Not sure if there are people here again or it is all just dnd
crossposts.

This Lego Ideas proposal for a working 35mm camera, using the existing magnifying lens, looks wonderful. A bit over 6000 votes now and abot 150
days to reach the 10,000 mark.

https://ideas.lego.com/projects/87367099-a72a-4796-afa7-895a58ed932a

Hoping it becomes real.

Elijah
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On 4/14/2024 5:16 AM, Eli the Bearded wrote:

Not sure if there are people here again or it is all just dnd
crossposts.

This Lego Ideas proposal for a working 35mm camera, using the existing magnifying lens, looks wonderful. A bit over 6000 votes now and abot 150
days to reach the 10,000 mark.

https://ideas.lego.com/projects/87367099-a72a-4796-afa7-895a58ed932a

Hoping it becomes real.

Elijah
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still has the 2009 digital camera (three megapixels!)

Ohhh, and functional as well?
but where do we get the film to use in that one?
I assume it still can be found in some places, but I don't think I even
saw any the last few years.

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On 4/19/24 08:09, Kyonshi wrote:

Ohhh, and functional as well?

I question how functional it is.

I'm sure that parts of the camera move and go through motions resembling
a function camera.

I don't believe it's a camera that could be used to take pictures.



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On 4/19/2024 4:35 PM, Grant Taylor wrote:

On 4/19/24 08:09, Kyonshi wrote:

Ohhh, and functional as well?

I question how functional it is.

I'm sure that parts of the camera move and go through motions resembling
a function camera.

I don't believe it's a camera that could be used to take pictures.

Well, that most likely depends what standards you put on that.
A picture most likely is perfectly possible. Use some normal lego bricks
on the outside, and do the mechanics with Lego Technic parts. Should work.

A GOOD picture? I would assume is pretty unlikely.
It most likely is a gimmick, yes, perfectly possible to take a picture,
but why would you do that to yourself?

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In rec.toys.lego, Kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com> wrote:

On 4/14/2024 5:16 AM, Eli the Bearded wrote:

This Lego Ideas proposal for a working 35mm camera, using the existing magnifying lens, looks wonderful. A bit over 6000 votes now and abot 150 days to reach the 10,000 mark.

https://ideas.lego.com/projects/87367099-a72a-4796-afa7-895a58ed932a

Ohhh, and functional as well?
but where do we get the film to use in that one?

I can walk ten minutes and be at a photo shop selling and developing
35mm and medium format film. I expect Amazon will see it to you too, but
they won't develop. I mostly shoot subminiature with film and
development from Blue Moon Camera out of Portland, Oregon (not my state,
let alone walkable).

I assume it still can be found in some places, but I don't
think I even saw any the last few years.

Even my local drug store has film and developing still, but just barely.
They mostly do digital prints and send the film out somewhere.

And to respond to downthread comments, the pictures I have seen from it
are not quality. It's what you might expect from using a homemade
camera with a plastic lens and plastic shutter.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CgLTYiYrh-y/ https://youtube.com/watch?v=ODakoy4eIbE

The appeal of a dancing bear isn't that the bear dances well, but the
bear dances at all.

Elijah
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has two functional cameras using Minox 8x11 mm film

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On 4/20/24 22:44, Eli the Bearded wrote:

The appeal of a dancing bear isn't that the bear dances well, but
the bear dances at all.

Fair enough.

But based on the Instagram photo, I think the bear was drunk and fell
down the stairs end over end.



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On 4/21/2024 5:44 AM, Eli the Bearded wrote:

In rec.toys.lego, Kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com> wrote:

On 4/14/2024 5:16 AM, Eli the Bearded wrote:

This Lego Ideas proposal for a working 35mm camera, using the existing
magnifying lens, looks wonderful. A bit over 6000 votes now and abot 150 >>> days to reach the 10,000 mark.

https://ideas.lego.com/projects/87367099-a72a-4796-afa7-895a58ed932a

Ohhh, and functional as well?
but where do we get the film to use in that one?

I can walk ten minutes and be at a photo shop selling and developing
35mm and medium format film. I expect Amazon will see it to you too, but
they won't develop. I mostly shoot subminiature with film and
development from Blue Moon Camera out of Portland, Oregon (not my state,
let alone walkable).

I assume I could get film somewhere in this city. There must be a place
still selling it. There's an art academy and a few photographers here.
But I also don't have any conscious memory of seeing any because I
haven't actually used a camera with film for the last... 20 years
already? And even then I was using an old camera I got as a kid.

The appeal of a dancing bear isn't that the bear dances well, but the
bear dances at all.

true that


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This Lego Ideas proposal for a working 35mm camera

The NYC 8th Street store is gone but Lomography
continues to advocate film photography
https://www.lomography.com/

I have not been on 23rd Street for a long time
but this seems to have survived:
https://quickcolorlabnyc.com/

Meanwhile, in Brooklyn:
https://nycfilmlab.com/

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