The camera sports a retro aesthetic that uses the black and white Lego logo from 1934.
If youre into the retro camera revival, its harder to get more old-school than that.
The ZH1 has a classic-looking shell, much like the recentFujifilm X100VIsingle-lens point-and-shoot camera.
Don’t tell me you’re not excited about shooting real photos on a Lego camera.Image: Zung Hoang
Theres a winding knob, a rewind knob, a shutter button, and even an accessory shoe.
Project creator Zung Hoang showed on hisInstagrampage how simple it is to use.
We first spotted the Lego camera viaHackadayin 2023.
Image: Zung Hoang
In the intervening year, creator Zung Hoang has been trying to push the project onLego Ideas.
Lego currently sells arecreation Retro Camerawith 261 pieces.
you might also see the camera working from an early prototype from Hoangs YouTube channel.
Image: Zung Hoang
It is a rather large design, however.
The only thing to consider is how light-proof the brick-based camera can be.
The builder created his own mod to turn the machine into a pinhole camera with an extra-small aperture.
Image: Zung Hoang
However he tried to use it before, but the hole is not small enough to make pictures sharp.
He said he may include the mod in the future.
I cant be the only one who wants to hang a few of these developed snapshots on their wall.
Image: Zung Hoang
Hell, now I want to use some Legos to create a frame for a Lego camera collage.
News from the future, delivered to your present.
Image: Zung Hoang
Image: Zung Hoang
Image: Zung Hoang
Image: Zung Hoang
Image: Zung Hoang
