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London-based photographer Kelly Angood has had quite a tumultuous year so far in 2013. Last month she announced that she would be turning her popular cardboard medium format camera design into a proper do-it-yourself kit. After launching a Kickstarter campaign to take preorders, she quickly raised over £23,000 (~$34,000) from over 600 supporters.
However, the fact that her camera was based on Hasselblad’s famous design turned out to be a dealbreaker. After being informed that she was putting herself at risk of a lawsuit, Angood decided to cancel the project and turn her back on the money. Now, one month later, she’s at it again with a different (original) camera design and a new camera kit Kickstarter campaign.
The new camera is Videre and is a medium format pinhole camera designed to look like a twin-lens reflex camera. It’ll come as a flat pack kit, and will be a camera you assemble yourself. Think model making, except what you get is a working camera.
Materials-wise, the camera is assembled from pieces printed onto thick recycle card. Inside the kit will be easy-to-follow instructions and an extra medium format spool.
Angood hopes to have these new cameras shipped to customers by November, so it could make for a fun Christmas present this holiday season.
The new Kickstarter campaign has already raised over £10,000 at the time of this writing, and there are 44 more days for Angood to raise the £15,000 she needs. A £30 (~$45) contribution will preorder you a kit come November, while a £150 donation will secure you a preassembled camera that’s shipped to your doorstep.
You can also follow along with this project’s progress on its official Tumblr page.
The beauty of Mamiya C330S
This mamiya C330S, an exceptionally high-grade camera, was designed by emphasizing further improvements on the popular Mamiya C series. Retaining the many features of the Mamiya C series cameras which have won highest praise from professional photographers the world over as unique twin-lens reflex cameras (2-1/4 in. square format) with interchangeable lenses.
Final results reveal that this Mamiya C330S, an ideal camera for professional photographers, is also a wise choice for the many advanced amateurs who wish to take advantage of fine details in enlargements which only a large format camera truly makes possible.
The Mamiya C330S accepts all interchangeable lenses of the current Mamiya C series as well as all of the accessories except the single exposure attachment.
With the wide selection of all these interchangeable lenses and accessories, you can further widen your scope of photography by making the most of the unlimited versatility of Mamiya C330S offers.
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| Type | 6 x 6 Twin-Lens Reflex Camera with Interchangeable Lens System |
| Picture Size | 56 x 56 mm (actual picture area) |
| Film Size | 120 roll film (12 exposures), 220 roll film (24 exposures) Changeover effected by turning pressure plate |
| Lens (standard) | Mamiya/Sekor 80 mm f/2.8 |
| Shutter | Seiko-#0 (B, 1-1/500 sec., M-X synchronization) |
| Focusing | Front extension system by rack-and-pinion with focusing knobs. |
| Focusing screen | Changeable |
| Focusing hood | One-touch operation facilitates interchange of dioptric lenses. Removable and replaceable by other types of finders. |
| Film wind | By winding crank. Automatic shutter cocking and winding stop. Double exposure prevention device. |
| Exposure counter | Progressive type, automatic re-set. (120/220 changeover coupled with the pressure plate) |
| Other features | Parallax and exposure compensation are readable on the focusing screen in the finder. Multiple exposure possible. Shutter release lock provided. |
| Dimensions | 123  x 171 (H) x 113 (D) mm |
| Weight | 1,650 grams (with 80 mm f/2.8 lens) |
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