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Four Awesome Cameras Made from Legos

Chris Gampat
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04/11/2013
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Last Updated on 04/11/2013 by Chris Gampat

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Image by Lego Suzuki. Used with permission

Legos are seriously fun. They not only bring back nostalgic moments, but also inspire us to build new things–and then build them bigger and better. In the photo world, there have been quite a few cameras made from Legos. Many of them actually work and while most of them are film based, some are digital.

Here’s a quick roundup of some Lego cameras that we found around the web.

Editor’s Note: All images in this post were used with permission from the creators

Suzuki’s Lego SLR

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The image above is a camera designed by Lego Suzuki. He is a Flickr user that creates lots of cool things out of Legos–and this camera isn’t the only thing. It looks very much like an old SLR film cam–but we really wish that it worked. Indeed, this is something that we believe that Pentax should put out.

Cary Norton’s Legotron

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Cary Norton created a 4×5 camera out of Legos that went viral a while back. But recently, he updated the camera to incorporate some improvements–such as better ground glass for focusing. And the work that he’s done with it so far is positively stunning.

A 4×5 Lego Camera

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We found this camera on Make–it’s another 4×5 camera partially made from LEGOs. But this one is totally different as there is a working bellows system for focusing.The camera was made by Flickr user Dominique Vankan, who also used Duct tape and cardboard to put it together.

It’s quite an ingenius feat that also makes the unit super portable.

A Homemade Lego Square Format Camera

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Flickr user Fernando Ramirez has also created another homemade LEGO contraption. This one is a medium format camera shooting 6×6 images–yes, square format! Square format images are highly prized by Instagrammers for their simplicity. Fernando has posted loads of image samples as well on his Flickr.

Via Cnet

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.
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