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A DIY photographer built his own full-frame camera and open-sourced the project

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Re: A DIY photographer built his own full-frame camera and open-sourced the project

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Post by dylan604 »

altruios wrote: post #10
dylan604 wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Potentially allowing you to choose which mount? Then again, the model might need adjustment to allow the proper distance for the selected mount type.

will* (Almost?) all mounts have their own focal distance from the backplane. I don't know of any two that share the same distance.

with the use of shims, BMD cameras can switch out their mount from EF, PL, or B4 options. so it could be designed with this style in mind, and even make a link to BMD's site to purchase their kit of shims

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Post by tecleandor »

tomcam wrote: post #4

The comment that captured my attention: SafariBob Meh... This is so easy to do. Anyone with moderate lego skills can put this together in an afternoon. HN reader found in the wild?

I think he's reviewing the wrong camera... https://petapixel.com/2024/08/12/this-lego-camera-is-a-real-...

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Post by slicktux »

persnickety wrote: post #15

I wish there was a way to buy the hardware and get on with the project. Does it run Linux?

Someone linked the GitHub. That should have the PCB grbr files; maybe you can get them made yourself and just buy the discrete/processor components from DigiKey. Also, DigiKey red makes PCBs.

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Post by achennupati »

I wonder how difficult it would be to do this with something like an old A7RII - there seems to be a good amount of older Sony A-series cameras with some kind of display or motherboard issues on ebay, but otherwise perfectly functional sensors

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Post by justinclift »

jojobas wrote: post #14

Who needs full-frame when you can macguyver a large format camera? https://www.flickr.com/photos/projectese/albums/721576231876...

That'd be an interesting subsequent follow-up variation for this camera project. Adding a motor and sliding rail, plus software support. :)

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Post by scrps »

tomcam wrote: post #4

The comment that captured my attention: SafariBob Meh... This is so easy to do. Anyone with moderate lego skills can put this together in an afternoon. HN reader found in the wild?

I saw that as well. Can't tell if SafariBob is trolling or if he usually does afternoon lego projects with home built pick and place machines, reflow ovens, FPGAs, custom flex PCBs, C++ and verilog... But if he does I am deeply interested.
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