Halvane

Journal

Journal

Notes from the workshop and the field. Written by the people who design, build and use the H1.

Field notes / 2026-02-24

A winter in Thy with the 28 mm

Eleven weeks on the west coast of Jutland, one lens, and what the cold did to our battery numbers.

Optics / 2025-10-07

Forty millimetres, twenty-two long

How the pancake went through seven prototypes before it was allowed to be thin.

Design / 2025-05-13

Why the H1 has no mode dial

Three dials, each with an A. The reasoning behind the top plate.