Now that we have our camera design, time to get into the nitty gritty. How will it work? Who are we?
First and foremost is the team name: If you’re familiar with cameras, you probably know that a number like f/2.8 refers to aperture size on cameras. Enough said?
Second, we brought some preliminary ideas of how it might work.
As a refresher, our yoyo concept is a camera lens, like this:
For now we have two options for the design:
- Aesthetic camera lens: looks look a camera lens with a nice weight, textured aperture ring, clear dome, and iris.
- Mechanically functioning camera lens: same as option 1, but turning the aperture lens actually operates the iris!
The body is made of black and gray injection molded parts
The glass dome is made of clear thermoformed plastic
The iris mechanism may be made of — water-jet metal, 3D printed plastic, or injection molded plastic — spray painted black.
We decided our next step would be to look into existing CAD for camera irises, as well as begin breaking down how a mold might work for the purely aesthetic portions.
f/2.008 