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Y-Pan — 3D-printed panoramic 35mm camera instead of a $5k XPan
100k ft — What is this?
Y-Pan — 3D-printed panoramic 35mm camera instead of a $5k XPan
50k ft — Why care?
A maker designed the Y-Pan, a 3D-printed panoramic film camera reproducing the Hasselblad XPan's wide 35mm format. Everything except the lens is printed, parts cost about $100, it builds in about a week, and the CAD files and bill of materials are on the creator's site.
10k ft — Key takeaways
• Open CAD and a BOM make a $5k camera format buildable for ~$100
• Printed mechanisms are good enough for film transport
5k ft — Tools & techniques
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3D printing, mechanism design
1k ft — Deep-dive / try it
Would you use a 3D printed camera or spend $5k for a real one? #3dprint #camera #xpan #35mm #opensauce @a.frame.analog
Transcript excerpt
Can you actually 3D print a camera? Yes, you can. Anyone who's familiar with film photography will know about the X-Pan. This is called Y-Pan, which is short for why can't I afford an X-Pan. No one wants to spend $5,000 on a camera only to have it break the day after you get it. You can't get it repaired. That's the story behind the X-Pan. But it's the only camera that can take this specific aspect ratio on 35. I spent a few weeks hunkering down working on my own design. Built all the mechanisms myself. This is the inside of the camera. Pretty much all 3D printed except for the lens. 3D printed product, other than the lens, how much everything else would it cost? Maybe like $100 for all the bearings and everything. You could probably build it in a week. I have everything on my website. The catfiles are available. I have a bomb listed on there. So far it's working quite well.
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