ep138 - Sony Alpha Rumors' Andrea Pizzini’s Walk-In Camera: Wall-Size Photos, No Pixel Count – CineD Focus Check

Can you imagine stepping inside your camera — which is actually a tent — and seeing the very same sheet of material that captured the light hanging on a gallery wall as a photograph? In this special episode of Focus Check, Sony Alpha Rumor's runner Andrea Pizzini explains how he makes single, unrepeatable color photographs up to 127x220cm in size. The story behind the camera is a deeply personal one, and Andrea talks candidly about the events that led him to leave the project behind—and eventually return to it.

► Follow Andrea's project: andreapizzini.com

Topics and Chapters in this Episode:

(00:00:00) Intro: Andrea Pizzini and the Cube camera project
(00:00:29) Running Sony Alpha Rumors, the world's biggest rumour site
(00:02:00) How it started: 43 Rumors and the mirrorless revolution
(00:03:21) Who is Andrea? From the Dolomites to documentary filmmaking
(00:05:43) A difficult childhood and the urge to get out
(00:07:40) Discovering cameras at the age of 12
(00:08:39) Twelve and a half years without sleep – and why the blogs saved him
(00:11:59) Meeting Christian Martinelli
(00:14:13) Building the Cube: a two-metre camera obscura
(00:15:32) Losing Christian
(00:16:52) Friends convince Andrea to rebuild the project
(00:18:57) How it works: lens, panel, paper and developer
(00:21:06) The giant Nikon process lens from eBay
(00:24:06) A focus system built by a former SpaceX engineer
(00:26:04) No pixels: how much resolution is in these images?
(00:27:29) The last photo paper left – and turning a negative into a positive
(00:29:58) Developing the image in 45 minutes
(00:30:42) Looking at the prints in the studio
(00:34:21) Artist or explorer?
(00:36:03) Finding peace through photography
(00:38:14) What if it becomes famous?
(00:40:55) The future of Sony Alpha Rumors
(00:41:50) Could it get smaller – or even shoot video?
(00:45:32) Stay true to reality
(00:47:07) A tribute to Christian: his developing machine
(00:49:55) Does the project have a name?
(00:50:20) Where to follow Andrea's project

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