Lomography - Konstruktor DIY Kit

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com are the exclusive property of the named author (except where stated otherwise) and are protected by copyright. As camera-makers trim their point-and-shoot lines in the face of encroaching smartphones, one company is keeping the faith and doing what it's done for the past three decades.Since everything is die-cut from the factory, there’s no debate about whether the constructee is stuck with the blunt safety scissors or gets to use the big people scissors from the kitchen drawer (which they think are aces but we think of as infuriatingly dull). We found it best to hold the lens firmly in place with one hand while making adjustments with the other; otherwise it’s all too easy to accidentally unscrew the lens, as this isn’t a piece of precision equipment we’re working with. A problem with extremely wide angle pinhole cameras is that they are difficult to cover and uncover without getting in the way of the light. Hooking it onto the necessary parts is a task fiddly enough to quicken the pace of a heart surgeon, but from the instructions you'd expect it to be as simple as hanging a coat on a rack. And if you want to go beyond assembling cameras from kits, you can try this pattern for a laser-cut acrylic camera, or 3D print one like the terraPin 2HT stereo pinhole camera.

The process of designing and building a camera may seem daunting, but with a little patience and the help of this Instructable and some further reading, you'll be able to do it. In constructing it, you’ll begin to understand the intricate mechanics behind the analogue photos you shoot and have a ton of fun in the process. Many places don't take it any more, or they mail it out to be developed and charge you a lot of money. Electrical tape can be used for cracks and edges, and felt or foam can be glued on to seal the removable opening. Medium format can be tricky to work with because it comes rolled on a spool instead of inside at canister like 35mm.Impossible Polaroid paper camera kit Paper model Another non-functional offering, the Impossible Project’s Polaroid Classic DIY Paper Camera Kit is a set of 6 different miniature paper cameras you can assemble, and a “set of mini faux Polaroid images that develop under moderate heat. All the parts referred to with the prefix ‘B’ in the instruction manual are not to be found on any frame, however, and are loose in the box.

Suitable for children aged 14 and above, the EIGHT Build Your Own Classic Camera Kit is the perfect starter project for aspiring creators and can serve as a wonderful learning tool for those who love electronics and how they work. It does work fairly well in low light conditions but the brighter the camera location the better the video quality will be. The reason that I built a curved film plane camera is because the pinhole I bought produced a 150 degree image. However, before you build a camera, it's often helpful to have an idea of where cameras came from in the first place. At first I was upset, I spent all this time putting together the rattly little tub and this was how it rewarded me?Then mount the spools on either side of this piece, so when the film is run across from one to the other, it will be held flat across this plate. In the digital world in which we take the complexity behind inventions for granted, there is something deceptively simple about the analogue camera. We quickly discovered that the instructions in its glossy booklet didn’t 100% marry up with the parts presented before us. From the light reflectors to the lenses, everything will make much more sense when you've assembled it yourself (and that can only mean better photos! If I put down the camera in the middle of shooting a roll, I'd have no idea how many pictures I had left — even if the film had wound on correctly.