A 3D Printing 8x10 Pinhole Camera

[3S-KR]

International pinhole day is coming up in April 2020.

There was a crazy team that wasn't content to make 4x5 pinhole cameras. Now they have an 8x10 pinhole camera.

Almost all parts are made by 3D printing. It can photo with a lens as well as a pinhole. It's the same as the design concept of 4x5 COSMOS. When you use Nikon 120 / 8 lens, there is a very nice hyper-focal distance which everything from about 2 meters to 20 meters should be in focus.
The lens board is SINAR type. For the convenience of use, thay also designed a SINAR to LINHOF adapter，it is also made of 3D printing.

——This crazy team, it's us.

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[Tin Can]

Stay crazy!

In this crazy world

If possible can you combine shipping on a few of of your products?

Shipping has become much more expensive, everywhere...

[Drew Bedo]

Amazing! What the TravelWide could have become.

Are these available for sale?

Will you publish the 3D files for DIY?

[Pete Roody]

Amazing! What the TravelWide could have become.

Are these available for sale?

Will you publish the 3D files for DIY?

It’s for sale on the auction site. Do a search for Cosmos 8x10 camera.


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[C. D. Keth]

You couldn't figure out how to make a box except by 3D printing?

3D printing seems much better put to use making parts that are difficult to achieve through traditional means and a box better achieved with any number of processes that are faster, cheaper, and maybe stronger than 3D printed plastic.

[3S-KR]

Stay crazy!

In this crazy world

If possible can you combine shipping on a few of of your products?

Shipping has become much more expensive, everywhere...

Yes, Tin! We have more crazy plans, but we will do it step by step.

Of course we can combine shipping.Economic express delivery is usually slow and only accepts light and heavy ones. If it is overweight or bulky, you can only choose international express delivery such as DHL or EMS. Although the cost is a little more expensive, it is more secure and faster.You can send us a message to ask for combined shipment.

[3S-KR]

Amazing! What the TravelWide could have become.

Are these available for sale?

Will you publish the 3D files for DIY?

Hello Drew !

Our 3D data will not be fully disclosed for the time being, because we will also improve the camera. If it is not for mass production and marketing, but for personal DIY, we can provide data of some parts.

As we don't want to talk too much about business here, so we won't post sales links.

[3S-KR]

We like to interact with friends and hope that more friends can participate in the discussion.

Thank!

[Tin Can]

Thank you, friend!

[3S-KR]

It’s for sale on the auction site. Do a search for Cosmos 8x10 camera.


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Thanks, peta!

Thank you for your attention.

In China, there is a large format photographer's party every year. More than 200 people attended the party last October. We made this camera before the event and gave it as a gift to the organizer.

[Tin Can]

Let's not forget, World Pinhole Day, The next pinhole day is April 26, 2020

https://pinholeday.org/

I have never participated as I always forget

This year I will post Pinhole Images on site above and I think we have a couple threads on this forum

[Roger Thoms]

Mr Tin Can, I will try and send you a reminder. It’s a fun event and I bet it will be very popular this year. Just an idea, you should make a pinhole camera out of a tin can. :)

Roger

[Tin Can]

Thanks Roger!

My first LF image made 21 years ago by A Tin Can Pinhole. I think I posted this recently...

A selfie made during a Darkroom college class, which got me back on the film track, then stuck on Digi until I got here on this forum, 2011.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49389351783_fdf4afb1f5_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2ifnkzZ)Pinhole selfie 1998 2020-01-15-0001 (https://flic.kr/p/2ifnkzZ) by TIN CAN COLLEGE (https://www.flickr.com/photos/tincancollege/), on Flickr

[paulbarden]

Those look like injection moulded parts to me, not 3D printed. (Unless you have VERY different 3D printing tools from what the rest of the world uses)

[3S-KR]

You couldn't figure out how to make a box except by 3D printing?

3D printing seems much better put to use making parts that are difficult to achieve through traditional means and a box better achieved with any number of processes that are faster, cheaper, and maybe stronger than 3D printed plastic.

There are many materials for making cameras, such as metal, wood, plastic and carbon fiber, and there are various processing methods. In recent years, 3D printing has been widely used.

In our vision, the positioning of cosmos 8x10 is light, simple and cheap. We have discussed several manufacturing methods to achieve this positioning. If it's metal processing, we need to use CNC to process these large-scale parts, the cost will be very high, which does not meet our requirements; if it's die-casting, the cost will be very high if the output is not large; we have no plan to produce this camera on a large scale, and finally, we think of 3D printing. We wanted a light and easy 8x10 camera, so we didn't choose wood or metal, which is solid but heavy. Finally, we chose composite plastic for 3D printing.

If it is a large-scale project, we will not choose 3D printing. In fact, 3D printing takes more time and its single piece cost is higher.

We like to interact with friends and hope that more friends can participate in the discussion.

Thank！

[John Layton]

Injection molding would take a huge scale up (in product numbers) to make it financially feasible. CNC would actually be somewhat more cost effective with slightly smaller numbers...but I think that for the numbers you'd likely be dealing with, and considering the simplicity of your design...your composite 3D process makes perfect sense.

[3S-KR]

Let's not forget, World Pinhole Day, The next pinhole day is April 26, 2020

https://pinholeday.org/

I have never participated as I always forget

This year I will post Pinhole Images on site above and I think we have a couple threads on this forum

It's like me. It's like a trick magic. I always remember the date of pinhole day before it comes, but always forget it at that day.

I didn't notice that there are related threads in the forum. Could you send links?

[3S-KR]

Thanks Roger!

My first LF image made 21 years ago by A Tin Can Pinhole. I think I posted this recently...

A selfie made during a Darkroom college class, which got me back on the film track, then stuck on Digi until I got here on this forum, 2011.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49389351783_fdf4afb1f5_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2ifnkzZ)Pinhole selfie 1998 2020-01-15-0001 (https://flic.kr/p/2ifnkzZ) by TIN CAN COLLEGE (https://www.flickr.com/photos/tincancollege/), on Flickr

It was inconceivable 21 years ago that Tin was so young.

We also made some pinhole accessories for digital cameras, like pinhole camera body cap, so that friends who like pinhole photography can also take photos with digital cameras.

[3S-KR]

Those look like injection moulded parts to me, not 3D printed. (Unless you have VERY different 3D printing tools from what the rest of the world uses)

3D printing also has precision. Generally, the precision of small machines is not too high, only small parts can be printed, and the printing traces are relatively obvious, showing rough workmanship. The processing factory we entrust is specialized in producing all kinds of plastic samples. For their equipment, it's not difficult to print our camera, so our finished products can be so excellent.

[Tin Can]

some 'sharpshoot' what others do

few make new ways

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