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Chamaeleon Panorama 6x6/2 Serial #112 - a double frame, wide format panoramic pinhole camera. With a medium format film, 24 frames with 3x6 cm in size can be exposed. There are two separate film chambers. The wood surface has been treated with pure tungoil followed by french polishing and waxing.

This is a '"one of a kind" hand made camera, crafted by the artist himself.

Technical Data:

Film: 120 Rollfilm
Frame Size: 6x6 divided by two panoramic frames 3x6 upper and lower film chamber.
Focal length: 30mm
Pinhole Size: 240 µm
Angle of View: 100°
Shutter: rotating disk, positioning assisted by build in magnets, mother-of-pearl inlay.
Shim-holder: threaded retaining rings, allowing easy exchange of pinhole shims / zone-plates
wood: teak wood and white hardwood

Alle camera accessories like tripod plate, film spools, shim holders are made of solid stainless steel.

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How does it work ?
The camera has two separate exposure compartments with two user exchangeable pinhole shims. To take photos, the shutter-disk has to be turned either up or down to expose the upper or lower section of the current film frame. It is possible to have a pinhole shim in one compartment while a zone-plate is installed in the other one. This allows the use of different techniques for the same scene on the same film. In practice you would position the eye of the shutter-disk at 9 o' Clock when loading the film. To expose the upper half of the first frame, the shutter-disk is turned to 12 o'Clock, then to 3 o'Clock to stop exposure. After exposing the lower half of the frame at 6 o'Clock, the shutter-disk is positioned at 9 o'Clock again -.... time to wind the film to the next frame .... yes, there is no button to press, you turn the disk with your index finger. Small build-in magnets help to "click" it into the desired position. When taking the camera out of it's bag, the position of the shutter tells you what is next .....

With a wide angle of view of about 100° it is easy to imagine that the whole scene in front of your eyes will fit on the film. For that reason, the camera has no view-finder.

This panoramic pinhole camera is a one of a kind hand-made camera. The wood surface has been treated with traditional Chinese Tungoil and French Polishing. With a medium-format 120 film, 24 very wide angle 100° photographs can be taken.

How does it work ?
The camera has two separate exposure compartments with two user exchangeable pinhole shims. To take photos, the shutter-disk has to be turned either up or down to expose the upper or lower section of the current film frame. It is possible to have a pinhole shim in one compartment while a zone-plate is installed in the other one. This allows the use of different techniques for the same scene on the same film. In practice you would position the eye of the shutter-disk at 9 o' Clock when loading the film. To expose the upper half of the first frame, the shutter-disk is turned to 12 o'Clock, then to 3 o'Clock to stop exposure. After exposing the lower half of the frame at 6 o'Clock, the shutter-disk is positioned at 9 o'Clock again -.... time to wind the film to the next frame .... yes, there is no button to press, you turn the disk with your index finger. Small build-in magnets help to "click" it into the desired position. When taking the camera out of it's bag, the position of the shutter tells you what is next .....

With a wide angle of view of about 100° it is easy to imagine that the whole scene in front of your eyes will fit on film. For that reason, the camera has no viewfinder.