First shots from my 3d printed 6x17

[Paul Taylor]

Since I had good results from my resin printed 6x12 camera, I made a fdm printed 6x17. I screwed up the first shot. I have a small light leak I need to address - but the camera does work.

PXL_20250422_155849711 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

P1003714 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

P1003712 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

 

[Gary R. Smith]

Those images look great!

What are you using for a lens? and did you give it an interchangeable mount?

 

[Paul Taylor]

Those images look great!

What are you using for a lens? and did you give it an interchangeable mount?

Using lenses from my 4x5 large format.

 

[Gary Ayala]

Great stuff!

 

[Gerard Klaassen]

Since I had good results from my resin printed 6x12 camera, I made a fdm printed 6x17. I screwed up the first shot. I have a small light leak I need to address - but the camera does work.

PXL_20250422_155849711 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

Interesting, can you tell more about how this camera is made (design), what focal length is used and is the lens interchangeable, how do you determine the image crop for 6x17 (no viewfinder visible) and can I also read something somewhere about the 6x12 camera that is mentioned?

 

[Paul Taylor]

Interesting, can you tell more about how this camera is made (design), what focal length is used and is the lens interchangeable, how do you determine the image crop for 6x17 (no viewfinder visible) and can I also read something somewhere about the 6x12 camera that is mentioned?

Sure, both my 6x17 and 6x12 were made off this design : https://www.printables.com/model/99364-open-6x12-6x17-and-6x24-panoramic-camera

The lens I use for both is a Schneider Kreuznach 9100mmF8 Super Angulon (large format.) I had to modify the "lens cone" to get the focal length correct as the files are designed for some other lenses.

The designer of the camera has made the lens cones swappable - but I don't bother as it isn't super convenient as different lenses would be different focal distances, and that means a different lens cone for each lens.

I use a cell phone app to get my framing (Film Photography Viewfinder for android,) and since the lens is fixed I shoot at F22-45. There are designs that include a helicoid for different focusing, so that may be an upgrade later down the road.

Here is the thread for the 6x12 and whatnot.

Thread 'Fired up the printers....'

Dec 5, 2024

Finally found the motivation to start working on the 3D Printed panoramic camera I have been wanting to build.

This person designed / supplies the files :

Open 6x12, 6x17 and 6x24 Panoramic Camera by Velvia | Download free STL model | Printables.com

Fully open source panoramic 120 film cameras. | Download free 3D printable STL models

www.printables.com

and there are several remixes of updates / useful parts.

I had been wanting to do this - but it is a lot of work. Since I was mainly interested in the 6x17 - I would have to use my AnyCubic Kobra Max FDM printer, But I noticed that I could barely squeeze the 6x12 onto the print bed of my Creatlity Halot Mage 8K resin printer.

The FDM is doing a...

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