Before Christmas I became the proud owner of a new pinhole camera – the Chroma Cube - a diminutive 3D printed machine which shoots 35mm film. Rather than the normal 3x2 format the resulting negatives are square - just 24mm tall and wide. I was attracted by the camera’s compact form factor and intrigued to see what the results would be like.
Because the negatives are smaller than usual, a stand 36 exposure film is long enough to fit 52 Cube photos. It often takes me a while to get through a 35mm film, but this just extended the shooting time! I finally completed my first film last week and the negatives returned today.
The field of view is rather narrower than my other pinhole cameras, which took a some getting used to, but I can see this is going to be a fun camera to take along with me when I’m travelling. With pinhole photography the size of the negative directly affects the sharpness of the image, so these aren’t as crisp as my 120 photos (although sharpness is a nebulous concept with pinhole photography in any case!) but, considering their diminutive size, I’m impressed by the results!
Shooting into the sun creates some amazing rainbow flare!
17 January 2022