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3d printed Cameradactyl Homonculus 69
There are several camera manufacturers making 3d printed cameras. Using the term manufacturers lightly. Some are a just a one person operation. But they are all making some very interesting cameras. Actually, camera bodies. Many are medium format using Mamiya Press lenses or large format lenses and Mamiya RB67, Horseman, or Graflex medium format graflok backs. With different backs you can shoot 6x9, 6x7, 6x6, or 6x4.5. This is a Homonculus 69 printed by Cameradactyl. Cameradactyl is the brainchild of the mad camera designer Ethan Moses. I've been attracted to pano formats. I've done a little work with a 6x17...
Photo of the day
This is a scanned image. The objects were place on the scanner glass and the scanner became the camera.
Photo of the day
Zoom into this. Really zoom into this. You can use your scroll wheel. And click on those four arrows on the upper right to make it full screen. This is a 284 megapixel image. If I printed this out at 300 pixels per inch (normal print resolution) it would be 1.8 feet wide and 12 feet long. I used a 12 megapixel Olympus Pen Mini and a 1950s vintage 100mm Canon rangefinder lens to take this picture.