Using the example of a 256 second exposure, the reciprocity factor is approximately 4x for that length of exposure, so 256 seconds turns into 1024 seconds. This one looks a lot more involved, utilizing wood and screws, and requiring drilling and other more advanced handyman-type skills.

And so what if the resulting pictures are a bit blurry or the colors look a bit odd, when it’s about the overall ‘experience’? Happily there’s no need to glue this one, however, as the disparate parts either snap together or are assembled using provided screws and tightly coiled springs. All the parts referred to with the prefix ‘B’ in the instruction manual are not to be found on any frame, however, and are loose in the box. But, as Lomography rightly points out, the Konstruktor wouldn't be much fun if it were too easy to build. A perfect camera for shutterbugs, hipsters, analog-lovers, curious learners, and DIY enthusiasts, the Woodsum camera comes in 3 different retro colors to choose from!

Generally to date we’ve enjoyed the low-tech approach and affordability of Lomography’s products, which goes some way to alleviate occasional handling frustrations and hit-and-miss results from the at times toy-like gear.

As an insight into camera assembly and the components that make up a film SLR, plus a means of whiling away a few hours, the Lomography Konstruktor works well. Some had been pre-assembled, and were thus missing from the plastic frame on which we were expecting to find them. There is a lot of competition out there for the highest resolution cameras, with some of the best medium format camera giants like Hassleblad, Phase One and Fujifilm waging a constant battle for megapixel supremacy. Like a piece of origami, the inter-leaved, inter-locking cardboard box design unfurls itself to reveal the components neatly compartmentalized before us.He has also written for a wide range of publications including T3, BBC Focus, Empire, NME, Radio Times, MacWorld, Computer Active, What Digital Camera and the Rough Guide books. Once the camera is built, all you need to do is add 35mm film (not included) and you can take those old school photos. But I quickly realized that, for an amateur like myself, copying and pasting code into a terminal was a game of chance, and one in which I had very little luck. Stereo pinhole kit 35mm stereo/3D pinhole Sold under the Recesky and Gakken brands, this stereoscopic 35mm pinhole camera kit may or may not be currently available. Sure, I might have preferred for more of the challenge to come from complex design rather than a vague set of instructions, but it felt good to finally have the completed camera in my hand.