Some random thoughts whilst waiting for the epoxy to dry on one of my projects.
I found (in my junk) two Kodak Instant cameras - unlucky, unloved and now 10 years after the Polaroid settlement - unusable. However, each Kodak Instant camera has a large, lovely front surface mirror (larger than the ones Polaroid used in its cheap 600 series cameras) that snaps out and can be used for other things optical. The Kodak Instants come apart basically without tools - much good engineering but a bear to repair. I assume Kodak essentially trashed the defective cameras and sent out a new replacement. Four screws internally drops out the entire instant processing mechanism leaving an electronically controlled fixed-focus camera of surprisingly small size. The folded mirror arrangement ends in a film bay just large enough to take a 2 x 3 sheet film holder. Hmmmmmmmm. A little plastic cutting, a little styrene gluing (Kodak appears to have used styrene for the camera internals framework), some sorting out of the power leads, and voila - a zero cost 2 x 3 sheet film camera with automatic exposure. Just a thought. Regards, Marv _______________________________________________ Cameramakers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://rmp.opusis.com/mailman/listinfo/cameramakers
