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This DIY slit-scan medium format camera shoots long photos

Oct 4, 2016 by Udi Tirosh 5 Comments

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Slit scan cameras are quite a unique breed. Rather then exposing a complete frame with every shutter click, they expose a small slit and advance the film while exposing.

You know whats cool about that, you can create very long photos, as long as your subject is moving in a predictable speed. (which will correlate the speed in which you advance the film)

Take this DIY slit-scan medium format camera from Hugo Cardoso. It was built on the remains of an old hand-drill, some plywood and some scraps.

The drill’s motor is used to advance the film, and a box keeps the light away. Quite a simple build. The results, however, are quite unique.

Hugo started with a hand drill.

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Which was fitted inside a homemade plywood box

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Gears and a potentiometer were added to control the film advance-speed

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And a narrow slit fitted over the film plain

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A plate was introduced to mount a 90mm Pentacon Six lens, and the build was done

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Here is a photo taken with this medium format slit scan camera

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And here is a short video that shows how the camera was built and how it operates

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About Udi Tirosh

Udi Tirosh is an entrepreneur, photography inventor, journalist, educator, and writer based in Israel. With over 25 years of experience in the photo-video industry, Udi has built and sold several photography-related brands. Udi has a double degree in mass media communications and computer science.

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