{"product_id":"ilford-obscura-pinhole-camera-kit","title":"Ilford Obscura Pinhole Camera Kit","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Ilford Obscura is a pinhole camera that takes 4×5 sheet film. No lens, no battery, no electronics. Light enters through a 0.35 mm chemically etched pinhole and exposes whatever you've loaded — film or darkroom paper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe kit is what makes this worth paying attention to. It ships with 10 sheets of Ilford Delta 100 Professional film, 20 sheets of Ilford Multigrade IV RC paper, a light-tight film box for storing your exposed sheets, and an exposure calculator so you can work out times without a light meter. Open the box, load a sheet, and you're shooting. No separate purchases required.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe camera itself is two interlocking PVC sections held together by magnets. The shutter is a magnetic latch that rotates — clockwise or anticlockwise, so it works for left- and right-handed photographers. There's a tripod socket on the base, which you'll need: pinhole exposures run long, from seconds in bright sun to minutes indoors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt 87 mm focal length the field of view is wide — roughly equivalent to a 26 mm lens on a 35mm camera. The images have the quality that only a pinhole produces: everything is in focus from near to far, with a soft, diffused rendering that sharpens up surprisingly well when you scan or print from the negative.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt weighs 300 grams and fits in a jacket pocket. As 4×5 cameras go, that's tiny — most large format cameras weigh kilograms and need a serious tripod. The Obscura sits on any small tripod or even a stack of books.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a camera for people who want to understand how photography works at its most basic: a dark box, a hole, and light-sensitive material. It's also genuinely good for making photographs. Pinhole images have a character that no lens can replicate.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ilford","offers":[{"title":"Single","offer_id":46837440610492,"sku":"I-OBSCURA","price":449.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0760\/8860\/6908\/files\/ilford-camera-obscura-kit.png?v=1780279765","url":"https:\/\/filmco.nz\/products\/ilford-obscura-pinhole-camera-kit","provider":"Nelson Film Co","version":"1.0","type":"link"}