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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)
@@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 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.
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!
I *Love* to rescue old lenses and cameras due to the odd quality you can get with them. That first shot is, to me, absolutely wonderful. Never seen such a weird yet beutiful "mistake" before. Really inspiring stuff for someone that started out digitally.
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. :)
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!
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.
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.
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!
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 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 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.
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. 👌🏼👍🏼👏🏼👏🏼
About a 100 years ago, when I was a kid, I also made a pinhole camera. My darkroom was a very thin plywood box that refrigerators used to be shipped in. Laid face down so I could crawl in. Top was the layout for my Marx model RR.
Besides just being absolutely astounding it brings to mind an old saying “if you are going to do something, do it well”. Instead of a cardboard box with a hole you now have a heirloom.
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!
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 loved this video. You talked through every part of the process with no extras, no waffle and kept the mistakes in. I have made pinhole cameras in the past, nothing as beautiful as this though. I would think that the white circle is from the edge of the brass, perhaps paint round it with black paint or line it with velvet if you can. For anyone making a more simple camera, the shutter is not necessary. I used to use a piece of masking tape painted black, just peeling it off to take the picture, then putting it back You can buy commercially made pinholes that are perfectly round, but as you say you can use a piece of drinks can, punch the hole with a needle and sand the back. Multigrade paper can have varying speeds depending on the colour temperature of the light. Fixed grade paper is better, grade 3 or 4. Thanks for this video
This was a thing of beauty! both the process and the result. I taught my high school students how to build a pinhole camera from an 11x14 piece of black mat board. They took award winning photographs with those cameras and had a blast doing it. Digital Photography is amazing, but there is nothing like the magic of the darkroom to make one appreciate the wonder of photography. Thank you.
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!
You amaze me! Your attention to detail, the breadth of your knowledge and abilities, and your artistic eye are a pleasure to watch. It reminds me of watching my dad, who also was a machinist and artisan, but you take it to a whole new level. Thank you so much for sharing your process with us- this is what makes YT great. 💖
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. :)
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)
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!
RUclips recommended your channel to me and I love this video! It seems half-planned and half-play-it-by-ear and I love that you could make it all happen!
Wonderful craftsmanship! This takes me back to the 1960's. As a schoolboy, I built a dark room in my dad's garage, and along with conventional photography, I experimented with several pinhole cameras using various sized cardboard boxes from shoe boxes to shipping boxes. I acquired silver nitrate emulsion that I painted onto panes of glass. Large format, black & white, pinhole camera images can be quite artistic in appearance. I made the pinhole in aluminum foil, blackened on the inside, glued across a larger opening in the box. It seemed that making the aperture in the thinnest material possible was critical in reducing image distortion and other deleterious effects.
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.
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.🙂
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!!!
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!
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..
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!
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.
*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*
The bright ring is a reflection of the edges of the aperture. If you can paint the edges of the metal with matt black paint that will eliminate or greatly reduce that effect. Great project, I have no desire to make a pinhole camera myself but it did inspire me to want to get my DSLR out and use it more.
Outstanding!! Easily my favourite project of yours so far, just surpassing the brass padlock! Beautiful design and execution, and the resulting pics are just gorgeous. As a photography enthusiast and maker, I would very much love seeing plans of this.
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.
You continue to amaze at the breadth of your interests and talents. You are an inspiration to me and I'm sure many owners who like to make things; to stretch your limits and try new things and techniques.
I'm like, "No way did he just make a camera!?!" Great job and thanks for acknowledging your mistakes! We're all human and the mistakes just makes us better!
Now.... You have the advantage of modern tools, some with power.... Imagine what it took to build something like this at the dawn of pin hole cameras (camera obscura) and the time that photography was a new thing. Imagine what kind of time and care it took to hand craft such a camera! An absolute work of love! ❤
Wow, this is definitely one of your coolest projects Neil!! Woodworking, leathercraft and photography in one video, three of my favorite hobbies! I remember making a similar type of camera in primary school, from just some cardboard and if I remember correctly some sort of toy magnifying lens. It worked, which I thought was so cool!
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 😊
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.
WOW! Just wow! I'm a photographer as well, I've done film in many formats from 35mm to 8x10. I've used pinhole cameras including one I made using an oatmeal container and an old plastic Diana. Watching you make this camera is awe-inspiring! It's also fun to see someone work from a general plan then problem-solve during the making process. It was enlightening.
Terrific project & well done as usual Neil! Having worked in a dark room way back when, this brought back a lot of memories for me. Photography has always been one of my first loves! 👍👍📷📷📷
Thanks so much for bringing back the manual art of making something by hand, and something so beautiful and inspiring like this simple photo camera. Developing the negatives in red light reminds me of a photo course at my school back in the early eighties, and doing photography myself with cameras then. Now I have some cameras of my father laying around in some shelves, and taking pictures only on iPhone…
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.
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 .....
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.
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.
So cool! I made an 8x10 film camera, using aluminum plate and wood, but nothing like as elegant and beautiful as this. Your skills and creativity continue to amaze me!
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.
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 !
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.
Wow 😳😳😳. That takes WAY better photos than i ever imagined…..i expected SOME sort of recognizable image…but those are just so far beyond what my expectation was….i’m stunned. What a fun build ….thank you for this 🫡
Reminds me at my days as a kid: My father introduced me into photography and I used b/w at first, developed them in my fathers darkroom over 45 years ago. I still have the gear and I should do the same with my son.
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.
This is probably my favorite video I have ever seen about woodworking and photography. Just this little bit of information has inspired me to take up photography again.
I,ve sanded a few miters in my time, before batteries, but when I was a lad the beads went to the shooting board after the nobex saw and a few more times after that. ...Beautiful thing, great job.
Many many years ago I made a 4x5" pinhole camera from two, one side open, mdf boxes. They slid inside each other so I had some "zoom". Nothing as refined you do here, but a simple fun thing.
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 ❤.
Bloody hell! This was insane mate, well done! I physically recoiled when you cut that recess on the wrong side but I love that you leave in your mistakes! It just shows that projects like this take skill!
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.
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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* to rescue old lenses and cameras due to the odd quality you can get with them. That first shot is, to me, absolutely wonderful. Never seen such a weird yet beutiful "mistake" before. Really inspiring stuff for someone that started out digitally.
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. :)
Text book example of how to incorporate advertising in a video, plus fantastic multidisciplinary skills shown across the video. BRAVO👏
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.
A wise man is always learning.
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! :)
That's amazing! What a renaissance man - hollow body guitars, drop-forged tools, and now a camera!
Thank you - Glad you enjoying the videos. :)
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.
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 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. :)
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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I made a pinhole camera from a shoebox when I was 15, such great pictures, obviously this is another level. Well done.
About a 100 years ago, when I was a kid, I also made a pinhole camera. My darkroom was a very thin plywood box that refrigerators used to be shipped in. Laid face down so I could crawl in. Top was the layout for my Marx model RR.
Besides just being absolutely astounding it brings to mind an old saying “if you are going to do something, do it well”. Instead of a cardboard box with a hole you now have a heirloom.
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. :)
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
Nah, taking more pictures makes you a better photographer, the film is just fluff that makes you feel superior, but I have to admit it has its charm.
I loved this video. You talked through every part of the process with no extras, no waffle and kept the mistakes in. I have made pinhole cameras in the past, nothing as beautiful as this though. I would think that the white circle is from the edge of the brass, perhaps paint round it with black paint or line it with velvet if you can.
For anyone making a more simple camera, the shutter is not necessary. I used to use a piece of masking tape painted black, just peeling it off to take the picture, then putting it back
You can buy commercially made pinholes that are perfectly round, but as you say you can use a piece of drinks can, punch the hole with a needle and sand the back.
Multigrade paper can have varying speeds depending on the colour temperature of the light. Fixed grade paper is better, grade 3 or 4.
Thanks for this 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. :)
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. :)
This was a thing of beauty! both the process and the result. I taught my high school students how to build a pinhole camera from an 11x14 piece of black mat board. They took award winning photographs with those cameras and had a blast doing it. Digital Photography is amazing, but there is nothing like the magic of the darkroom to make one appreciate the wonder of photography. Thank you.
You never cease to amaze me with what you come up with Neil. Bloody brilliant.
Thanks very much! :)
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.
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!
You amaze me! Your attention to detail, the breadth of your knowledge and abilities, and your artistic eye are a pleasure to watch. It reminds me of watching my dad, who also was a machinist and artisan, but you take it to a whole new level. Thank you so much for sharing your process with us- this is what makes YT great. 💖
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. :)
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 :)
Great work. Can't wait to see you making a same style tripod for that camera.
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. :)
RUclips recommended your channel to me and I love this video! It seems half-planned and half-play-it-by-ear and I love that you could make it all happen!
Wonderful craftsmanship! This takes me back to the 1960's. As a schoolboy, I built a dark room in my dad's garage, and along with conventional photography, I experimented with several pinhole cameras using various sized cardboard boxes from shoe boxes to shipping boxes. I acquired silver nitrate emulsion that I painted onto panes of glass. Large format, black & white, pinhole camera images can be quite artistic in appearance. I made the pinhole in aluminum foil, blackened on the inside, glued across a larger opening in the box. It seemed that making the aperture in the thinnest material possible was critical in reducing image distortion and other deleterious effects.
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? ruclips.net/video/acgGayd5ubA/видео.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
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! :)
the Ring in the Photography is a reflex from the Light above. The brass inner ring makes it shine to the paper.
Just amazing!
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.
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. :)
That's a beautiful camera - and so much fun to relive the very earliest days of photography 😃
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 ! Deine Videos sind unglaublich. Das Ergebnis ist wunderschön geworden. Danke für deine Videos 👍
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! :)
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. :)
Awesome 👍
Nice to see Ilford survived the digital revolution 🤩
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.
*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*
The bright ring is a reflection of the edges of the aperture. If you can paint the edges of the metal with matt black paint that will eliminate or greatly reduce that effect.
Great project, I have no desire to make a pinhole camera myself but it did inspire me to want to get my DSLR out and use it more.
Outstanding!! Easily my favourite project of yours so far, just surpassing the brass padlock! Beautiful design and execution, and the resulting pics are just gorgeous.
As a photography enthusiast and maker, I would very much love seeing plans of this.
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. :)
You continue to amaze at the breadth of your interests and talents. You are an inspiration to me and I'm sure many owners who like to make things; to stretch your limits and try new things and techniques.
Absolutely beautiful. The craftsmanship, the attention to detail, and the photos. Very well done. Thank you for this.
I'm like, "No way did he just make a camera!?!"
Great job and thanks for acknowledging your mistakes!
We're all human and the mistakes just makes us better!
Your craftsmanship never ceases to amaze me! Beautiful work!
Now....
You have the advantage of modern tools, some with power....
Imagine what it took to build something like this at the dawn of pin hole cameras (camera obscura) and the time that photography was a new thing.
Imagine what kind of time and care it took to hand craft such a camera!
An absolute work of love! ❤
You bring such astonishing detail to your work which is rivalled only by your focus to bring to life what is in your imagination.
Wow, this is definitely one of your coolest projects Neil!! Woodworking, leathercraft and photography in one video, three of my favorite hobbies!
I remember making a similar type of camera in primary school, from just some cardboard and if I remember correctly some sort of toy magnifying lens. It worked, which I thought was so cool!
all i can say is wow, there must be a market for such an amazing camera and piece of art. Thanks so much
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 😊
As a one time black and white photographer, I have to say I am impressed. Not only with the construction but the images. Awesome.
That is definitely the most awesome and beautiful pinhole camera I've ever seen! Fantastic job!😮
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.
WOW! Just wow! I'm a photographer as well, I've done film in many formats from 35mm to 8x10. I've used pinhole cameras including one I made using an oatmeal container and an old plastic Diana. Watching you make this camera is awe-inspiring!
It's also fun to see someone work from a general plan then problem-solve during the making process. It was enlightening.
Terrific project & well done as usual Neil! Having worked in a dark room way back when, this brought back a lot of memories for me. Photography has always been one of my first loves! 👍👍📷📷📷
Absolutely amazing work! My father used to make images this way. This video was a nice reminder of our past! Thank you for that.
That was so great to watch… you make it look so intuitive and easy. These projects are neither!
Thanks so much for bringing back the manual art of making something by hand, and something so beautiful and inspiring like this simple photo camera. Developing the negatives in red light reminds me of a photo course at my school back in the early eighties, and doing photography myself with cameras then.
Now I have some cameras of my father laying around in some shelves, and taking pictures only on iPhone…
You, Sir, are a jack of all trades. I love watching you work. Another great video!
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.
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 .....
Unbelievable, this is awesome! You can do, literally, anything you want. I’d love to be like you ❤ Bravo!
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.
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.
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.
What a great object and cool character in the finished photographs.
So cool! I made an 8x10 film camera, using aluminum plate and wood, but nothing like as elegant and beautiful as this. Your skills and creativity continue to amaze me!
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.
Impressive, high quality, good recovery from errors, and functional to boot.
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. :)
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.
Wow 😳😳😳. That takes WAY better photos than i ever imagined…..i expected SOME sort of recognizable image…but those are just so far beyond what my expectation was….i’m stunned.
What a fun build ….thank you for this 🫡
Very nice project. Reminds me of my school days when we used to develop black-and-white photos in the darkroom in a workshop.
Reminds me at my days as a kid: My father introduced me into photography and I used b/w at first, developed them in my fathers darkroom over 45 years ago. I still have the gear and I should do the same with my son.
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.
Neil, you do amazing work! You are an inspiration and motivation to us that are less capable! 😊
Old mate has done it again. Absolute ripper. Love the camera, what a beauty.
Beautiful camera and photos. A pinhole really gives an image unlike any other camera.
Fantastic build. I love the elaborate overbuild. Best pin hole camera ever.
This is probably my favorite video I have ever seen about woodworking and photography. Just this little bit of information has inspired me to take up photography again.
That camera is a work of art itself, amazing.
I,ve sanded a few miters in my time, before batteries, but when I was a lad the beads went to the shooting board after the nobex saw and a few more times after that.
...Beautiful thing, great job.
adding the screws made it look premium imo. nice vid bud
Thanks again, Neil. I love the fact that you have progressed to producing your own products! Another fascinating build!!
Many many years ago I made a 4x5" pinhole camera from two, one side open, mdf boxes. They slid inside each other so I had some "zoom". Nothing as refined you do here, but a simple fun thing.
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 ❤.
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...
Bloody hell! This was insane mate, well done!
I physically recoiled when you cut that recess on the wrong side but I love that you leave in your mistakes! It just shows that projects like this take skill!
Excellent and very interesting project Neil. So complicated and you pulled it off like a Swiss watch maker! Very cool pictures. Thanks again.
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.
Your creativity is next level
I love you do it with modest tools and machinery
What a beautiful instrument. Takes me back to my film photography class in high school, it was where I started to love photography