DIY CAMERA #1 - LAST CAMERA by SuperHeadz




In the quest to find and build all the DIY cameras out there. This isn't my first DIY camera, but it is the most recent, but I will try to post individual cameras reviews soon too. So recently I came across the Last Camera made by a company called Superheadz. Here are some of the snap shots from the build of the camera.


The manual was both in Japanese and English on the side. Not sure if its the translation or designer unaware of it, but there were some ambiguity in some parts of the build. Such as direction of the bulb mode tab and the lens holders, but they can be figured out once you dry fit it a little.



The camera itself is assembled at one uni body that without the shutter mechanism, the shutter curtain is build into the lens unit. Cool idea, but makes lens change during a roll impossible. 





This is the 22mm lens, flat and small lens.


This is the blown up view of the 45mm lens, the 22mm is also build with similar parts. The lens housing, the shutter mech, the lens lock,etc. The build itself is quite straight forward, again some ambiguity from the instructions, but you could definitely figure them out. 




In order to change lens, you will need to take the three panels from the front off, they aren't in so tight they won't come off, nor loose that they will fall off. But is is annoying, I guess it is a security measure so the lens don't come off if the lens lock comes undone. 



Here are some shot I took, using the 22mm lens, this is without crop from a 35mm 200 ISO film. It's a nice little and flat lens, perfect for street photography I think, though some people may think it's too wide.
I will also have a follow up with some shots from the 45mm lens too.




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