Tony's workbench. Where the Obscura cameras are built, and where whatever comes next gets tried first.

01 · The builds

Custom cameras, built in Japan. Every Obscura camera is a one-off. Here Tony walks through how each one came together, from the first idea to the body that ships.

02 · The process

Sourced, stripped, rebuilt, tested. Each build gets the full story: the parts that went in, what was changed and why, and the first frames that proved it worked.

03 · Released

Then it gets a number. A finished camera joins the register and goes out with a photographer. From there every frame it takes is logged, and you can follow it on the map.

04 · Experiments

Whatever is on the bench next. Tech experiments as they happen: signing inside the camera, new hardware, ideas that may not work yet. Posted here first, finished or not.

Notes from the bench, as they happen.

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