Dora Goodman Cameras is an

open source Open source is source code that is made freely available for possible modification and redistribution. Products include permission to use and view the source code, design documents, or content of the product. The open source model is a decentrali ...

camera company in

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founded by Dora Goodman. It uses

3D printing 3D printing, or additive manufacturing, is the construction of a three-dimensional object from a CAD model or a digital 3D model. It can be done in a variety of processes in which material is deposited, joined or solidified under computer ...

to produce open source

35mm 35 mm may refer to: Film * 135 film, a type of still photography format commonly referred to as 35 mm film * 35 mm movie film, a type of motion picture film stock * 35MM, a "musical exhibition" by Ryan Scott Oliver that features music ...

medium format Medium format has traditionally referred to a film format in photography and the related cameras and equipment that use film. Nowadays, the term applies to film and digital cameras that record images on media larger than the used in 35&n ...

and

large format Large format photography refers to any imaging format of or larger. Large format is larger than "medium format", the or size of Hasselblad, Mamiya, Rollei, Kowa, and Pentax cameras (using 120 film, 120- and 220-roll film), and much la ...

system camera A system camera or camera body is a camera with interchangeable components that constitutes the core of a system. Early representatives include Leica Camera, Leica I Schraubgewinde (1930), Exakta (1936) and the Nikon F (1959). System cameras ar ...

s. The company sells its cameras through an online shop, as a DIY kit and fully assembled. It was created in 2016 to personalise and customise analogue cameras. It then began making cameras from wood before switching to 3D printing to meet demand. Most of the company's designs are open source, with most files available free to download but some available only to

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supporters. The company encourages its customers to modify their cameras and share the designs with the community.

Products

The company produces several models of open source, 3D printed cameras and camera accessories. * Goodman Zone: A medium format

rangefinder camera A rangefinder camera is a camera fitted with a rangefinder, typically a split-image rangefinder: a range-finding focusing mechanism allowing the photographer to measure the subject distance and take photographs that are in sharp focus. Most v ...

compatible with

Mamiya is a Japanese company that manufactures high-end cameras and other related photographic and optical equipment. With headquarters in Tokyo, it has two manufacturing plants and a workforce of over 200 people. The company was founded in May 1940 b ...

Press lenses and the Mamiya PRO-S back. It has several accessories including a handle, a 3D-printed

roll film Roll film or rollfilm is any type of spool-wound photographic film protected from white light exposure by a paper backing. The term originated in contrast to sheet film. Confusingly, roll film was originally often referred to as "cartridge" film ...

magazine, and a

ground glass Ground glass is glass whose surface has been ground to produce a flat but rough ( matte) finish, in which the glass is in small sharp fragments. Ground glass surfaces have many applications, ranging from ornamentation on windows and table glass ...

focussing back and mobile phone back. * Scura: A

pinhole camera A pinhole camera is a simple camera without a lens but with a tiny aperture (the so-called ''Pinhole (optics), pinhole'')—effectively a light-proof box with a small hole in one side. Light from a scene passes through the aperture and projects a ...

with a curved back to improve image quality. It can use 35mm film to produce panoramic images or

120 film 120 is a film format for still photography introduced by Kodak for their '' Brownie No. 2'' in 1901. It was originally intended for amateur photography but was later superseded in this role by 135 film. 120 film survives to this day as the onl ...

(medium format) to produce 6×6 negatives. * Goodman Film Canister: A film canister for both 120 film and 35mm which can be used as grip,

tripod A tripod is a portable three-legged frame or stand, used as a platform for supporting the weight and maintaining the stability of some other object. The three-legged (triangular stance) design provides good stability against gravitational loads ...

and

gimbal A gimbal is a pivoted support that permits rotation of an object about an axis. A set of three gimbals, one mounted on the other with orthogonal pivot axes, may be used to allow an object mounted on the innermost gimbal to remain independent of ...

. * Goodman AA (Art Adapter): A 3D printed

depth-of-field The depth of field (DOF) is the distance between the nearest and the farthest objects that are in acceptably sharp focus in an image captured with a camera. See also the closely related depth of focus. Factors affecting depth of field For ...

adapter with a replaceable projection screen that allows smartphones to use SLR lenses. * Goodman Axis: A technical camera with

bellows A bellows or pair of bellows is a device constructed to furnish a strong blast of air. The simplest type consists of a flexible bag comprising a pair of rigid boards with handles joined by flexible leather sides enclosing an approximately airtig ...

that can accept both Mamiya RB67 film magazines or

sheet film Sheet film is large format and Medium format (film), medium format photographic film supplied on individual sheets of acetate or polyester film base rather than rolls. Sheet film was initially supplied as an alternative to Photographic_plate, glas ...

. * Goodman One: The first camera produced, it has bellows and is compatible with Mamiya Press lenses and Mamiya RB67 film magazines. * Accessories: Including a magnetic camera strap,

waist-level finder The waist-level finder (WLF), also called waist-level viewfinder (WLVF), is a type of viewfinder that can be used on twin lens and single lens reflex cameras. While it is typically found on older medium format cameras, some newer and/or 35 mm ...

wood inlay Marquetry (also spelled as marqueterie; from the French ''marqueter'', to variegate) is the art and craft of applying pieces of veneer to a structure to form decorative patterns or designs. The technique may be applied to case furniture or even ...

, gimbal, turntable, and a leather and 3D-printed bag.

References

External links

* {{Official website, https://doragoodman.com Hungarian companies established in 2016 120 film cameras Manufacturing companies established in 2016 Digital camera backs Open source 3D printed objects