User:Mathijs van Oosterhoudt/Why build cameras

Useful references for any aspiring camera maker:

The Hand made film camera facebook group is currently the busiest english online camera-makers community. Helpful & friendly people.

Looking at early mechanisms, cameras and lenses can often be simpler to understand than modern ones, yet often sharing a similar core principle.

Can be good as inspiration, seeing how other people may have solved problems you're trying to solve.

Calendar of camera fairs in Europe (All types of cameras, cine, digital, lenses, related equipment)

Once a year open-air camera fair, best one.

Online flea-market agenda