Woodblak 66
The Woodbläk 66 is a pinhole camera designed and built by Kurt Mottweiler, a photographer in Portland, Oregon. The camera came into being in 2018 and has enjoyed a small production run.
It's most notable feature is that the camera is constructed from a single piece of European beech wood. A block of wood is sliced into two, unequal parts which create the camera body, as well as the back door. The internal exposure chamber is hollowed out by machine, meaning the entire, main body of the camera is a single piece, without any additional wooden parts! This makes the Woodbläk 66 cameras beautifully understated in their design; it is a subtle elegance that is only really appreciated as one acquires familiarity with the camera.
The Woodbläk 66 uses strong magnets to attach the back door of the camera, which also acts as the film pressure plate. Winding is done via the usual red window method and a pair of wooden knobs atop the camera. The wood of the winding knobs differs from Woodbläk to Woodbläk. A brass shutter is mounted almost perfectly flush with the front face of the camera and has an action that is also magnetically-governed. More photographic opportunities are opened up to you because of this incredibly low profile shutter; for example, you could place this camera right up against a window and still be able to draw the shutter.
The camera has a focal length of 29mm and an effective aperture of approximately f/120.
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