For those of us who hack old cameras, the 3D printer has undoubtedly been a boon. High precision, or at least consistent precision, lightproof enclosures can be easily made and reproduced for others. As a result there are quite a few printable cameras out there, and we’ve featured our share here. We didn’t realize just how many there are without the work of [Sebastian] though, as he’s gathered together every one he can find in a glorious catalog of homemade photographic construction.
As a snapshot of the world of home made cameras it’s refreshing to see such a wide range of designs. There are pinholes aplenty as well as cameras using lenses from scavanged point and shoots through 35mm SLR, medium format, and even one using a Micro Four Thirds compact digital camera lens. For film there’s 35mm and 120 as well as large format, but we’re pleased to see a few instant cameras in there. Some of the models in the list are paid-for designs but most of them are free, so you probably won’t need any encouragement to make yourself a camera!
Unless we missed something, we didn’t see any movie cameras in the list. With 35mm and 16mm models to be found, we hope some of them make it.
This definitely inspired me to figure out how to print my own camera! Recently got my first good camera but it will be worth it to see were this path goes maybe as a supplementary camera and possibly as a gift. Thanks!
This is awesome. I’ll definitely peruse this for some inspiration. I hope more people take up archiving like this
Im certainly a big fan, and every project i could think of has been included which is an amazing sign.
Now i just need to dust off my printer and make a 6×6
Excellent post. I’d just been on the analog.cafe site looking at the gingerbread camera with a sugar lens, and before that ebay buying a 45 year old Nikon lens. So today is a camera day for me and this post gave me to pull out my Prusa. Hackaday – never leaves me a day without something new to rattle about this old noggin.