![]() ![]() Scanning film is great for archival purposes as well as sharing said photos digitally. ![]() Posted in classic hacks Tagged camera, film camera, medium format We’d love to see more of them, though we expect few of them to go to the lengths this aluminium one did. We still think it’s worthy of featuring at this stage though, because it serves to illustrate that building a camera is not impossible. There’s a snag of course, that the STLs are not yet available We say not yet, because this comes with a detailed explanation in that further work is required on the shutter and a more commonly available lens is found rather than a one-off. It’s heavily reminiscent of the Holga and Lomo plastic cameras that have carved a niche for themselves, and it gives the same photographic effects from its dubious quality optics. The camera has a plastic 3D printed body and a single meniscus lens, and perhaps most interestingly, a 3D printed shutter too. Among them is Reddit user, who has produced their own medium format camera for 120 roll film. There is still a bonanza of second-hand cameras from the days when it was king to be found, but for some photographers it’s preferable to experiment with their own designs. Film photography may now be something so outdated as to be unknown to our younger readers, but as an analogue medium it has enjoyed a steady enthusiast revival. ![]()
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