I Made the "Next-Level" Camera and I love it

Re:I Made the "Next-Level" Camera and I love it by niccolove on Monday April 20, 2026 @11:02AM (#47835351)

> we're so obsessed with shallow depth-of-field as a sign of "quality" and/or meaning.

Nicco here. I didn't use a shallow depth of field here for either reason. I wanted it because all of those scenes are memories of years ago compared to the main events. Thus, I wanted to give the feeling of details blurring out as memories fade. By contrast, I shot the main events at ~f8 on the Helios, so the background is quite sharp.

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Re:I Made the "Next-Level" Camera and I love it by bensyverson on Monday April 20, 2026 @12:38PM (#47836808)

Nicco, I'm here to peer pressure you into shooting 8x10 sheet film. :)

You're gonna love it.

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Re:I Made the "Next-Level" Camera and I love it by niccolove on Monday April 20, 2026 @12:55PM (#47837069)

Ah ah ah I totally should get into it! When time allows it :-)

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Re:I Made the "Next-Level" Camera and I love it by bensyverson on Monday April 20, 2026 @01:04PM (#47837250)

It takes less time than building a camera! haha

Unless you find yourself building an open source rotary film processing system, which is a possibility we can't rule out. :)

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