VIEWFINDER REPLACEMENT Polaroid Originals Onestep 2 3 - D Printed I - 1, 600 Camera A
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You are looking at a custom printedviewfinder extension for the Onestep2(camera not included). If you are like many of us, you were an early adopter and bought a lovely new Onestep2! These aretruly great point and shoot cameras, but they have one glaring flaw.The viewfinder, while simple looking and beautiful, is hard to lineup on the fly in practice. It is so awkward that Polaroid Originalsdeemed it necessary to have a how to video and an article on how touse it. You have to hold the ...camera to your cheek in a specificposition for every shot. This can be tricky when you are trying toshoot pictures of a running dog or squirming children!And to make matters worse, in about 10months Polaroid redesigned the camera with a new viewfinder whilethe rest of us were left with the choice of repurchasing a new camerawith our old camera less than a year old!!Enter this extension- you can have thesame function of the new camera with this little addition! I havecrafted a viewfinder extension that fits your original Onestep2 so itis functionally identical to the new Onestep2 Viewfinder. This iscustom designed and does not look like it is squirted out of afactory in China. It has the texture and blemishes typically found in3d printing- see photos. Having said that, I think it looks quitenice. I have perfected the viewfinder foruse, making over 25 prototypes, tested with lots of film, and put inmany hours before settling on this design. I am proud of it and I useit on my camera! Full disclosure- though this is a big improvement on the original viewfinder, it has the same challenges that almost all instant cameras face with their viewfinders, and all Onesteps (even the ones from the 70s)have this issue. The viewfinder is set off center. This flaw exists in all fuji instax instant cameras and most new and old Polaroid cameras( except most packfilm cameras). You just have to account for the difference up close by shifting the center of your subject to the right in the viewfinder window.Ok, now to the nuts and bolts. You canpermanently mount the viewfinder to the camera with glue, but Iprefer a simple, clean, and reversible method. I include glue dotsalong with black tape to mount it with included instructions. It isentirely up to you which method you choose.About me: I am an artist, collegeprofessor of photography, creative alternative photographer, andmaker. I sell mostly Polaroid cameras online, shoot mostly analog, and love to hack things. I am and have always been a fan of the DIYmovement. I have a blog called Lo-Fi and DIY (lofianddiy).
