User:Mathijs van Oosterhoudt/Why build cameras

Useful references for any aspiring camera maker:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/621749104505605/ The Hand made film camera facebook group is currently the busiest english online camera-makers community. Helpful & friendly people.

http://www.earlyphotography.co.uk/ http://www.earlyphotography.co.uk/site/shuttern.html http://www.earlyphotography.co.uk/site/entry_L129.html Looking at early mechanisms, cameras and lenses can often be simpler to understand than modern ones, yet often sharing a similar core principle.

https://jongrepstad.com/building-a-large-format-camera/camera-builders/ https://jongrepstad.com/pinhole-camera-shutters/ Can be good as inspiration, seeing how other people may have solved problems you're trying to solve.