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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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