#agfaclack

Arc-en-ciel et nuages dans le style de champs rectangulaires

Deutscher Schäferhund Malvorlage, fotorealistischer Stil

If I take an Agfa Clack, remove the lens and shutter and then add a pinhole, then it's a pinhole camera, right?. But then, if I flip the lens and put it back is it still a pinhole camera or just a flipped lens Clack with a very small aperture?

My experiments with pinhole photography have never been really satisfactory. Firstly there was the pinhole option on the Diana F+, and then I discovered digital pinhole photography and the worst lens in the world, the Thingyfy Pinhole Pro. Yes, I could have bought myself a dedicated pinhole camera, like the Ondu or similar, but I really wanted to make my own. Actually, I’ve had a home-made wine…

My first year with the Frugal Film Project was a mixed bag. For a start it was really only ten months, we were away on holiday during August and apart from a few days in October when I took an Agfa Clack clone instead of the Clack that month was a washout. I also didn’t get out and about as much as I had intended and my outings weren’t as adventurous as I had hoped. I was also continually…

For the #FrugalFilmProject this month I took an Agfa Clack and flipped the lens. This is how I did it.

Recently I picked up an Agfa Clack for 10€. This is now my third Clack, beginning with original Clack for the #FrugalFilmProject and the slightly damaged one that I bought to cannibalise but found I couldn’t. I bought this one specifically because it had fungus in the lens, hence the cheap price, although otherwise it is in lovely condition. I wanted it for two reasons: to practise removing…

So on and off ( mostly off) I have been participating in this years Frugal Film Project on Facebook. I rarely take part in Facebook challenges, but this one has been around for a few years and I always find it interesting to see what people are posting each month. So this time I thought I would take part. I chose the Agfa Clack as my camera for the year and the film to use as Fomapan Retro. The…

Although ordered in good time, my Fomapan Retro films didn’t arrive until very late in January and I thought that I might miss the deadline for taking the first film. However,  on 31 January I thought that I would load up the Clack and take a test roll. Loading the camera was a joy, and the Fomapan backing paper as clearly visible through the red window. The winding mechanism was smooth, and…

After a difficult February I returned to the Frugal Film Project with renewed vigour in March. I had a film to finish in the Holga so took the opportunity to take the Agfa Clack to Aveiro at the same time. I took two films. The first I used to make a Pep Ventosa-like multiple exposure, the second was a general tour around the city. Sadly, I didn’t load the film correctly and ended up with a ‘fat…