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Innova 6x9

The Innova 6x9 pinhole camera is the creation of local Portland woodworker, Don Pyle. He made these cameras from a variety of beautiful woods, including African Wenge, Zebrawood, and White Oak; resulting in a gorgeous collection of cameras, often unique in appearance.

The Innova has a 30mm focal length, giving it a very wide field of view, wider even than the Zero Image 6x9. The camera features a hand-drilled 0.18mm pinhole that renders sharp images, though not quite as sharp as the aforementioned Zero Image cameras, or the Reality So Subtle cameras for that matter. The Innova's effective aperture is approximately f/150.

Don ended production of the Innova 6x9 around 2014, so finding one of these pinhole cameras is a real treasure.

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Innova 6x9

The wood grain on this Innova 6x9 is as much a beauty as the images it can create.

Innova 6x9 at the Oregon Coast

Peace and solitude at the Oregon coast.

Innova 6x9

"What makes photography a strange invention is that its primary raw materials are light and time." - John Berger

Light is half of everything that matters to photographers. As fall settles in and the rains come, remember that, with the change of season comes a change of light. That rich, diffused light of autumn happens to be very accommodating to photography.

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Innova 6x9 at Cape Kiwanda

There are those very rare instances in which nature's beauty can be paralleled by what humans create.

This Innova 6x9 pinhole, handmade by Don Pyle here in Portland, OR, is a salient example of this phenomenon.

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Innova 6x9 at the St. Johns Bridge

An Innova 6x9 pinhole camera, partaking of a lovely and foggy morning below the St. Johns Bridge. It wasn't the only pinhole present that day, nor are pinhole cameras that uncommon around this particular bridge.

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Innova 6x9 at Waterton Lakes

Bitterly cold winds and sub-zero temperatures above a massive frozen lake; pinhole cameras aren't fazed in the least. Of course, the challenge becomes sticking around long enough to let it do its thing.

Innova 6x9 pinhole at Wahclella Falls

Innova 6x9 pinhole, made from zebrawood, looking dashing at the Wahclella Falls.

An Innova 6x9 pinhole at the cherry blossoms

One of the aspects to pinhole photography that we really enjoy is how portable most of these cameras are. It is not hard to slip a pinhole in a small bag or coat pocket. That means you can conveniently take your pinhole camera with you, everywhere. When you carry a camera everywhere, you tend to make more photos.

So, we encourage you to do something analog today. Pick up that smallest camera you have, put it in a pocket, and go shoot.

Lenses optional.

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