shawn
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For anyone with access to a 3d printer there are a bunch of great accessories available to print. Thought it might be useful to have a thread linking in some good ones. None of these are my design but are all free to download for personal use.
Hotshoe insert film reminder
Leica lens coding tool
Leica M3 eyepiece cover
Leica M2/3 Grip
ABLON
35mm takeup spool on 120 reel (good for 35mm panoramic on MF camera)
Lens hood and cap (I scale this up/down for Elmars and things like that)
LTM rear lens cap
Shower bar clothes pin negative holder (These are great!)
(2) roll 120 film holder (there are dozens of variations of these for 120 and 35mm, I like this one as two rolls fit in a pocket easily)
120 film masks (6x4.5,6x6,6x7 and 6x9) (Good for scanning by digital camera)
and many many more....
Shawn
Hotshoe insert film reminder
Leica lens coding tool
Leica M3 eyepiece cover
Leica M2/3 Grip
ABLON
35mm takeup spool on 120 reel (good for 35mm panoramic on MF camera)
Lens hood and cap (I scale this up/down for Elmars and things like that)
LTM rear lens cap
Shower bar clothes pin negative holder (These are great!)
(2) roll 120 film holder (there are dozens of variations of these for 120 and 35mm, I like this one as two rolls fit in a pocket easily)
120 film masks (6x4.5,6x6,6x7 and 6x9) (Good for scanning by digital camera)
and many many more....
Shawn
froyd
Mentor
Great thread, Shawn! I had no idea such variety of files existed. I do have a 3D printed hood for my 1.4 35mm Nokton, and I love it.
DaveW
Established
The one I have used the most (as it fits several tlr's I own) is the lens hood for a Bay 1 camera:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:706032
works great.
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:706032
works great.
shawn
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Was curious about the Leica M2 grip above so I printed one to try on my M3. It was slightly too short and didn't fit well. I scaled the long dimension by 2mm and that was just about perfect.
I like that it is full length and I also don't like that. Makes it stable on a table, looks better and is very stable (using the accessory pin) but to change film you have to remove the grip, then the baseplate. Not sure how much I will actually use it but it fits great and is very comfortable. Adds almost no weight, with 50% infill and 1mm walls it weighs 36 grams. Had the scale down the 1/4" screw to about 96% (xy) to fit OK in the M3.
Wasn't sure what to do with the first print that was 2mm shorter.... then I tried this...
Really fits the IIIG well and my IIIF too.
The grip has a cutout for the self timer but it is sized for the M2/M3 and doesn't go high enough for the IIIG. Again, not sure I'd use this but if I was planning on walking around holding the camera for a long time it does make it much more secure feeling. Printing the 3/8" screw for the IIIG now so I don't know about scaling here.
Shawn
I like that it is full length and I also don't like that. Makes it stable on a table, looks better and is very stable (using the accessory pin) but to change film you have to remove the grip, then the baseplate. Not sure how much I will actually use it but it fits great and is very comfortable. Adds almost no weight, with 50% infill and 1mm walls it weighs 36 grams. Had the scale down the 1/4" screw to about 96% (xy) to fit OK in the M3.
Wasn't sure what to do with the first print that was 2mm shorter.... then I tried this...
Really fits the IIIG well and my IIIF too.
The grip has a cutout for the self timer but it is sized for the M2/M3 and doesn't go high enough for the IIIG. Again, not sure I'd use this but if I was planning on walking around holding the camera for a long time it does make it much more secure feeling. Printing the 3/8" screw for the IIIG now so I don't know about scaling here.
Shawn
BWF
Established
Great idea for a thread.
35mm film holder for digitizing with a digital camera on a light pad:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3985120
If you have a totally dead Minox camera and would like to use that beautiful lens, you can remove the Color Minotar lens and adapt it to M39 with this adapter. There is no coupling though. Disassembling the camera to extract the lens has one tricky point, but it's not too hard.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1DiTz72XK4tMCnvKtaT9LIWLLuFVnidpD?usp=sharing
Original credit to Levi King for the design. I made the adapter slightly shallower because I was not hitting infinity.
You can also remove the Minox viewfinder while you are at it and use it as a 35mm viewfinder in the hotshoe.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1O36DEB7Sf65rbiNYCc_IFnRtSnsxLd0H?usp=sharing
For other 3D printing ideas, I highly recommend the facebook group "3D printing and analog photography" and the Discord group for Goodman Cameras https://discord.gg/mh7hfV
There is a user named MaxWanderlush on Discord who has posted files to make a viewfinder housing from a whole bunch of different point & shoot cameras. I made one from a dead SureShot Owl that is big and bright. It requires some surgery, but a super cheap way to have a bright viewfinder.
35mm film holder for digitizing with a digital camera on a light pad:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3985120
If you have a totally dead Minox camera and would like to use that beautiful lens, you can remove the Color Minotar lens and adapt it to M39 with this adapter. There is no coupling though. Disassembling the camera to extract the lens has one tricky point, but it's not too hard.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1DiTz72XK4tMCnvKtaT9LIWLLuFVnidpD?usp=sharing
Original credit to Levi King for the design. I made the adapter slightly shallower because I was not hitting infinity.
You can also remove the Minox viewfinder while you are at it and use it as a 35mm viewfinder in the hotshoe.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1O36DEB7Sf65rbiNYCc_IFnRtSnsxLd0H?usp=sharing
For other 3D printing ideas, I highly recommend the facebook group "3D printing and analog photography" and the Discord group for Goodman Cameras https://discord.gg/mh7hfV
There is a user named MaxWanderlush on Discord who has posted files to make a viewfinder housing from a whole bunch of different point & shoot cameras. I made one from a dead SureShot Owl that is big and bright. It requires some surgery, but a super cheap way to have a bright viewfinder.
shawn
Mentor
I can't find the file now but I printed a similar version of that 35mm film holder. It might have been a remix of that one as it looks about the same, the only difference is it has a film winding knob in it.
That is awesome for the Minox. I bought a kit to adapt one to E mount but being able to reuse the viewfinder is great.
Note for anyone wanting to print the grips above. Looks like my printer's tolerances have shifted slightly so rescaling may not be needed. I'm underprinting a little less than 1% on the Y axis and will tweak that out.
Shawn
That is awesome for the Minox. I bought a kit to adapt one to E mount but being able to reuse the viewfinder is great.
Note for anyone wanting to print the grips above. Looks like my printer's tolerances have shifted slightly so rescaling may not be needed. I'm underprinting a little less than 1% on the Y axis and will tweak that out.
Shawn
Ambro51
Collector/Photographer
How ‘bout 828 spools?
shawn
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RedSwede
Member
twvancamp
Thom
I printed and used this Pentax MX grip. Takes a bit of work to attach but the shape is nice.
I created this aperture ring tab for the Olympus 35RC. Not perfect but it makes the ring more useable. The design isn't hosted anywhere but I would be happy to send it along to anyone interested.
I created this aperture ring tab for the Olympus 35RC. Not perfect but it makes the ring more useable. The design isn't hosted anywhere but I would be happy to send it along to anyone interested.
shawn
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For those with the Voigtlander VC meter
Voigtlander Meter camera strap mount
Voigtlander Meter Watch strap holder
I printed the watch strap holder but am waiting on a set of bands to try it out. Should be nice when using several cameras (or a camera with a viewfinder in the cold shoe) but time will tell.
Shawn
Voigtlander Meter camera strap mount
Voigtlander Meter Watch strap holder
I printed the watch strap holder but am waiting on a set of bands to try it out. Should be nice when using several cameras (or a camera with a viewfinder in the cold shoe) but time will tell.
Shawn
kiemchacsu
Well-known
great thread; just about in time;
anyone used this 120 film holder? how does it work?
thanks
link: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3985120
anyone used this 120 film holder? how does it work?
thanks
link: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3985120
shawn
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shawn
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This is an extension for a $50 food dehydrator to allow for filament spools to be dried out. As it is a wide open space it would also work as a dryer for reels and reeled film too. The dehydrator it is sized for has a temp control from 104 degrees to 160 for the heated airflow.
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2814779
or for smaller printers:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2795773
Shawn
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2814779
or for smaller printers:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2795773
Shawn
AFenvy
Established
For anyone with an OM-2SP, OM-3(Ti), OM-4(Ti) you might be pleased to learn that someone made an exact copy of the screw on grip accessory that is now hard to find and astronomically priced. I’ve printed it out successfully and have it on my OM-4Ti right now. I quite like it!
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2952837
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2952837
twvancamp
Thom
Ian, I printed this grip also--what did you use for the screw? I ended up just using a lot of gaffer's tape to stick it on.
nhchen
Nathan
I found this very useful
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4570191
Its a 35mm cassette film winder. I don't use a bulk film loader and just load film in the darkroom, and this winder saves me from winding the film in slowly with my fingers.
Nathan
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4570191
Its a 35mm cassette film winder. I don't use a bulk film loader and just load film in the darkroom, and this winder saves me from winding the film in slowly with my fingers.
Nathan
AFenvy
Established
I used a very short M3x5 screw for attaching a computer motherboard to case standoffs that I had in my stash of computer parts. They should be relatively easy to source from any hardware store though. It’s not the prettiest look - I only had gray filament at the time, matte black is on order. Also, the screw hole in the grip isn’t at quite the right angle to line up perfectly with the camera body so you will most likely need to hone it out a bit to get it to fit.
