OPENREFLEX: World's First 3D Printable SLR Camera

3D printable OpenReflex SLR camera

The things are growing old when you look at your old  pictures and starts remembering those memories. Now, it's the time of 3D printable SLR camera, the Openreflex.

Léo Marius has come up with a 3D printable SLR camera that includes a mirror viewfinder,completely open-source, a fixed 1/60s exposure and a mechanical shutter release button. By using custom ring mounts, Marius says that more or less any lens can be attached.

OpenReflex includes a mirror viewfinder,completely open-source, a fixed 1/60s exposure and a mechanical shutter release button.

An OpenReflex requires access to a a 3D printer that can print ABS, a CNC cutting tool, some miscellaneous parts and accessories(including the film receiver, shutter and viewfinder), around 15 hours to print the whole thing, and then an hour to assemble it.

Clearly, you can't print the entire camera, and so a few other bits and pieces (such as a mirror and some screws and bolts) need to be bought. Marius puts the material costs, including the ABS, at under €25 ($32).

Marius puts the material costs, including the ABS, at under €25 ($32)

The designs are available under a Creative Commons license, and Marius encourages other designers to tweak the OpenReflex and share their modifications on the web. If there's enough interest, Marius is considering launching a crowdfunding campaign to sell the camera for about €50 (US$65) a time.

EIGHT STAGE PROCESS TO TAKE A FRAME:

1. Prepare your picture frame, with you lens at full aperture, look into the viewfinder to set the frame and the   

    focus right.

2. Measure light and change the aperture of you lens by the optimal one.

3. Prime the shutter, pull on the ShutterActuator and set it in high position.

4. Lifts up the mirror using the MirrorAcuator.

5. Open the BackShutter by pulling it up.

6. Hold your breath and push quickly the ShutterActuator trying to not shake the camera too much due to 

    emotion.

7. Close the BackShutter.

8. Turn the RewinderButton a bit for the next picture.

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Write by: RC - Tuesday, July 9, 2013