It was intact and in good condition on the spool. I had never considered the box camera as a format that I wanted to shoot, but in that moment, knowing that my grandmother, grandfather, and great grandparents had used this camera, or something similar, sparked an intense connection. I asked her where the film was and she went to a bookcase, opened some drawers, and emerged with the B2. It contained images of my grandfather whose long since passed, and she wanted me to develop it. Well, on this visit, grandmother asked me if I could develop some old 127 film she had. I have such fond memories of growing up in that house, cutting celery for holiday stuffing, chopping pecans for pecan pie, climbing the Dogwood and Hickory trees just great memories. I was visiting my grandmother in Rocky Mount, North Carolina in January 2017. Some of my inspiration came from the Brownie, but it was the AGFA Cadet B2 that really got me going. Phoblographer: Tell us about your inspiration? We’re sure some of it was with the Kodak Brownie, right? This ushered in a visual heritage of a family history not found before. It made the quintessential “family photographer” possible. The box camera is specifically important because it is the format that introduced the world to point and shoot photography. However, if I consider what I love most about analog photography, the unique characteristics of paring lens, body, film, and technique well I realize that film, real film, is in my soul. I’m very interested in innovative companies like MiNT Camera and the new Polaroid Originals.įormats such as instant film intrigues me because of the limitations of the medium as well as the magic of seeing your images develop before your eyes. It’s true that analog film has been a passion of mine or some time. Thanks for your support and interest with this project. We got some time to speak to Robert Hamm, the creator of the NuBox 1. What we know is they’ll come in black, brown, and blue. There’s also ground glass and polished mirrors for the viewfinder. The NuBox 1 apparently has lenses that go from f11 to f22, which can focus from eight feet to infinity and only have 1/200th as the single shutter setting. We posi- tioned the lens in the cartridge so the user can choose di erent elds of view each time they change film. We are using an optical-grade positive meniscus 24mm glass lens with a 95 mm focal length. Robert is claiming the lenses also have no vignetting to them.īe sure to follow Hamm camera on Instagram and Facebook Robert Hamm, the company’s founder, has done videos online such as an investigation into whether or not Instax is actually film. Created by Hamm Camera, this camera has a working lens, aperture and shutter speeds. But now, a darling of the analog world is seemingly returning in the form of the NuBox 1. When you go about looking at box cameras, you probably think about pinholes or something like a Kodak Brownie. No, you read that right: the NuBox 1 is aiming to be the world’s first interchangeable lens box camera on the market.
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