#gevabox

My grandmother showed me my great-grandmother’s camera! She claims this is the camera her mother took child pictures of her with. However, the camera was produced in 1951, so she’s mistaken.

Gevaert Gevabox 6x6 (1950)

Lens: Meniscus 1:8  f / 75mm

Shutter: Single speed + B

Pinhole landscape

I made this image with my pinhole camera from a boat on the water. It was cloudy and a little bit of wind rocked the boat softly. The exposure was 40 seconds so I wasn't sure how it would turn out, but is has a nice hint of "Pictorialism". I was pleasantly surprised with the results. 

* camera: old Gevabox converted into a pinhole camera (6x9 cm negative) 

 * film: Konica PRO 400 roll film (expired) 

 * exposure: 40 seconds 

 * developer: C-41 by a professional lab 

 * scanner: Epson 3200 PHOTO & Silverfast software (but no digital rework what so ever though)

My submission for Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day 2013 (WPPD-2013). I made handheld with an old Gevabox camera, I converted into a pinhole camera. I used Konica PRO 400 roll film and a shutter speed of 30 seconds.

Gevaert Gevabox 105mm f11, Flipped Lens

                                               Remember when I was raving about the Lensbaby-ish effects of a flipped lens on a box camera? Well, I finally managed to get them developed and here are the results! The second and third picture didn't turn out quite the way I wanted it to be but the first pic just made me jump with joy! I seriously love this Gevabox! Even the pictures turned out ALMOST as vintage as the camera! Coupled with the wonderful Shanghai B&W film, you can never go wrong. Now who says you gotta spend a bomb to get super pics??

Gevaert Gevabox, 105mm f/11, Lens Unflipped

Remember when I told you about the flipped lens technique? Well, I finally managed to get around to it and finally had the film developed. But before showing you my results, I'd like to share the shots taken with this lovely box camera before I took the lens out and had it flipped. 

I must confess that I love the shots! The dreamy, soft focus coupled with long exposure made me feel like buying another Gevabox but without modifying the lens! In the first pic it was raining heavily and was quite dark outside so I took a 1-2 minutes long exposure. Ahh, the beauty of vintage cameras!

Geveart Gevabox 

I love vintage cameras, especially the medium format ones, they just work! There I was browsing around trying to decide what camera I should get next and I stumbled upon the Geveart Gevabox, which was made by Bilora in Germany circa 1955. I was quite impressed by the photos it produces, plus the fact that it uses the readily available 120mm film but with huge 6x9 negatives intrigued me. On further browsing through flickr, I stumbled upon a group showcasing box cameras with flipped lenses. So what is a flipped lens? Well you basically take the lens out and flip it, meaning having the concave inner surface outside and the convex side in and then reattaching it to the camera and voila, instant Lensbaby-ish effect complete with the sweet spot and all, and the best part -- without having to pay hundreds of dollars for it!

The easiest box camera to be "flipped" is the Kodak Brownie Hawkeye Flash (BHF) as you can see here but it uses the 620 film format and I really don't fancy the idea of respooling 120mm onto it. But then I discovered that you can apply the same mod on a Gevabox thanks to the wonderful flickr stream of Li aka bildministeriet! She has also kindly agreed to let me share her wonderful shots here. Just take a look at them and don't forget to visit her flickr as she has a gazillion vintage cameras and all of them produces amazing photos! Thanks for sharing Li!

-delusiana