A Date with Lomography Camera: KONSTRUKTOR DIY 35mm SLR Camera Kit
today I would like to share about my new born baby — Project L.
“KONSTRUKTOR DIY 35mm Lomography Camera”
The reason my dear and I called it Project L,
Because it’s LOMOGRAPHY.
This is a DIY kit,
which mean we build our own camera!
We bought it at Kinokuniya bookstore,
costed us RM124 for this kit.
We think it is quite reasonable for a camera.
I assume not many people know about KONSTRUKTOR,
so I am quoting the introduction from the lomography website.
Hope you can know more about it before we going in to the details.
KONSTRUKTOR 35mm diy slr camera,the world’s first 35mm plastic SLR, and you can assemble it yourself. This camera is packed with features such as a top-down viewfinder, multiple exposure function, bulb setting for long exposures and a detachable lens—taking your analogue experience to new creative heights. — Lomography
Tech Specs:
- 35mm (135) Film
- Detachable 50mm f/10 Lens (only through deconstruction)
- Shutter Speed: 1/80s with multiple exposures
- Focus Distance: 0.5m – Infinity
- Dimensions: 121 × 33 × 65mm
The box itself is beautiful;
it is a 3-sided fold kit,
with this fold down design,
we, buyer can easily carry the kit upon purchase.
The kit contains stickers, parts, screws, screwdrivers, mirror, user guide, etc.
It took us around 1 to 2 hours,
same as the time usage mentioned on the box, to build the camera.
We was doing our own timelapse, however failed due to technical problem.
So, we only can present the official timelapse by Lomography.
See video below for the fast forward assemble process of the camera.
or read on the website: http://microsites.lomography.com/konstruktor/
Final Touches
After assembling every single part,
KONSTRUKTOR 35mm SLR is completely built!
The stickers provided in the kit allow the owner to customize the camera.
However, we prefer the original appearance,
so we did not add any sticker on it.
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It is completely your own will to decide how you camera look like.
Loading Film
It’s very simple to load the film.
Do you still remember the day without digital camera?
We were still using film.
The loading is same in this camera.
If you not sure about it,
check the user guide – Loading the film
After all these procedure,
your camera is ready to SHOOT!!!
We have used 3 rolls of films till now.
Next post, I will share about the shooting experience.
Stay tune, people. 😉
Below are some samples photos by the official website.
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0 Comments
winda
wow, you are amazing, I will never be able to deal with small items like it. I definitely ended up with a headache due to loss of some stuff Lol GIGLove 🙂
Sarah
Whao!! This is sooo cool!! I hope I can get one and build myself one! =D gig
Sin Yee
Glad to know you love this too. I am not sure which country are you. If malaysia, you can get it from kinokuniya, the click shop. Else, you can actually search in enay or order from the official website. Google search for lomography or refer the link I have quoted in this post. Happy DIY!!! =)
Siew Hui
Wow! i’ll be sure to keep an eye out for it the next time I visit Kinokuniya! 😀
Gig Love,
Siew Hui
Sin Yee
It’s at level 2. Sthere are many other cameras as well. =)
Maria Clara Novita Kusumahati
woww we are such back in past time..
such an old stuff and design but cute !
Sin Yee
Yeah. I love this stuff much. Have ordered another set of diy tlr. Will post it up when building it up. =D
Ema
this camera looks very good.. I love things who are kind of old 🙂 GiG
Chaicy @ Style A Pastiche
Now that is one DIY project I’d like to take up !! 🙂 Wish it were available here!
GIG
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Caity @ Moi Contre La Vie
I LOVE this!! What a fun project and I adore how the pictures came out. I might need to give this a go! <3 GIGLove
Kumiko Mae
Wow! I had no idea that a lomography camera demands that much diy skills! I dont think i can ever figure that out 🙂
lorna mai
I’m definitely not into construction so to make this would take me forever. You did well, looks and sounds great!
shasha
Ohh I must never go near this lol! I am incapable of building anything from scratch except cakes, but it def looks like a lot of fun!
Ari
That’s really cool! I’d take forever to put it together but it definitely seems worth all the effort!
aby
this is my first time to read about this camera! this is unique.. i love cameras 🙂
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Carmel
Wow, your photos are lovely! Good job on putting the camera together and of course, on the beautiful photos!
Sarah Smallnhot
That looks like a pretty cool camera… i use to play with lomocam but it’s kinda costly to develop film photos so i stopped…
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MollyMia
wow, that looks so fun, assembling our own camera!
i used to own a lomo but eventually i chucked it aside because i never get shots like those samples.
do update us on how the phototaking goes for you!
giglove
Somdyuti
This is soo cool. I love all kinds of camera haha. I want something similar too.
Sin Yee
Thanks. You can get it in lomography official website.
Nicol
wow that is such a great idea! the outcome looks amazing
miss ika
You are hardworking to complete the camera. I won’t! it difficult
gig love
Aisha Kristine Chong
Wow, I never knew about this. Great~ Giglove~
Beauty Blogette
Great camera! I’m sure it was fun to build it up. 🙂
Monica Calangian
This looks interesting. I want to build one for myself and try.
NatalieLang
Woah, this is so old school and vintage, really cool! But I don’t know if this camera would be something for me… I’m more the high tech type of girl, haha~ 😀 gig love <3
yuhjiun
OMG that’s so cute!! I’m a big fans of lomo and I have two lomo cams too :P!
Nella Beautifyiu
Wow. Sounds great. Build your own camera? It is challenging.
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