PetaPixel Smaller is Better: My Tiny Wooden Wet Plate Camera


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A hand holding a small wooden pinhole camera with brass fittings and a cylindrical lens. The camera has a simple, boxy design with a polished finish. The background is black, providing contrast to the camera's warm wood tones.

When it comes to camera’s they can come in all shapes and sizes. I want to tell the story of this little, as I call it “Klein Special”, wood box wet plate camera made by my good friend Kevin Klein in Valley City, North Dakota. Coincidently “Klein” means “small” in German. Something that I was unaware of at the time of giving the camera its name.

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