Sharan SQ-35 DIY Make & Shoot Pinhole Square Format Camera Kit

by Sharan of Japan Ltd

Product Features

• The SQ-35 is the square format pinhole camera with an innovative light tight clamshell design.
• Square picture format with four settings using 2 apertures plus a soft focus filter
• Accessories included: eight stickers to customize camera, cardboard tripod and sport view finder.
• Finished size 100mm W x 70mm H x 32 mm D, Weight 35 grams.
• Technical specifications: Pinhole Diameter (aperture) is 0.16mm, Focal Length 20mm and f/130

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B001AHS680
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #146,033 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

Product Description

The SQ-35 is the square format pinhole camera with an innovative light tight clamshell design. Square picture format with four settings using 2 apertures plus a soft focus filter Made in Japan by Sharan, the SQ- 35 is designed to be easy to build, use, and durable enough for lasting use. The kit comes with super tough 1mm thick black paperboard parts for the camera body and plastic spools to advance and rewind the film. It assembles in 1 to 2 hours without cutting or glue. Step by step illustrated English language instructions. Finished size 100mm W x 70mm H x 32 mm D, Weight 35 grams. Technical specifications: Pinhole Diameter (aperture) is 0.16mm, Focal Length 20mm and f/130. Uses all type of 35mm film and produces professional pinhole images. Accessories included: eight stickers to customize camera, cardboard tripod and sport view finder. Made in Japan.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars It's an adventure, April 18, 2010

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Amber Dawn (Boone, NC) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Sharan SQ-35 DIY Make & Shoot Pinhole Square Format Camera Kit (Toy)

I recommend this camera if you're a patient and artistic person with an attention to detail. It might be a good idea to read a little about pinhole photography before you use it. It's kind of a trial and error process and it can be both rewarding and disappointing. I'm going to write about our experience with this camera. We had never done anything like it before so keep that in mind.

My boyfriend put this together and it took him about 2.5 hours. There's a lot of little pieces. We took 3 rolls of 24 exposure 200 speed film. It's hard to figure out how far to turn the knob to advance the film between photos (2 full turns?) so a lot of our pictures were smooshed together instead of being 24 seperate photos. I tried looking this problem up but I couldn't find any information on it so again, this is just our experience with it. It was very easy to take (deliberate) double exposures. I don't recommend 1 hour photo but if you do, tell them you're using an experimental pinhole camera and that a lot of the photos will be weird or blurry.

The camera comes with a cardboard tripod. It's necessary to hold the camera very still or your pictures will be blurry. There's an exposure chart on the camera itself which is pretty useful. You can expose it anywhere from 1 second in bright light (we averaged 3-5 seconds) to 30+ minutes in dim lighting. Taking pictures is easy. You just pull up on this cardboard piece to open the lens and then you push it back down. The longer you leave it open (as long as it's kept still) the clearer your picture will be, but it will also take on a red tint.

This was our first pinhole camera experience. There's a lot of trial and error involved if you don't know much about pinhole photography (which we didn't.) I recommend taking notes on what you did for each photo so if one comes out looking awesome then you can use that technique again and hopefully yield more awesome on your next try. Good luck!

5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting, September 1, 2010

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Missie - See all my reviews

= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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Hey, this is for the creative people out there. Must need patience for putting it together, but totaly worth it. You get to put your own personal touch in with the stickers. Takes a little bit to figure out the settings, but their is also a chart on the back that tells you how many seconds for certain lighting which is helpful. hope you enjoy =]