Lomography - Konstruktor DIY Kit

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The devices were widely used in television and film companies for years, and even NASA began using a form of this technology with satellites and space probes. Perfect for Do-It-Yourself lovers and those interested in learning, understanding and experiencing how analogue photography works, the Konstruktor F is a fully-functional 35mm SLR camera that you can easily build at home.

With a kit camera like the Haynes, you can hardly appreciate the charm of how this camera sees the world with those hazy, bright streaks across your frame. There are even close-up and macro lens attachments available, and a magnifying chimney for the viewfinder.The f-stop value is a relationship between the diameter of the pinhole and the distance to the film. The pinhole lens allows for some eerily beautiful color pictures that have a true vintage feel (something you’d find in obscure Instagram filters), and the overall process helps you understand the basic tenets of photography, like aperture, exposure, shutter speed.

You want to place the holes far enough apart so that when you look through the viewing hole, your head won’t block the light from entering the smaller hole. If you're somebody who likes to take film photographs, you know the satisfaction you get from a film photo that you just don't feel when you use digital.There is a formula to calculate its value based on those two measurements, which will be covered in Step 3. This comprehensive kit provides everything you need to construct your very own fully functional twin lens reflex camera.

Electrical tape can be used for cracks and edges, and felt or foam can be glued on to seal the removable opening. There are endless possibilities with these tiny computers, but for now, I’m happier seeing what everyone on Reddit comes up with rather than trying to create something of my own. This hole formed a sort of lens resulting in a projection on the opposite wall of the scene outside. Since the pinhole is round, the light passing through it forms a cone-shape on the inside of the camera.The Lens x Pinhole Experiment Camera also has a screen that can be used to view the image projected by the lens in place of using film, so it’s a real educational opportunity if you’re hoping to help a kid get into photography (please, do this). The selling point here is that the camera makes two frames simultaneously, from two different perspectives. It is also equipped with an uncoupled shutter release and advance, so you can easily produce multiple exposure photos. This is the kind of thing you'll have to calculate out in the field, so doing it in your head semi-accurately is acceptable.

Your camera obscura will work best if you are in a dark room with the holes pointing toward a bright subject. This isn’t explained at the outset and necessitates some detective work on the part of the assembler, in trying to best match the disparate parts with the small images shown in the manual. Hardest part of the assembly is getting the shutter activated but there are some YouTube videos that do a good job of explaining.Perhaps more than any other camera, the Konstruktor embodies the spirit of Lomography's devil-may-care ethos. Something important to note with medium format film, however, is that it is paper-backed and numbered, and these numbers must be followed when rolling because the diameter of the supplying and take-up spools change as the roll is used, so the film position cannot be known by counting the number of knob turns. However you do it, building your own cameras or accessories is a rewarding experience, even if most of the kit cameras produce results that would make a Holga thumb its lens in contempt.