LEGO Large Format Camera

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Matt Richardson is a San Francisco-based creative technologist and Contributing Editor at MAKE. He’s the co-author of Getting Started with Raspberry Pi and the author of Getting Started with BeagleBone.

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April 4th, 2011 10

Cary Norton built this incredible large format camera out of LEGOs and calls it the Legotron, Mark I. The first few photographs Cary took with the camera left him “COMPLETELY FREAKING STOKED” and I understand why: they’re absolutely stunning. The focus range is currently limited to about 3 feet to 18 inches, but he hopes to improve that in “Mark II” of the design. Hopefully Cary will have it ready for all the Minifigs that will want to sit for a portrait session with him. [via Photojojo]

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Florian Rohrweck says:

April 4th, 2011 at 11:23 am

Please correct… it is a large format camera :) (4×5″)

Daniel Låstad says:

April 4th, 2011 at 11:29 am

damn you beat me to that whit like 3 seconds ;)

Florian Rohrweck says:

April 4th, 2011 at 11:31 am

There is always a next time :D

Matt Richardson says:

April 4th, 2011 at 1:36 pm

Thanks!

Anonymous says:

April 9th, 2011 at 1:42 am

This would be a great way to build a scanner camera. It will take a LOT of bricks, but it will be sturdy and allow reconfiguration until you decide on the final final.

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LEGO Large Format Camera

By Matt Richardson