Progress of a Paper Film Camera

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After doing a couple of prototypes for my film camera. I have noticed that I had issues with warping with the paper because most of the weight went towards the front. So I decided to make this camera using a cross-section technique, and picked out some colours and began my journey of assembling this camera.

However, I haven't quite finished the camera completely so I shall show you what I have done so far.

20 pages of cardstock went towards the body of the camera.
Later on I cut all the cross section via hand.
Then stacked them and put a shell over on top.
This was done for the rest of the camera. Which I forgot to take a picture of the inside of the camera and the other details.

Currently the lens is a work in progress, however, it shows quite a lot on the amount of paper used to cross section an entire lens.
As of right now, The lens used about 20 pages of cardstock.

Also I figured out a locking mechanism for the lens and made a couple of minor adjustments and prototypes to ensure it locks. The following video will showcase it.
And though, it may seem not much however, I have made a little timelapse of myself working for an hour on the lens to show you guys the process of making the lens.
But other than that, I have to install a couple of more buttons, the mirror system for the camera, adjust the locking mechanism so it fits a little tighter, and then finally clean up any residue. And there will be another blog post for the finalized model.



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