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I wanted a camera that doesn't exist – so I built it

48 points4 daysmedium.com
tshanmu49 minutes ago

Wow! This is the kind of news that we want on hacker news in 2026. Amazing hacker ethos.

The article could have been better with sharing some photos taken with the new camera.

solarkraft16 minutes ago

Oh, that effort.

I’ve been thinking about putting an MFT mount on my RX100 to use it with more interesting lenses (I have it for the high frame rate capability) but concluded it to be way too much effort and risk.

And then along comes a person with enough determination to build an entire custom case! Truly impressive.

srean17 minutes ago

Any chemists or crystallographers out here?

I recently got curious about whether nature solves the Bayer pattern problem and if so, how.

Are there any 3 element crystalline compounds with the formula A_2BC with roughly same sized atoms for A, B and C ?

If they have a 2D tiling that would nature's Bayer pattern.

amelius41 minutes ago

> the lens should be as centered as possible. I wanted to avoid that horrendous look of cameras with the lens as close to the left edge as possible (Sony a6000, I’m looking at you here).

Funny, the things some people obsess about :)

neogodless10 minutes ago

When I was shopping, I was comparing the Sony Alphas with the Fujifilm XT line.

And in reviews, complaints were made that the lens (and view finder) being centered in the XT means you squish your nose against the screen in the back.

But... I just liked the look and dials of the XT-5 so much more than the barebones boxy look of the α6700.

(Sony has meaningfully better autofocus too, I'll be sad, but I wanted the nice looking body...)

And yes my nose squishes against that back screen.

ge9610 minutes ago

Also funny the opposite preference, I like the offset lenses looks cool

ayoubd38 minutes ago

This is awesome! Great work. The "do first, ask questions later" mindset is inspiring as it's so easy (for me at least) to get stuck forever in a preparation / ideas phase.

I would also love to see some photos taken with it.

Zak3 minutes ago

Unless something went terribly wrong, they'll look just like photos taken with a Panasonic G9 II. Samples from that camera are readily available online.

Topgamer723 minutes ago

Not sure if any use this camera. But dude hangs out with a lot of ballet dancers it seems

https://www.instagram.com/cristi.baluta

cromulent25 minutes ago

A triumph. I love this.