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Zero Image 2000

The Zero Image 2000 is the original pinhole camera offered by the Zero Image company, out of Hong Kong. The camera was introduced in 2000 and is still in production today. It is built from teak wood and has several layers of applied varnish. This not only gives the camera a stunning level of beauty, but it also renders the wood superbly water resistant. Quick disclaimer, this camera is not waterproof, your film will still get wet in heavy enough rain, but the camera itself will be fine. The Zero Image 2000 produces 6x6cm images on 120 film and has an excellent pinhole that creates incredibly sharp images. The camera has a sliding wooden slat for opening the shutter, a red window for advancing the film, and a tripod socket. Deluxe models are also available that include a cable release mechanism, as well as a bubble level.

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Zero Image 2000 with Ilford Pan F

An original Zero Image 2000 sits beside a nearly-frozen Trillium Lake in the Mt. Hood wilderness. On this particular winter's day we had the camera loaded with a roll of Ilford Pan F. This is a black and white film we don't use often enough but nonetheless often surprises us... in a good way. Pan F is not without its occasional issues though. It can become a bit unpredictable when it is not developed soon after exposure. In the case of this roll we got a little bit of a mottled texture from the backing paper showing up in our images. This may have been from the wet environment we drug this camera through in the course of the roll. It was snowing heavily on this day and this exposure required a few minutes of time, so the camera was wet by the time it went back in the bag. Seal all that moisture up inside a camera bag meant to keep moisture locked out, then put it in a warm car and the increased humidity may have played a factor in the backing paper reacting with the film's emulsion. Or it could just be Pan F. Either way, we wanted to show you the camera in situ and the image it produced.

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