit of kit you created again.
I'm super pleased with it Steve - Glad you like it. :)
You always, always amaze me! I don’t know how one person can contain so much depth of knowledge and skill, ideas, etc. it’s just amazing. I love the camera, using the router to mimic the curved edge to inset the beautiful leather was neat to see and something I’m sure I’ll look back on. I love the metal work as well, it’s all worth watching and rewatching as I feel I catch something new every time. Pls never quit YT! I have lots of favorites but you are the most unique and skilled and take on challenging projects, I’m not one to want to recreate traditional furniture or projects so it’s very helpful and inspiring that you are willing and thrive in creating some of the most unique things. The photos are absolutely stunning with lots of character. I wonder what taking a family portrait would be like for that amount of time but if possible it’d be the best fam photo
Thanks very much - really glad you enjoy what I do and I appreciate the support. Love the idea of a family portrait but not sure they would stand around long enough for it. :)
That's amazing! What a renaissance man - hollow body guitars, drop-forged tools, and now a camera!
Thank you - Glad you enjoying the videos. :)
Very nice project. Reminds me of my school days when we used to develop black-and-white photos in the darkroom in a workshop.
I worked at a camera store and dark room in the late 80's. Nice to see that Ilford is still in the photog business. I will never forget the smell of those chemicals. Beautiful camera!
Thank you! :)
Absolutely beautiful. The craftsmanship, the attention to detail, and the photos. Very well done. Thank you for this.
As a poor student a lot of my early photographic work was shot on paper with contact print positives, brings back good memories, great stuff.
World's most overbuilt and beautiful pinhole camera. The form and finish of this begs to be touched and held in the hands. And the picture quality is much better than the one I made in middle school with a cardboard quick oats container. 😁 Thanks for sharing!
Thanks very much - Glad you like it! It is over the top but I'm super happy with it. :)
This takes me back to 1974 when I was in photo school in the Army and we started out with flat-plane cameras. To this day it still amazes me that light coming through a hole can make a picture you can look at years later. I love watching you make things most people wouldn't dream of even trying.
Glad the video brought back some memories. It amazes me too! :)
on a scale of 1-10 your skill is around 3000, and that min-lathe is so cool, cant wait to see more of it...
And that right there is the most entertaining video I have ever seen. It surpasses many of your other highly entertaining videos which are all the next most entertaining videos I've seen. Thank you for making and sharing these brilliant videos. My heart always flutters when I see a notification from you as I know I am in for a real treat. Kudos Neil. You are THE master!!!
Thanks very much Douggie - really glad you enjoyed this one and my other videos! :)
Your craftsmanship never ceases to amaze me! Beautiful work!
When digital cameras came about, photography lost its soul.
I’m am thrilled you brought us back to the true art of photography! It’s far more beautiful and more creative than any computer could possibly interpret. Please show us more of your talent in photography with that camera. Thanks for a great topic and video.
all i can say is wow, there must be a market for such an amazing camera and piece of art. Thanks so much
That was brilliant Neil, well done buddy. Brought back memories of my diploma (city & guilds) in black & white photography, so much fun developing your own images..
Thanks very much - glad it brought back memories. :)
Wow! That is impressive. Even viewing the images taken, through my iPad, you can still see that there is something different about a real photograph. It really does have a ‘warmth’ about it that digital just does not capture.
What a great object and cool character in the finished photographs.
It's a true work of art. I remember doing 35mm photography in high school years ago, still have most of my prints, such good fun. Great to see that Ilford didn't die out with the digital era.
I find Neil’s builds so inspiring and relaxing. At first I thought it was just your voiceover but I’ve realized the way you handle challenges and mistakes is what puts the viewer at ease. You’re a great teacher! As a reforming perfectionist it’s great reminder that mistakes are just part of the process-they don’t stop one from making beautiful things or actually enjoying one’s self!
I'm also a woodworker and a photographer. I made several wooden pinhole camera to use with 120 rolls or 4x5' sheets. I really like your design and it will probably influence my next project. Thanks a lot.
My brother had a darkroom setup when we still lived at home and I had never heard of directly exposing paper to create a negative image.
I always learn something watching your videos.
You never cease to amaze me with what you come up with Neil. Bloody brilliant.
Thanks very much! :)
Takes me back to the cupboard under the stairs where I had my darkroom as a kid. Nothing beats when you see your photo coming to life on a piece of paper ❤.
Wood, brass and leather. What a brilliant camera you've made. The best maker video I've watched all year.
I'm not sure about that but thank you. :)
@@PaskMakes I'm also a photographer so this one ticked that box too.
In my early 20s I built a darkroom in my dad’s 13 foot travel trailer. I spent many hours developing film and prints, slides, and color. I even built a pinhole camera out of an oatmeal box. It was so much fun!
LOVING this build. You should DEFINITELY use this to make your thumbnail photos for YT.
Yes!
Glad you enjoyed it! I'm not sure about that but I'm definitely going to get some use out of it. :)
Great work. Can't wait to see you making a same style tripod for that camera.
Neil I've been watching your videos for years. I can't believe today is the first time I've looked at your photography, it's stunning.
When I was doing my GCSEs I managed to set up a usable darkroom in the cupboard under the stairs. It was a cramped but it worked.
Merry Sunday.
Jay.
Thanks for being a long time viewer Jim - glad you enjoyed the photography. :)
I love watching these projects come to life. The craftsmanship is amazing all on its own but then add the ingenuity and creativity and it becomes genuine art. You should consider opening a museum with all the weird and wonderful creations you have made over the years. And not least, thanks for sharing them here 😊
Neil,
I absolutely love watching you work on projects. You make works of art every time you touch materials.
Thank you for what you do, sir.
love the oh so relatable mistakes. made a knife block a couple of weeks ago, first cut on the table saw, read the wrong ruler on the fence adjuster, cut 250mm short! mistakes are real!
Ilford was my film choice for several decades for me. In the brief time that I had access to to a darkroom, I printed on Ilford paper. Excellent work. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you so much! This was an awesome project. Of course, my favorite parts are when you just dive in and correct mistakes as you go; how the mistakes are corrected can be the most interesting parts.
This reminds me of my first camera. It was an oatmeal box/cylinder cut in half to give two curved pieces painted flat black inside and out. The pinhole was in aluminum foil but was across the center. It took six tries before I got a good pinhole. In the early 60s there was no online to calculate the pinhole size…. The film was held to the inner curve of the oatmeal container with double sticky tape. Fixing the image was simpler back then. I got good pictures with a minimum of fuzziness. Your build reminded me of my camera but with the pinhole being on the flat side.
Great work on the build! Beautiful!
What a beautiful instrument. Takes me back to my film photography class in high school, it was where I started to love photography
You sir are a renaissance man. Your channel never fails to put me in a state of awe and inspire me to be creative. You're so patient and thorough!
Wow Neil! I'm speechless. Very, very well done sir.
Wow Neil!! I could not lift my eye off the video till the end!! And by the end I found myself smiling!! The ONLY person on TH-cam that I would never miss a video!!
Really impressive project! The dark room and the photo developing reminded me of when my dad used to develop his own photos > 45 years ago. It was magical then and it's magical now!
That's a beautiful camera - and so much fun to relive the very earliest days of photography 😃
When I did photography in college, it was fun working with the developing chemicals. Felt like an alchemist creating magic!
Old mate has done it again. Absolute ripper. Love the camera, what a beauty.
I did film photography in high school and I absolutely loved being able to do every step from snapping the picture to developing the film. You can also use different types of film on top of the photo paper before exposing the picture to it to get different effects, including using bubble wrap, if you want to create some really interesting photos. :)
I think you did those accidents on purpose. Lol. Good for advertising the new product. 😂. Great job as usual.
Watching this was a wonderful experience. Seeing a unique piece of art come into existence is absolutely awe inspiring. The finished product is truly a thing of beauty. The combination of the basic "Primitive" materials, that you so masterfully worked to precise tolerances, produced something that is truly spectacular.
I really enjoy watching you work, and demonstrating your wonderful collection of tools and skills.
Thank you for giving us this glimpse into how beauty is created.
Just when I think your omnipotence has reached the pinnacle, you just add a whole new dimension to your skills realm. You truly are a renaissance artist. (the really great artists from the Renaissance also dabbled in a whole bunch of art media and methods and the were good at all of them, excellent at a handful. And that's what we see from you as well)
Thanks very much Luke - Just having fun and staying inspired to try new things. :)
@@PaskMakes you forgot to add passing on that inspiration to us, humble viewers :)
My Dad bought one of those Unimat lathes when we were posted to France in the mid '60's. Don't know if you're aware, but the little machine can also be converted into a drill press and with the use of the compound slide, a mini mill as well. Dad was also a photo tech with the RCAF for 26 years, so he would be tickled pink to see one used in the making of a camera. I inherited it and used it often in my work as a gunsmith for making many small parts. Brilliant work on the camera, looks like it will be a lot of fun.
the Ring in the Photography is a reflex from the Light above. The brass inner ring makes it shine to the paper.
Absolutely brilliant!
Absolutely fascinating!
Excellent. I developed B&W film photos when in high school; quite some time before digital. Our HS had a dark room. It was amazing to watch the images come forward and get a feel for timing in the different chemicals. Thanks.
Beautiful work!
You're a Renaissance Man, Neil.
That camera is a work of art in all of its apparent simplicity.
Loved the photographs, there's a very distinctive look to them. Maybe it's time for a "Pask Photographs" channel?
Cheers.
DAMN!!!! That is amazing - thank you for sharing, When I was a kid I had a Brownie Box camera - my Dad and I played around with processing that film. Good memories and great fun.
Absolutely brilliant
I am AMAZED at how incredible the pictures look ! Such a classy look !
Incredible work!
This has to be my favorite project you have made to date
Absolutely fantastic
Absolutely cool. Thank you for sharing.
I think the ring in the first picture is reflection from the inside of the pinhole itself. It’s untreated brass at the moment but maybe you should paint it matte black as well.
Beautiful work.
Magnificent work. Just brilliant.
Brilliant, as always.
Absolutely amazing
It's absolutely beautiful!!
Just amazing!
Awesome work!
This project is amazing, really unbelievable
adding the screws made it look premium imo. nice vid bud
With an f/180 aperture, the depth of field must be stunning. BTW, when I had to I've developed a lot of film and made a lot of prints in a bathroom. It's not hard to make them light proof. Edward Weston, one of the great photographers, used to say "I don't care if you make a print on a bathmat--as long as it's a good print!"
Fantastic build. I love the elaborate overbuild. Best pin hole camera ever.
So cool! Thanks for sharing.
*WOW now that is so impressive.. to make a camera like they were made back in the day... is SO amazing. 🙂As a photographer, I was blown away, all the way thru this video... but to see the end results... was like WOW. 🙂 To me this is your best video to reproduce what the inventors thought up & designed & then made all those years ago.🙂🙂nz*
Fantastic project, I agree that Black and white photography has a lot more character than digital .I have done a lot of years doing digital micrography of insects for scientific papers ,but I still have my Nikon and my Meopta enlarger at home .Again congratulations on a great job.
Very nice project! I can imagine your satisfaction of making your own camera, taking the shot, and processing the final image! I took a photography course my sophomore year in high school. After studying photographic history, lens physics, darkroom chemistry, and photography basics our first project was to make a pinhole camera that used 120 film, take the shot, process the film, and make a contact print. My camera was made using a 1/2 pound coffee tin and balsa wood, so it was a far cry from your beautiful creation, but I took extra care to make sure everything was perfect. I even made a removable film hold out of balsa wood. I love photography, but I have to admit I think making the camera with such high quality as yours would be much more fun than taking pictures with it.
Awesome build!
Awesome project, great pictures!
Outstanding!
I inherited the same lathe from my Dad, and it is awesome! I use it with a foot pedal to give variable speed, and have recently recreated a watch bezel for a friend!