That was fun, Marc, thanks for the link.
It turns out to be his second attempt - his first was a Dirkon with a
picture and examples of results here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/domotenko/144537109/ (as well as more pictures
of the second attempt, called a Domokon).
>From the third link:
"That genius alejandros didn't rest after his first paper camera assembled
from a ready-made design, after collecting all the formulas from the
internet and other calculations of focal lengths he has made a new paper SLR
(!) camera based on his own designs." The Domokon is described as having a
reflex mirror, viewfinder, frame counter, variable diaphragm, variable focus
lens etc.
On other links, alejandros mentions that he still has work to do, the design
was not entirely successful, with several light leaks into the body, which
affected almost every frame of the film. He doesn't want to reveal any
details of the lens at this stage, before he has made a series of test shots
after fixing the light leaks. This is the only usable frame from the first
film: http://www.flickr.com/photos/domotenko/147515653/
The Dirkon plans are available to all (webpage is in English) at:
http://www.pinhole.cz/en/pinholecameras/dirkon_01.html The linked PDF with
the cut-out plans has instructions in Czech, but perhaps Radek can help with
that?
There are plenty of Google hits for Dirkon.
--
Piers
-----Original Message-----
From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Marc Lawrence
Sent: 19 May 2006 02:00
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] ...and if you use waxed carboard, it's weathersealed (semi-OT)
I just came across this on Gizmodo, and thought some of you might enjoy the
link(s):
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/cardboard-slr-174711.php
http://ueba.net/html/Cardboard-Reflex-Camera-20060517
http://alejandros.livejournal.com/43433.html
Gizmodo are trying "to contact the creator to discuss how he/she made this
bugger.". Someone proficient in the language of the original site (the third
linked
blog) might find out quicker.
Cheers,
Marc
Sydney, Oz
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