Make Your Own SLR

more skill in his little finger than i have in my whole body.
 
Very interesting read that! Wish I could do such a thing, if I take a screwdriver to anything it usually ends up broken :p
 
Thmaga said:
Very interesting read that! Wish I could do such a thing, if I take a screwdriver to anything it usually ends up broken :p
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The builder seems to have a similar problem with breaking stuff......

"My repairs are Boolean, it’s either a complete success or a complete failure. My success rate is about 50%."

He certainly knows a thing or two about engineering - the images are amazing for a home made camera.
 
His videos; shame he doesn't use a better camera for the article.

Who was it who said a camera body is just a light-proof box?
 
Wow, some skill in that man.

Steve
 
That is fantastic, really great. I am waiting for the follow up article on building your own CCD. I think I might build a MF one. :exit:
 
That is pretty cool, shows some dedication!
 
Wow! that's stunning!
The only thing I can make is a mess:shake:

I liked this quote; " “Why lenses are you going to use?” I don’t have the arrogance to create a homemade lens – I might make one alright, but just for fun. "
and the fact it is serial 001 of 1000.

We tend to forget this is how everything was made before the advent of computerised factories.
 
In one way, I hate people like that, and another Im completey amazed by them.

I wouldnt even know where to start or how to, and he just knocks out a camera in 500 hours.

Like that bloke that handmde a fully working small scale Ferrari. Just crazy the skills these guys have.
I cant even put up a shelf without something going wrong.
 
Time to dust off the lathe and get cracking! If only I had the time.

It is great to see that there are still people around that can produce this level of engineering without having to resort to meetings and subcontracting.

The photos themselves seemed to have a lovely quality to them. I guess a fair bit of that is the lenses not the camera.
 
Fascinating! He must have the patience of a saint. I'm now even more certain that I'd rather spend my cash on a ready made one than my time creating one from scratch.
 
Its not just the skill do to it thats amazing, but the patience and determination.
 
Thank you Chris,
It's a fantastic information. The guy has a beautiful workmanship with a systematic engineering system built into it.
 
superb - however if that was my project, the 3 drum things right at the beginning would be inserted in the cats bottom and I'd have smashed the rest after 5 minutes.:bonk:
 
Very good.

Thanks for posting.
 
wicked :thumbs:
 
That's one amazing job. Just looking at the pics, it seems to build it's quite straight forward process.
 
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