Photographer’s Notes

Sharan USA asked Susan Kroeter, a gifted pinholer from New York, to test drive the STD35. She shot over 12 rolls of film for us. While Susan shots mostly nature landscapes with a 4x5 (fill in here), she found the STD35’s compacted size made it easy to carry along offering creative opportunities everyday. Her results were terrific in our unbias
Judgement! Here’s what she had to say about the STD35 Pinhole Camera.

“The STD35 is very easy to use. Lightweight, easy to carry with exposure times printed on its back, meaning no need for a light meter. (The exposure times are accurate, but I always erred on the side of
overexposure when shooting negative film). There is one quirk about the camera. The rewind and advance spools are sturdy and work well, but make sure the film always has tension. Sometimes the film goes slack on either side. It resuls in double exposures or only half a frame advancing, again double exposure. I fixed this by holding the rewind knob in place with a rubber band. In general, compare to lugging my 4x5 with me, the STD35 is great fun. It’s simple side shutter and compact size outweighs the small quirk. I cannot recommend it enough. Ok, yea, I was paid to test it, but honestly this would be a handy edition to your pinhole collection.”

Susan has technical notes for some of the shots she took that are posted here. Click here to view them.