Two years ago, during my experimental photography frenzy, I managed to transform an old Smena 8 into a pinhole camera. I decided in favor for this solution as it was the easiest way to keep the frame spacing (using the camera’s film wind-on mechanism). For this year’s WPPD I’ve opted for something more primitive, the matchbox pinhole camera. I built a beta version today, so I’d have enough time for tuning and adjusting the ‘design’ by next weekend. The biggest concern I had while constructing it was the pinhole diameter that was of about .3 mm instead of the optimal .15 mm but after I’ve developed the test film other issues appeared, such as the light leak around the ‘shutter’.

First collage> Smena pinhole camera // second collage> beta version matchbox pinhole camera.