This Clever, Customizable Pinhole Camera System Can Do Just About Anything [Video]

Photographer Ralph Man developed a highly versatile new pinhole camera system, the Mania MFZ, which stands for “Multiformat Zoom.”

The German creator has been a photographer for 27 years and has extensive carpentry experience. The Mania MFZ combines these various skills into one versatile camera system.

Debuting on Kickstarter, the Mania MFZ is a pinhole camera system that promises to “expand the boundaries of pinhole camera capabilities many times over.” In view of this ambitious goal, the Mania MFZ is compatible with a wide range of negative film formats, such as 6×6, 6×12, 6×17, 4×5, and more, and users can change the effective focal length in 20mm increments from 35mm up to 135mm and beyond. “This makes it possible to change the angle of view and the perspective effect of the different ‘focal lengths’ in combination with all negative formats,” Man says.

Alongside these features, the Mania MFZ works with various front …