Lea/Focal Camera

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I tried to built a camera where I get special effects of the color. For that I built a spacer between the shutter and the lens. In the space I drilled four holes and taped them with color foil. I enjoyed this building the camera. It was interesting to see, who easily you can build a camera, and to recognise what are the key elements of a camera. After the first testshoot, I analised which I have to change or do better to reach the kind of images I want to have. For the secound try I used a tripot. That wasn´t that professional because the camera is made of wood, and there is no perfect option to fix the camera on the tripot. Anyway the secound try faild, because the film stuck in the camera and then the flip side went of. I had to fix the camera before I could start my thrid try. I went to the Kaling lake, waited until the afternoon to have the ligh what I wanted and shoot the landscape there. I was quiete happy with my result.