©2011 Zymo 127 pinhole camera. Altoids tin, brass, found spring, wooden dowel, brass nuts, fabricated. 127 film format. This camera was built to take photos in the Zymoglyphic Museum, where light levels are low. I cut down Tri-X 120 to 127 format and usually get 19 shots on a roll. Gallery of photos from the Zymo 127 here.

My idea was to lower the camera into the exhibit and capture the environment as if I was a participant, not a viewer. I wanted to stay with the aesthetic of the Zymoglyphic culture in making the camera. Studying the exhibits in the Zymoglyphic Museum lead me to believe the Zymoglyphic people favor a combination of sophisticated ideas and fairly primitive technology. Hence the recycled tin can and gritty heat treatment on the metal. The piece of metal that pivots to expose the pinhole was left over from another project, and the spring was found in a container of random stuff. There were times when I had to make something more technical than seemed fitting - for example the shutter release.

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