PINHOLE CAMERA PARTS AND COMPONENTS:

The Complete Pinhole Photography Starter Kit (Just add light and water!) Recently added to our range, this is a unique starter kit containing everything needed for the first time pinhole photographer. The outfit consists of a wooden pinhole camera, chemicals, b&w; photographic paper, safelight, trays, gloves, tweezers, pin, and tripod. Assembling the kit couldn't be easier. Once the camera is complete you slide a folded black card into the camera to hold the photographic paper on which you take your photograph. The pin is used to make the aperture in the inner box and a wooden shutter controls the exposure. Once the paper is processed you have the negative which can then be contact printed to produce the finished image. There is a 24 page booklet which gives a history of photography and full instructions to help you start exploring the fascinating art of pinhole photography. This kit would be the ideal foundation for an educational photographic project as well as great fun for the hobbyist and it only costs £30 inc. P&P;

Build-it-yourself 35mm Pinhole Camera Kit Also available through P&L; Solutions is a 35mm Compact Camera Kit complete with viewfinder, wind on mechanism, film and album. However, this self assembly outfit also contains all you need to turn it into fully working pinhole camera, with a silver pinhole lens shim, a tripod, additional instructions and a pinhole exposure calculator - making it the first truly modern pinhole camera accessible to all, as well as being easy to use. The pinhole lens has an aperture of f/180 and a focal length of 28mm. Complete instructions with hints and tips are included on how to get the best out of the camera, it's also great fun to make and use. The price is £35 inc. P&P;

The Bulldog 5x4 Self Assembly Camera Kit This is a new type of camera kit, laser cut out of MDF to very precise measurements - you just push out the different parts and glue them together. Also provided are all the metal components that allow you to have a rising front and lateral movement of the front panel. The Bulldog accepts standard double dark slides as well as a Polaroid back (the spring loaded back has a ground glass screen). This camera also accepts a standard Linhof lens panel for regular use with the appropiate lens but comes complete with a double etched pinhole lens - so once made up it can be used straight away as a large format pinhole camera with a variable focal length, 50 mm to 200mm. The Bulldog is made in the UK and is on offer for £160 as a pinhole camera including exposure calculator and carriage.

Your own Camera Obscura Complete with its own tripod we are pleased to present your first camera obscura. These ingenius devices were used by famous painters such as Van Meer as an aid to more accurate representations on canvas. The Camera Obscura is made up of two boxes (one goes inside the other) with a lens at the end of one and a screen at the end of the other. The lens projects an inverted image onto the screen - this is how it always used to be before prisms were used to correct this on modern cameras. The Camera Obscura is self assembly and comes complete with a wire tripod and mount at a cost of £15.00 including carriage in the UK.

Camera lucinda and Camera Obscura The camera Lucida and camera Obscura are the forunners to the modern camera that have helped the Old masters create beautiful art for centuries. The Camera Lucida is an optical device that allowed you to see what you want to paint or draw by reflecting it onto your canvas or paper. Even today they are still very practical art tool that just about every artist would love. From sketching “cartoons” to large oil paintings or even painting landscapes, this art tool is a great benefit too all. The first time you looked through a camera Lucida, you will not believe, how accurate the scene is projected onto your paper—all you will have to do is trace it, no more struggling to get the perspective or someone's features accurate. It’s simple, effective, and fun!

Camera Lucida with Wide View and Drawing Board Reflects images up to 60 cm/24in wide x 47 cm/18 _ in high The Camera Lucida or Graphic Mirror is an optical device that allowed you to see what you wanted to paint or draw as if reflected onto your or paper. All you need to do is to trace the subject, no more struggling to get the perspective or someone's features accurate. It’s simple, effective, and fun! This Camera Lucida requires no electricity, and you are not limited to just copying pictures. You can reflect anything onto paper or canvas: pictures, landscapes, portraits, figures, still life’s. Plus, knowing that you’re using the same tool that the Old Masters use to make their Masterpieces makes drawing with this camera lucida that much more exciting. Just point it at anything you want to draw or paint. It will project that image onto your paper or canvas for you to duplicate on your own. • It comes with attached Drawing Board, so you can work anywhere • Folds neatly for easy transportation and storage • Sturdy Hardwood construction with a beautiful protective walnut finish • New Wider Screen reflects wider image (24in wide x 18 _ in high) • Made with Safe Plexi-glass and Plexi-mirror • Plexi-glass sides out for easy cleaning • Adjustable: to fit your height • The camera head swivels and pivots up and down to project the image right where you need it • Stands 60 cm/23 _ '' High by 61 cm/24" wide • No Assembly required; Helpful instruction included The image you get with the Camera Lucida is perfectly sharp, and you are able to make the image as translucent or as opaque as you want. The maximum size you can project is about 18 _ ’’(47cm) high x 24’’(61cm) wide, but if you wanted to draw a 18 _ ’’ x 48’’ drawing, for example, you can draw one half then move it over and draw the other half, so you can make quite large drawings and painting, and there is no limit on how small a work you can do. To make the projected image bigger or smaller, change the distance between the Camera Lucida and object. The closer the object the bigger it will be, and the farther the object the smaller it will be, so you can get it just the size you want. So you can use the Camera Lucida to shrink and a large the drawing or painting, or use it to enlarge a small drawing or picture. Experiment and have fun. That is the best way to get the most out of you camera Lucida. Our Price £120 inc P&P

S/E Camera Lucinda Reflects images up to 44 cm/17 _ in wide x 37 cm/14_ in high Draw like the Great Masters on a Students Budget, works in the same way as the above Lucinda, but on a smaller scale. • Sturdy Hardwood construction with a beautiful protective Rosewood finish • Reflects relatively large image 44 cm/17 _ in wide x 37 cm/14 _ in high • Made with Safe Plexi-glass and Plexi-mirror • Lever in back moves glass up and down to reflect the image right where you need it • Stands 44 cm/17 _ in High by 16.5 cm/6 _ in wide • Includes a cast iron clamp to secure to work space • No Assembly required; Helpful instruction included The image you get with the Camera Lucida is perfectly sharp, and you are able to make the image as translucent or as opaque as you want. Our Price £60 inc P &P

Camera Obscura Sliding Style This is replica of a 19th century English style Sliding box Camera Obscura It projects a clear full-color moving image of the scene in front of it up through a piece of paper making it look like a TV screen that you can draw on— and it is an early version of the modern day camera. In the 17th, 18th and 19th century many artists were aided by the use of the camera obscura: Jan Vermeer, Canaletto, and Guardi, are just a few who are thought to have used the Camera Obscura to make beautiful masterpieces. · Built from Oak with a beautiful protective finish · Slides in and out to focus on objects a few feet away to far into the distance. · Shade/ screen cover slides neatly into the sides of the camera obscura. · No special paper or film needed · a perfect teaching aide for students of all ages. · Projection size is 6 _ in (16.5cm) x 4 _ in (11.4cm). · It comes with a Ground Glass and clear plexi-glass: standard 7in x 5in (17.8cm x 12.7cm) size. · The lens is clear and uncorrected and measures 1 1/2 in (38mm) with a 360mm focal length · Helpful instructions Dimensions: About: 15.5 cm/6 _ in high, 9 _ in (23.5cm) wide, and 24 _ in (62.3cm) long when fully extended And 16 in (40.6cm) long when collapsed Our Price £130 inc P&P

Oak Camera Obscura It projects the image in front of it up through a piece of paper making it look like a TV screen that shows what’s in front of it in full color that you can draw on—and that’s about what it is. The view through a camera obscura is a clear full color moving image of what is in front of the obscura, which comes through the lens bounces off the mirror and up through the glass to you paper for trace or just view. • Fully functional • Solid 3/4 inch thick oak Hard Wood Construction with beautiful protective authentic oil finish • Brass lens tube moves in and out to focus on objects a few feet away to far into the distance. • Removable shade moves up and down for easy storage or can be taken off. • Perfect teaching aide for students of all ages • Projection screen is 6in(15.2cm) x 6in(15.2cm) • Comes with clear and ground plexi-glass that are removable and interchangeable • The lens is uncorrected and measures 1 1/2 in (38mm) with a 150mm focal length • Comes with helpful instructions Dimensions: About 7 1/2in(19cm) wide x 6 7/8in(17.5cm) high x 7 5/8in(19.4cm) long The Camera Obscura later became the beginning for modern Cameras as well as, a fun and practical drawing tool. The great thing about this one is that it is not only a beautiful replica of a 18th or 19th century Camera Obscura, but it is fully functional and can be used for hands-on demonstrates that recreate the magic of the past. Perfect for any classroom that is teaching the history of cameras or art, and will captivate and fascinate all students. Our Price £80 inc P&P

New Double Etched Pinhole Lenses made in the UK We are very pleased to offer these new pinhole lenses as an alternative to laser cut lenses. I think these are a more "natural" type of manufactured pinhole as the etching process creates a saucer shaped depression around the pinhole on both sides of the shim so you do not have the tube effect that is made by the laser cutting process. These pinhole lenses are available in four different sizes in a 1cm disc: 0.2mm, 0.3mm, 0.4mm and 0.5mm. Also included is a full instruction leaflet with a focal length/f-number chart and suggestions for alternative types of pinhole cameras.The exposure calculator which is enclosed is a great help for determining the exposure for any type of pinhole camera. The cost of each is £10.00 inc. P & P (if you need advice on which size is best for you, please phone or e-mail and we will be happy to discuss which will be right for your pinhole camera design).

Silver Shims For those of you who want the ultimate in pinhole lenses we can now offer silver shims for making your own pinhole lens. These are 1cm discs which are 5/1000th of an inch thick and make beautiful pinhole lenses. For just £6.00 you get 10 shims (full instructions included).

The Pinhole Photography Guide This pocket-sized back-to-basics guide is a must for all advocates of Pinhole Photography. It gives a wonderful range of hints and tips on using and making pinhole cameras (from a variety of objects such as a biscuit tin to a dustbin) and even old and incomplete cameras without their lenses. This 38-page book has some interesting examples of pinhole photography and gives a brief history of all aspects of pinholes and their uses. Our price for this super book is only £7.50 inc P&P;. Click to see the Table of Contents >

T-Nuts as tripod mount for wooden cameras If you would like an inexpensive mount this is for you. Available in two depths these ¼" whitworth threaded nuts will fit a 3/10 hole and grip in position. Very easy to fit and available in 1cm and 1.5cm. Buy two for £6.00