Elvis (ONDU founder) replied to my request for clarification about the discontinuation of his pinhole cameras a few days ago, but I only had the chance to post his response now. In any case, it repeats what he had earlier posted publically —
“…I want to focus on large format cameras and other projects in the future.
There’s a bunch of stock to go around for some months, depending on how many people want to snatch them now.
But I feel like I’d like to give other projects a go. If I find a solution for outsourcing (which is unlikely from my experience), I might keep going but in any case, this amount of variations and so on will not happen again. It was too much work for me, and after 12 years of making this, I feel like it’s time for a change. I will focus a bit on the large format cameras and wetplate / dryplate gear, but that’s it for now.”
Dmitri Feb 12, ‘25