About Classical Eye
A practical project for film photographers and makers
Classical Eye exists to support film photography, especially large-format, medium-format, 35mm, pinhole, and 3d-printed camera work. It connects FinderView with useful articles, historical research, large-format technique, and practical tool pages that photographers can return to while working.
The project
Product, articles, and field knowledge in one place
Classical Eye is meant to be dependable rather than noisy. The site should help photographers frame, meter, plan, build, repair, research, and work through technical questions with useful detail and clear language.
FinderView
An Android app built around practical use
FinderView is the main product: an Android app that helps with framing, exposure, metering, lenses, film formats, bellows extension, depth of field, hyperfocal distance, pinhole work, and related photographic calculations.
Large-format and beyond
Technique for working photographers
Core topics include large-format workflow, medium-format and 35mm practice, pinhole methods, lens choice, exposure, and the mechanics behind accurate framing and focus.
Making and repair
Bellows, cameras, and workshop craft
Classical Eye should also support articles on bellows production, DIY camera making, 3d-printed camera work, and the kinds of small fabrication problems photographers often solve for themselves.
Research and reference
Historical cameras and useful calculators
The site has room for historical camera research, practical reference material, and calculators that support decisions about lenses, formats, bellows extension, depth of field, and pinhole work.