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Legos are toys, right?

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Found Photographer says:

I wanted to get some feedback from the Toy Camera crowd about my camera made of Legos. Do you think it qualifies as a toy camera? It is a medium format pinhole camera.

Here is a picture of it:
Pinhole_Lego_Camera

I also have insturctions of how I built it on my website, www.foundphotography.com/PhotoThoughts/archives/2005/10/m....
Posted at 10:16PM, 8 October 2005 PDT (permalink)

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djbones says:

That fucking rocks.
Posted 81 months ago. (permalink)

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formica  Pro User  says:

man, that's amazing! i'd call it a toy. but the whole issue of when a pinhole is a toy and when it isn't is a bit confusing.
Posted 81 months ago. (permalink)

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Andreas W... says:

very cute, even with viewfinder - I am impressed. In case it works, would you be so kind to post some results?
Posted 81 months ago. (permalink)

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Stitch  Pro User  says:

yep interested in the results if it works, this may be easier to assemble than a shoebox pinhole :p
Posted 81 months ago. (permalink)

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nicolai_g  Pro User  says:

Awesome!! I've been wanting to do this but never got it together. And your film advance rocks! Does it work well?

*applause!*
Posted 81 months ago. (permalink)

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Matt Callow says:

Hell yeah!
Posted 81 months ago. (permalink)

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Rodrigo Perez says:

WOW!!!
I thought about that too! i wish i still had my legos....

show it here too: www.flickr.com/groups/49503094333@N01/
Originally posted 81 months ago. (permalink)
Rodrigo Perez edited this topic 81 months ago.

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Found Photographer says:

Thanks, guys. Yeah my first roll turned out surprisingly well. Here is one of the photos:
Pinhole Shoe
The flaw in my design was that the angle of view was so wide that the legos on the front showed up in the picture. You can see them on the right and bottom left. I have redesigned a bit to fix the problem.

Oh, and I forgot to mention that it has an almost acurate film counter!
Posted 81 months ago. (permalink)

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【marct】 says:

wow wow wow. that is amazing!
Posted 81 months ago. (permalink)

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Alícia  Pro User  says:

it's greattttttt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted 81 months ago. (permalink)

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sweet distin  Pro User  says:

very cOOl :)
Posted 81 months ago. (permalink)

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Andreas W... says:

congrats to this lego toy
Posted 81 months ago. (permalink)

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Teja Sauer says:

Impressive idea and results.

T.
Originally posted 81 months ago. (permalink)
Teja Sauer edited this topic 81 months ago.

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Apocaplops says:

I almost like the idea you can see the legos in the shots. Even cooler yet is how modular the design is. You can make it do or look like anything!
Posted 81 months ago. (permalink)

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Louise Palfy says:

wow!! that shot is truly amazing. and the camera is even better. (btw: legos is are toys, thus the lego-pinhole has to be a toycamera by origin, doesn't it?)
Posted 81 months ago. (permalink)

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Travis Gray  Pro User  says:

a question for people who wouldn't consider this a toy camera: if Lego had released this as a Lego set to build (which they most definitely should), would that change your mind?
Originally posted 81 months ago. (permalink)
Travis Gray edited this topic 81 months ago.

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toyfoto  Pro User  says:

Ok LITERALLY a toycamera. NICE.
Posted 81 months ago. (permalink)

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Jakes_World  Pro User  says:

holy cow. I bow at your toy feet!!
Posted 81 months ago. (permalink)

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Stitch  Pro User  says:

wow it works!!!
Posted 81 months ago. (permalink)

optovox [deleted] says:

This is just so completely brilliant. Building a pinhole camera with Lego is right up there with mixing peanut butter and chocolate. Sir, I salute you.
Posted 81 months ago. (permalink)

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http://www.kimguanzon.com - utah commercial photog  Pro User  says:

is there any way ou can give us a printout of the lego parts and plans to create this camera?
Posted 81 months ago. (permalink)

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Andreas W... says:

with jowchie: we want to know details! :)
Posted 81 months ago. (permalink)

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BolderThanEver  Pro User  says:

Toycamera it is.Luv d results ^_*
Posted 81 months ago. (permalink)

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sico_activa says:

I think the legos showing in your picture are the coolest.
Posted 81 months ago. (permalink)

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ultrasupergenius says:

Yes, I concur on the legos showing in the shot. This is a camera with so much personality that the images it creates are improved by the camera's 'fingerprint'.
Posted 80 months ago. (permalink)

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Found Photographer says:

Thanks everybody for your comments on my Lego camera! I made a 35mm version this weekend. If you are interested, you can see a picture of it here. Here is a photo I took with it:

Dump Truck Toy
Posted 80 months ago. (permalink)

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BlurDotBlog  Pro User  says:

That is amazing!!
Posted 80 months ago. (permalink)

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thisisbrian says:

cool! are you using any lens for the lego cam?
Posted 80 months ago. (permalink)

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Lomogirl  Pro User  says:

Wow! I am really impressed!
Posted 79 months ago. (permalink)

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