The Pinsta is a pinhole camera where you typically shoot directly onto photographic paper in the camera — Harman Direct Positive paper, if you want a positive image — then develop the image in the camera.

The process can be a little tricky to master as photographic paper has a far narrower latitude than photographic film. Meaning that if you don’t get the exposure right, either the light areas are overexposed, or the darker areas turn to black.

This gallery is a few images I shot in St Ives, Cornwall, May 2025. Most of these are just phone pictures of the prints in the camera.

If you’ve used the Pinsta camera or have wise words regarding using Harman Direct Positive paper, I’d love to hear from you.