Focal Camera: Lenticular Experiment

This page is about my camera that I built in the Thematic A Focal Camera Workshop

Idea

I wanted to explore making photos similar to the lenticular technique:

Lenticular example

That means I would lasercut a stripe-shaped mask that would be placed in front of the Negative. This shape would be movable between to positions. After exposing the first half I would move the striped shape to the second position and expose the missing parts of the negative. I just have to make sure that the mask will be very close to the photopaper to have sharp edges later on the photo (and of course I have to paint it matte-black like the inner housing of the camera).

This could also be interesting with any other shapes like diagonal stripes, zig-zag lines, circles and so on…

Execution

the lasercut parts

Building the lens

Work in progress

fake leather is protecting the film/transparent paper from light leaks

the finished camera with black tape to prevent light leaks

first film developed with this camera