David B

Just finished building my own TLR 35mm film camera, a Fotodiox TLR. This was a Christmas gift from my wife, which I finally got around to building today.

It took me about two hours to complete. Now that I've done it, I could probably do it again in half the time. It wasn't that it was difficult to build, but there was a bit of a language barrier with the instructions.

The most difficult part was assembling the shutter, but it wasn't the simplest process to try and describe in written instructions. So, it took a bit of reverse engineering for me to figure out how the mechanism was supposed to work. Once I did that, it was easy to put together.

I have to say, for a plastic camera kit, it actually feels quite solid and well built. To see some photos I've taken with this camera, check out my 23HQ album, here...