Introducing my YELLOW gakkenflex camera, made by myself and my friends over the weekend. (And I have photos taken with it too for tomorrow's post, which means it worked and I am excited!)
I'd seen photos taken with this camera by my fellow camera enthusiast friends Unai and Cesar and they both used it for their photoswap photos too (see here and here.) I was totally captivated by the idea that it was a camera that you built yourself from a kit and I knew that I had to have one and luckily I got one for my birthday from these lovely ladies (they spoil me).
So here are some photos of us putting it together for your amusement.
{the shutter, just 4 bits of plastic and 3 springs, so clever!}
Ta da!! And to finish off, some fun (kind of) TTV photos...
This camera was so fun to put together, especially as some of the instructions weren't translated correctly (right was left, left was right etc) so we had to guess a lot from the photos but I highly recommend it if you want to try it.
Also the yellow is amazing... I love it so much!
p.s. I'm totally rocking the sock bun and also I have new red boots which I love.
p.p.s. the shutter sounds amazing, especially as I know how it works now.
Seems like everyone has one of these, and they look so cool. I should probably get one. :]
ReplyDeleteAh, fantastic post! Love it! I've been meaning to get my little mitts on one of these kits :)
ReplyDeleteI love my recesky gakkenflex, and I'm sure you will too! It was a nice learning experience building it as well.
ReplyDeletethat is so cool. love it!
ReplyDeletewhoa! that is really, really cool! i was super fascinated by this.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a bundle of fun!
ReplyDeleteDo the photos turn out similar to lomography pictures ?
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oh my gosh this is AMAZING. i am dying to buy one, and also try out pinhole photography :)
ReplyDeleteWow-o that looks difficult - I'm not an IKEA fan myself but the results were so great I feel like i must give it a go.
ReplyDeletep.s. Big love for the sock bun. Although I felt a little embarrassed about it today while trying to explain to my hairdresser why a sock was hiding in my hair hehe.
that is sooo cool! you built your own camera! and I love the pictures as well of your latest post, amazing!! can you build one for me as well?? :)
ReplyDeletevery cool. i think this would be such a neat thing to do because then you'd really understand how a camera works. recently, at the high school where i work, i saw the students outside with their handmade light boxes.
ReplyDeletethis is so cool.
ReplyDeleteIsn't it great? I use 200 film, what are you using with it?
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