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Kevin Kadooka Brings His DIY TLR Polaroid to Kickstarter

After a huge amount of interest in the DIY TLR project, you can now back one on Kickstarter
- By Tim Barribeau on January 15, 2013
In October of last year we posted about engineering student Kevin Kadooka who Frankensteined together a Polaroid back, TLR lenses, and a laser-cut wooden body into one rather impressive DIY camera. Immediately, there were cries for him to start selling them, and even though he initially stated he wouldn't, Kadooka has now taken the proect to Kickstarter.
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Engineering Student Builds His Own TLR Polaroid

Thanks to the miracle of laser cutting, engineering student Kevin Kadooka was able to combine a Mamiya TLR setup with a Polaroid back
- By Tim Barribeau on October 31, 2012
Mechanical engineering student Kevin Kadooka has managed to frankenstein together two very different Mamiya parts into a custom made camera that combines a twin lens reflex setup with a Polaroid back. He took a Mamiya-Sekor 105mm f/3.5 Chrome from a C-series lens pair, and wanted to give it the ability to shoot Polaroids. Since Mamiya's TLR system didn't allow for Polaroid backs, he created his own, custom camera to do so.
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How One Photographer Frankenlensed His Way Beyond f/1.0

Photographer Blair Bunting turned to x-ray lenses when he couldn't get the depth of field he wanted from traditional ones.
- By Tim Barribeau on July 17, 2012
The last year or so has seen an explosion in a trend of taking either old or non-photographic lenses, and attaching them to modern camera bodies. We've dubbed this process frankenlensing, and it has produced some incredible results.
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