Another shot of the benson camera

A selfie taken with the benson instant box camera.

The print display/drying rack on the side of the benson.

View through the gg of the instant box cam where you can see the development tray below and the arm hole to the right.

I wrote about my experiences shooting the awesome 100 year old Benson #InstantBoxCam / Afghan box cam on 35mmc. Check it out:

www.35mmc.com/27/12/2025/b...

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A5: I hadn't yet posted directly about this camera because I am writing something up about it. But that will take a while, so might as well post about it here in the meantime.

Instant box cam from the Benson Dry Plate + Camera Co, c. early 1920s (I think).

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Portrait of me outside on a deck.

Best #InstantBoxCam test yet, to go with a new haircut. Shot by my daughter in the evening light. Wide open, f4.5, 1s, rated at 6.

Graded (#2) paper makes a pretty big difference in contrast.

Ready to try out in the world again this weekend, maybe.

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Black and white self portrait positive print, held in my hand.

Another dramatically lit positive print selfie.

On more, but I estimated the angle wrong and cut of the top of my head.

More instant box cam tests.

These are only ok, but I think I have the process down a bit better. Entirely done in-camera.

Arista grade 2 semi matte paper.

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The open rear drawer of my box cam showing a successful negative in a tray of fixer!

The dried and inverted negative clipped to the side of the camera.

Adventures in Instant Box Photography!

This weekend I popped out briefly to a local park to see if I could successfully set up the instant box cam in the wild.

Mixed results, but got one useable photo of an interested passerby and learned several lessons.

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