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Cairo Camera 45 (Prototyping)
25/03/2021

Cairo Camera 45 (First Assembly and Movement Check)

Published by Abdalla Kroosh at 25/03/2021
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So finally I finished enough machining for me to be able to assemble the camera and check the basic movements.
 
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Things that went well

The focus system is working well, the camera can go from 5mm to 380mm as intended.
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The Swing and Shift movement also turned out fine.

Problems

The first problem i faced is with the folding of the camera, the bellow is clashing with the front assembly arms.

I have few ideas on how to fix this, easiest one is to raise the back arm hinge but that will increase the overall folded height which i want to avoid.

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What's Next

Now since the general design concept is proven to an acceptable level, I can now go back to completing the geared movement and locking mechanisms.

Meanwhile, I have ordered two custom bellows from custombellows.co.uk, once arrived I will have to manufacture a frame for them and i shall be able to take the first photo with the camera.

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