4x5 Camera...made of Lego

Colin Corneau · Apr 1, 2011

No, seriously --

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Klainmeister · Apr 1, 2011

Awesome. Now it'd be real badass to get tilt and shift abilities. Lego competition!

jp498 · Apr 1, 2011

Very Cool project. I'd be tempted to try that with a 4x5 removable back.

"Spec'ing it out, rounds of prototypes, proof of concept" isn't lego vernacular sorry. You sit down with a pile of legos, visualize something and build it, changing it as needed while building it. And if it's not ideal, you build it better.

Sounds like he's taking work home with him or something.

holmburgers · Apr 1, 2011

Truly awesome

Steve Smith · Apr 1, 2011

Why do some people call it Lego and others call it Legos?
Sounds odd to me with an S on the end.

Steve.

holmburgers · Apr 1, 2011

And why do some say maths instead of math? Haha... just kidding.. let's not go there. ;-)

Existing Light · Apr 1, 2011

Steve Smith said:
Why do some people call it Lego and others call it Legos?
Sounds odd to me with an S on the end.

Steve.

I thought 'Lego's' was the plural of 'Lego.' Maybe it's supposed to be like 'moose' where the singular and plural are both 'moose.' :confused:

Either way, this is epic. As if a Lego camera wasnt enough, I love the long black peice on each side that says 'police.'

Steve Smith · Apr 1, 2011

Existing Light said:
I thought 'Lego's' was the plural of 'Lego.'

I have always used Lego as the plural e.g. 'a box full of Lego'. Is it an English - American thing? Or perhaps just one of those oddities like fish and chicken which could be singular or plural or fishes and chickens could be used instead.

The word which doesn't look right which I see on forums occasionally is advices. A plural form of advice? Just looks wrong to me!

Steve.

M.A.Longmore · Apr 1, 2011

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April is off to an excellent start !
First the Invisible Camera, and now the Lego 4X5 { 5X4 }
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Steve Smith · Apr 1, 2011

Ron LarFor4X5 said:
and now the Lego 4X5 { 5X4 }
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That one is definitely 4x5 as you can see the film holder is in the vertical position!

Steve.

holmburgers · Apr 1, 2011

C'mon Ron, get your maths right.

ntenny · Apr 1, 2011

Steve Smith said:
I have always used Lego as the plural e.g. 'a box full of Lego'. Is it an English - American thing?

I think so. It sounds strange to me without the 's', but that seems to be how my European friends say it (to the extent that I talk about Lego with them at all, which admittedly is kind of limited).

Since the blog post is actually from a few days ago, I'm pretty sure this is a real thing rather than an April Fool's post. It seems to have some trouble with inconsistent light leaks, which I bet could be fixed with the usual velvet strips. I think I need to build one of these!

-NT

mhcfires · Apr 1, 2011

ntenny said:
I think so. It sounds strange to me without the 's', but that seems to be how my European friends say it (to the extent that I talk about Lego with them at all, which admittedly is kind of limited).

Since the blog post is actually from a few days ago, I'm pretty sure this is a real thing rather than an April Fool's post. It seems to have some trouble with inconsistent light leaks, which I bet could be fixed with the usual velvet strips. I think I need to build one of these!

-NT

~~You may have to fight your kid for the parts.~~

Christopher Walrath · Apr 1, 2011

Wow! Wow, I mean, just, Wow!

ntenny · Apr 1, 2011

mhcfires said:
You may have to fight your kid for the parts.

Hey, maybe I'll build him a 2x3 version and we can finally go out shooting together...

It seems like the back would be the hardest part. You have to be able to get a filmholder in and out, but when it's in it has to seal. It's not clear to me how the Legotron solves this problem, but admittedly I only skimmed the post. If I do it, I might try to find a springback instead.

-NT

Chirs Gregory · Apr 2, 2011

I like how you can see very faint lines on the top picture from the seams between the blocks. I bet it would be possible to maybe layer some craft paper on the inside as a sort of ersatz "flocking," but I think that's actually part of the camera's charm.

Steve Smith said:
I have always used Lego as the plural e.g. 'a box full of Lego'. Is it an English - American thing? Or perhaps just one of those oddities like fish and chicken which could be singular or plural or fishes and chickens could be used instead.

The word which doesn't look right which I see on forums occasionally is advices. A plural form of advice? Just looks wrong to me!

Steve.

I would say "chicken" as a plural would be for a quantity of the meat, while "chickens" would be for a quantity of the birds. My grandmother used to go out and feed the chickens, and later that evening we'd have plates full of chicken.

But to get slightly more on topic, it's like how I get my "films" out of a Red Box, but I get my "film" out of yellow or white, green and blue boxes.

wildbill · Apr 2, 2011

I'm waiting 6 months for the Mark II because it has live view,will shoot 1080i hd video, and has a 5x7 full frame sensor.

Sirius Glass · Apr 2, 2011

jp498 said:
Very Cool project. I'd be tempted to try that with a 4x5 removable back.

"Spec'ing it out, rounds of prototypes, proof of concept" isn't lego vernacular sorry. You sit down with a pile of legos, visualize something and build it, changing it as needed while building it. And if it's not ideal, you build it better.

Sounds like he's taking work home with him or something.

Better would be a Rotating Back so that it would be a Legotron, Mark 2 RB!

M.A.Longmore · Apr 2, 2011

Sirius Glass said:
Better would be a Rotating Back so that it would be a Legotron, Mark 2 RB!

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Even better would be The Legotron Invisible Mark IIIin RB !
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gandolfi · Apr 2, 2011

I have actually several times built Lego pinhole cameras with my students.
Easy - fun - and you can make your own design.

We say Lego here in Dk (plural also)...

2F/2F · Apr 2, 2011

The company Lego.

A Lego piece.

A Lego.

A box of Legos.

A box of Lego pieces.

A Lego camera.

A camera made of Legos.

Those are the ways I would use it.

P.S. Someone said that Lego's is the plural form of Lego. It is not; it is the possessive. E.g. "How are Lego's stocks doing?" or "What's that Lego's color?"

Gaga · Apr 2, 2011

That is amazing. I want to make one.

2F/2F · Apr 2, 2011

The Mark II is especially nice.

Steve Smith · Apr 3, 2011

2F/2F said:
A box of Legos.

2F/2F said:
A camera made of Legos.

In England we would (and do) say "a box of Lego" and "a camera made of Lego".

Another pluralisation I don't understand is where I might say "we have a long way to go", I sometimes see it written as ".....a ways to go". The a implies singular but ways is plural.

Steve.

ozphoto · Apr 3, 2011

Darn it!!! Wish I hadn't given away all those Lego brinks so many years ago - I could have made 3 of these babies easily with the amount I had (90% inherited!!)

4x5 Camera...made of Lego

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