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Balsa Wood Canon DSLR Gives Us the Inevitable
Posted by Jesus Diaz at 5:20 AM on October 2, 2008
This balsa wood Canon DSLR is a perfect object of desire for both photography aficionados and people who like crafts. The steps are really simple, and the results--as you can see in the image--look great.
Of course, if I tried this, mine would end up looking like a cubist version of a 1980 Polaroid instant camera. [Canon via Core77]
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comp_wiz101
Posted 5:46 AM 2/10/08
Wait, 1980s polaroids were not cubist?
comp_wiz101
tridtaei
Posted 5:43 AM 2/10/08
nobody entered that crafts contest?! That's actually kind of funny.
tridtaei
OldCrow
Posted 5:41 AM 2/10/08
So now I can get a 30 megapixel splinter?
OldCrow
J. Nadeau
Posted 5:38 AM 2/10/08
Wow, that must be easy, there are only 8 steps.
J. Nadeau
Jrsy is the dude, playing the dude, disguised as another dude
Posted 5:38 AM 2/10/08
Oh sure, so now there's gonna be another media card format. What's the biggest capacity BW card available?
Jrsy is the dude, playing the dude, disguised as another dude
SirBeef
Posted 5:27 AM 2/10/08
Then what?
SirBeef
fxb
Posted 5:27 AM 2/10/08
a woodie?
fxb
Chester_Copperpot
Posted 5:26 AM 2/10/08
Can it shoot HD video?
Chester_Copperpot
witnessx
Posted 6:19 AM 2/10/08
Its going to have issues with sawdust on the imaging sensor..
witnessx
Chester_Copperpot
Posted 6:18 AM 2/10/08
@Barry99705: I actually laughed out loud to that. Good work, very good work.
Chester_Copperpot
Barry99705
Posted 6:14 AM 2/10/08
Yes, god damn it, it can blend, no it can't play Crysis.
Barry99705
hydramax6
Posted 6:07 AM 2/10/08
No, no, a balsa woodie.
hydramax6
Lupison
Posted 5:59 AM 2/10/08
It will only catch on if the porn industry starts using it.
Lupison
ripfire
Posted 6:36 AM 2/10/08
Not everybody has a dremel.
ripfire
framitz
Posted 6:25 AM 2/10/08
Looks like a really crappy waste of time and wood. Why not make something ORIGINAL with the limited talent?
framitz
EricAlder
Posted 7:01 AM 2/10/08
Up next:
Lego Canon SLR
EricAlder
markarian
Posted 6:55 AM 2/10/08
1Ds MK B ?
markarian
RW-One
Posted 7:14 AM 2/10/08
This would give that old time feel to its pictures; the graininess of the pics ...
RW-One
shorty6049
Posted 9:10 AM 2/10/08
@Chester_Copperpot: what, is HD video the new Crysis?
shorty6049
Novenus
Posted 8:58 AM 2/10/08
@ripfire: This isn't a Dremel project but primarily a band saw project...
Novenus
KarinLovesYou
Posted 10:11 AM 2/10/08
"What is in balsamic vinaigrette??? Balsalm...Balsa...Balsa wood??? BALSA WOOD!"
...anyone who gets the reference is awesome.
KarinLovesYou
AHemp
Posted 10:58 AM 2/10/08
Ah, the now-classic 1D. A great camera that held its own for a while...
AHemp
wingbatwu
Posted 10:42 AM 2/10/08
very retrofuturist
wingbatwu
justhesh
Posted 7:30 PM 2/10/08
Why not go the extra few steps and make it an actual working film camera? Maybe a pinhole or a medium format.
justhesh
EricAlder
Posted 1:49 AM 3/10/08
@KarinLovesYou:
Sounds like something Rachel Ray might've said, but I'm not certain.
EricAlder
spawnofbill
Posted 2:17 AM 3/10/08
This is actually how canon used to make their design prototypes for ergonomic studies. Until recently it was much faster to make a balsa wood sculpture and hone the design over time instead of having to make a cnc milled or injected plastic model for every revision.
spawnofbill
spawnofbill
Posted 2:14 AM 3/10/08
@KarinLovesYou: Eddie Izzard!
spawnofbill