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Homemade camera toys

Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2019 2:46 am
by Sandeha
Camera makers/modders will be interested in this review in Popular Photography of a zine by the Homemade Camera Podcast people ...
HomemadeCameraZineno1.jpg
https://www.popphoto.com/homemade-camera-zine/?fbclid=IwAR18vnZJ5LzMvX5R_Iqi0Pt5WigVkZpXRwqHbIes8mjRq0uZUY7e-igcpS8

It's a short excerpt (where they struggle to get my name right) of the first Homemade Camera Zine No.1, which is available as a pdf from here ...

www.homemadecamera.com/the-zine/

but can also be pre-ordered as a print version from CameraDactylfor $10 +pp. European buyers should select the postal option carefully as the total is $23.

https://www.cameradactyl.com/homemadecamerapodcast/homemade-camera-zine-no1

They are also active in various groups in FB and have IG accounts.

https://www.instagram.com/grahamhomemadecamera/
https://www.instagram.com/cameradactyl/
https://www.instagram.com/avynick/

Re: Homemade camera toys

Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2019 7:32 am
by GrahamS
Thanks Sandeha.

Re: Homemade camera toys

Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2019 7:40 am
by melek
It's very interesting how hobbyists are doing really creative things with photography. This is one of the positive sides of the Internet, allowing people to share ideas and creations.

"Mr. Garden," how did you make those brass knobs for your camera?

Yeah - they definitely messed up on the last name.

Re: Homemade camera toys

Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2019 9:18 am
by Sandeha
The knobs are made up of machine nuts and bolts and a judicious selection of brass tubing sizes I picked up from a craft shop. With lashings of Araldite Metal they've held together very well. :D

Re: Homemade camera toys

Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2019 11:12 am
by Julio1fer
Thanks Sandeha for the links and information.

Re: Homemade camera toys

Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2019 3:17 pm
by alexvaras
I wish I can take a closer look of the first link but images are not correctly loaded.
The others are really interesting, thank you, Sandeha, one more time :)

Re: Homemade camera toys

Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2019 9:43 pm
by PFMcFarland
Thank you for the info, Sandeha. I've been following your work on Flickr, and it has inspired me to hang on to that A16 back from my short foray into Hasselblad territory, for incorporating into either a pinhole camera, or something more conventional.

PF

Re: Homemade camera toys

Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2020 4:59 am
by Sandeha
Just out yesterday - The Homemade Camera Podcast, podcast E44 ...

Tbh, the three of us didn't stick to just cameras but went over fabrication and sculpting issues as well. If I do another I'll have to spend a bit of time on adapting roll-film-backs.

http://homemadecamera.com/e44-sandeha-l ... 7zrjsvEADM

Re: Homemade camera toys

Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2020 9:08 pm
by LarryD
I need to dig out the Frakencamera one of these days.