Archive for the ‘ Cameras ’ Category

The making of objects

Making things is one of the fundamental aspirations. Some people aspire to travel, read or play music – some dedicate their lives to making money – still others find their calling in dedicated service to a particular cause. One of the great joys of my life is living through a time when seemingly more and [ READ MORE ]

Oaks Park – a pinhole field trip

A trip to Portland's Oaks Bottom Park with a P.90 pinhole camera[ READ MORE ]

The mystery of the M&M

How to turn an M&M into a wooden camera part[ READ MORE ]

5 inch rotating camera update

The original design for this camera included a built in LCD/pushbutton interface and a control knob to change exposure slits. The current project entails converting the camera to use a remote, hand held controller operating through a bluetooth radio interface. User commands are entered via a touch screen LCD interface. This view of the interface shows [ READ MORE ]

New P.90 cameras completing beta testing.

The P.90 beta cameras are completing the testing phase and the results are looking promising. Some good feedback from beta testers has led to improvements and some good ideas. Production has begun on the new cameras. The photo above is of one the beta cameras currently undergoing testing. This material, curly mahogany, will not be used [ READ MORE ]

The Customs Building

A stroll around downtown Portland led me to the old customs building. It is a beautiful structure facing a downtown park. About a 15 minute exposure with the P.90 prototype during a conversation with a curious passerby led to this image. The following information on this building was provided by Bart King from his book: An Architectural [ READ MORE ]

P.90 and the Broadway Bridge

The Broadway Bridge is just one of the multiple bridges spanning the Willamette River in Portland that make this city such a great place for urban photography. I took the P.90 prototype and my Linhoff clamp/pod and made some photos of and from the bridge. [ READ MORE ]