I’ve simply realized that movie photographer, designer and Instagrammer, David Hennen, (AKA @twostopsover) has created a dual-format movie digicam, from scratch! And truthfully, I am mighty impressed.
Nearly a yr in the past, David revealed he was designing a digicam that might swap between medium-format movie sizes, 645 and 6×9, with out altering the lens or movie again and utilizing the identical roll of 120 movie.
The inspiration for his ingenious thought was the legendary Hasselblad XPan, a 35mm digicam that might swap seamlessly between the usual 24x36mm and a panoramic 24x65mm body dimension, through the identical roll of movie.
The plan was to 3D-print the digicam physique. He even posted some CAD designs to indicate the way it was progressing. This isn’t David’s first rodeo, although. He says it’s based mostly on a 6×9 digicam he 3D printed a few years in the past.
It took a whopping 43 hours to 3D print the digicam, however David recognized some design modifications he wanted to implement, so he needed to print the entire thing once more… from scratch. The designer’s Instagram tales make clear the method, the place he states: “I nonetheless wished to assemble it [the failed first attempt] so I can see how it will look in the long run. Eradicating the helps was a ache within the ass although.” And certainly, footage reveals David toiling away on the 3D-printed physique to prepared it for its meeting.
The second try proved proper on the cash. I notably just like the wooden veneer he added to the digicam, giving it a contact of premium class, à la Leica or Hasselblad. The completed article has two viewfinders to accommodate the dual-format design and the lens is a Komura Tremendous W 47mm f/6.3, which isn’t simple to return by. When capturing in 6×9, the equal focal size is 21mm. When capturing in 645, the equal focal size is 28mm.
I feel the completed digicam is fairly fetching. It undoubtedly has a singular allure, and most significantly, it really works! Be sure you take a look at the embedded Instagram Reels to see David’s unbelievable dual-format creation in motion.
Do you relish the tactile nature of movie pictures? You is likely to be within the greatest movie for 35mm cameras and the greatest gentle meter for pictures.
