Obscura MK I0%
Light, remembered214 parts

The MK I  ·  Light, remembered

OBSCURA

A mechanical camera built to be taken apart and understood, then put back together and forgotten again.

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Light arrives once.

Glass bends it, brass holds it,

and a shutter decides

how much of it you keep.

Element INine glass lenses
IrisTwelve blades
PrismFull spectrum
Assembly214 parts total

Every part, remembered.

It closes in the order it opened. Nothing is left over — that is the whole of the engineering.

Brass keeps a record of every hand that turned it.

Engraved, not printed. The numerals wear down at the stops you use most.

Two hundred and fourteen
parts, individually numbered.

Specification
Format
35mm, full frame
Optical
9 elements / 6 groups
Iris
12 blades, ƒ1.4–ƒ22
Prism
Leaded glass, hand-cut
Shutter
Cloth, 1s – 1/1000
Body
Matte brass, black
Mass
612 g
Edition
214 per year

Request the MK I

Each body is assembled by one person and carries their mark inside the base plate. Allow nine months. We write once, when yours is on the bench.