Mechanical Rotating Slit Slr Camera (COUNTDOWN NOVA) Countdownova

world exclusive first one ever! ?more twisted pics,tell me im wrong.
top left, view all steps, much easier..
practika nova, metal ,cd drives ,body filler, gears .batterys ,cutting tools for metal.motor. baked beans,various glues,screwdrivers ,polishing stuff.pliers tweesers,knives.paint, tape ,lacquer .hot air. cold air.  was going to make a horizontal scan cam but one thing led to another.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUxezN4hl2E

its broktded

is film advance shutter irrelenente ee. drill through and bolt it, then work around problems later.

the thingy sticks in the gap pulling it 180 forward a frame

the great linear aculator harvest of 2013. cd drives have several, and some switches also

original stepper with my current driver is a bit lumpy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3H_jC3MmtE

normal motor

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1SZUWXY0OA

now gotta make it as compact as possible

got the overall thickness of the slider mechanism down to about 8mm (the bit that needs to be in the camera anyway)did some test shots by holding the slit in front of my normal camera. bits where needed to cut but would leave no metal i glued extra metal and put filler on then cut.

actually 4mm , this not enougth.

horizontal scan will have to be another day.
another idea takes over the countdown
(  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52BmS-dmYJM  )
special revolving slit thingy.
below you will see the bottom of a baked beans tin . i trimmed to size with tin snips.

valentines day came and went.

not advisable to let super glue get into one of these.

making more space inside.also chose to use the flash switch as the electronic shutter control.

the motor almost sticks out the front

more super glue to scrape out.hot glue next time.ols superglue tends to be slower curing and makes more of that white cloudy residue.

this switch cuts the power at 12 and 6 the shutter gives power. . i didnt do a diagram , once past 1 the system goes automatic and stops at 6.

but you can try and make it look nice with some glitter. wire brush ,metal polish buffing and lacquer 

the focus screen is mounted on spring with the screws going through the middle the tightness of the scfrews adjusts the focus point. set the lens about right then make the screen look ok. see how that does!

put the right hand side back together

then theres the cog bit

it went but rubbed as the screws were tightened,

going back as far as an limbodancingtimetraveller.

glue over the screw ends hope they hold when i cut em off. about 1mm holding them. and put a thin metal patch on the front wherevthe motor is.

geting the wires in place and glued out of trouble

it uses a lot of space and lets a lot of light in. so some stuff in the way to keep it down

how many photo mod steps have that title!
any way its done ,and the screws seem to hold.

theres a hole needed covering. first time attempting an actual font when engraving, that says mirror in german ,(german camera)..


miwwwer miwwwer miwwwer is the sound the camera makes.

trying to work out its aproximate shutter speed. and a video of it working.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUxezN4hl2E

overall  ok . the focus screen needs a 3/4 turn open. ant the thingy doesnt always catch the gap.also i still need to get a better battery holder .http://www.flickr.com/photos/83675368@N02/sets/72157632833306542/

at an exghibition i met a tutor from my university turns out they have done the same concept, years ago. here is the link  , its typical of art school this type of occurance , a game of cat and mouse but the cat has training in sidearms.