[HN Gopher] One camera in 9 forms: a 3D printed modular medium f...
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       One camera in 9 forms: a 3D printed modular medium format film
       camera body
        
       Author : giuliomagnifico
       Score  : 41 points
       Date   : 2021-09-10 09:51 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | tucosan wrote:
       | Fors anyone know if there are any digital sensor options
       | available for the Goodman Zone? I like the idea of a 3D printed
       | camera, but I really don't like the idea of having to go back yo
       | analog film.
        
         | devb wrote:
         | It looks like the camera uses a Mamiya RB67 back. You can get
         | an adapter from various places (e.g. http://www.silvestricamera
         | .com/assets/files/7006_7012_Mamiya...) to act as an interface
         | between a Hasselblad V-compatible digital back and the camera.
        
           | JKCalhoun wrote:
           | Not gonna be cheap!
        
       | yboris wrote:
       | Direct link to retailer creating the "Goodman Zone" camera:
       | https://doragoodman.com/goodlab-project/goodman-zone-medium-...
        
       | raihansaputra wrote:
       | This is a great thing to be able to print a functioning camera,
       | and especially excited to see the DIY Instax back there. Medium
       | Format cameras are big and chunky, but there's just a sense of
       | space (or technically just the shallower DoF) that you can't get
       | from a 35mm.
        
         | JKCalhoun wrote:
         | I have a few medium format film cameras. I was also excited
         | about the Instax back since Polaroid film stocks appear to be
         | gone (I believe the remaining Polaroid stock are now hoarded in
         | cold storage by people smart enough to grab the last of it).
         | 
         | I can only dream about a time when you could easily shoot B&W
         | Polaroid in medium format or larger. They're practically giving
         | away the Polaroid film backs on eBay. I should pick one up for
         | each of my modulars in case some enterprising soul should
         | decide to start up Polaroid film production again. (Reminds me
         | of the older Hi-Fi vacuum tube variants ... they certainly have
         | a longer shelf life though than film.)
        
           | Finnucane wrote:
           | I sold my Polaroid backs when I could still get a few bucks
           | for them. But now I am waiting on a Lomo graflex Instax back!
           | 
           | I had an RB67 kit for a while. Awesome camera but beastly. I
           | ended up trading it for a Hasselblad.
        
             | JKCalhoun wrote:
             | Gave my RB67 to my daughter. It is an anvil. Picked up a
             | Bronica and that suits me better.
        
         | i_am_proteus wrote:
         | It's not lighter or smaller than a TLR and it doesn't have a
         | focusing device.
         | 
         | If there were some way to couple a rangefinder, I'd be
         | interested. There's a reason, though, that medium-format
         | rangefinder cameras cost $thousands.
        
           | JKCalhoun wrote:
           | Seeing some inexpensive Russian (Kiev, Moskva) medium-format
           | rangefinder cameras on eBay (maybe these are no good?, never
           | shot one). The Fuji GS and GW cameras can be found for <$1K
           | and are pretty highly regarded.
        
       | throwaway81523 wrote:
       | Oh Petapixel. This is an interesting article and a cool camera
       | concept, and it's fine that the article is sponsored by the
       | camera shop, but it is written like an ad in some places while
       | more neutrally in other places. If it were one or the other it
       | would be fine. The present version is a bit painful to read.
        
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