Konstruktor
Recently start to get crazy on Lomography and start to read about "Toy Camera". Begin to see many DIY camera; such as Recesky 3D Stereo Pinhole Camera and 135 Camera. Search through the web and read through the reviews, but none able to provide me a good in-depth details of these cameras.After a few weeks of struggled, finally decided to get a Konstruktor to try it out.
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| Assembled Konstruktor |
1. Sharp scissor X 1.
2. Pincer X 1.
3. A small box to store screws.
Without the above... very tough to assemble.
Construction
The Kronstruktor comes in with a very nice packing and good finishing quality. Upon opening the box, it is divided into three sections as shown.
01 - LENS
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| Len Assembly. |
With reference to the manual, first is to assemble the LENS. The steps are simple as shown in the manual. But it took me almost 20 minutes to figure out how to do it.
The challenge or problem here is that it is very tough to slot in the lens, A8, and the lens' attachment, B18, into B17. Most of the time is you can only slot in one, with the other stuck on the other side. There is not trick for a quick assemble, only way is to push in the A8 half way then B18 half way. Slowly push in at both end to get it done.
02 - HOOD VIEWFINDER
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| Completed assembly of Hood Viewfinder. |
03 - BODY
This is the most complicated module to assemble and also the most important of all.Warning: If the parts not assembled correctly, the film loading mechanism will not function properly.
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| View 01 of Step 10. |
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| View 02 of Step 10. |
Before assemble Step 11, ensure that the spring B9 and stopper P8 are in collect position before slotting B22 into the hole. Please note tht B22 is on top of P8.
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| Completed assembly of Step 12. |
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| Completed assembly of Step 13. |
The most confusing part is Step 14, this is the part for the counting of how many films taken. Till now, i still unable to make the film counter works for my camera.
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| Completed assembly of Step 14. |
04 -OTHER PARTS
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| Completed assembly of Step 15 and 16. |
For Step 15 and 16 are very straight forward.
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| Completed assembly of Step 17. |
05 -CAMERA
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| Get ready for the final assembly. |
Get all the parts as shown above ready. This is the final moment of the assembling process. In fact, this is only the mid-way point.
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| Completed assembly of Step 18 to 20. |
The toughest part of assembling the camera is to insert the body into the front cover. Every time, either the screw or the gear will drop out during the process. I have tried several and many times to have a successful one.
Upon completing Step 20, rest of the steps are straight forward.
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| Completed assembly of Step 21. |
06 - FINISH ASSEMBLING
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| Ready for final touch up and decoration. |
07 - ADDING THE FINAL TOUCH
Above is the final look of my camera. Simple!!
Installation and User Manual
For those who is interested to understand more about the construction of the camera, please download the installation manual from below.Konstruktor Manual
The manual also provides a very good description on HOW-TO USE. However, on the first read or many read, you still get a bit of confusion here and there. The best way is to load in a roll of film and goes around the neighbourhood to start shooting. After a round, you will know your camera inside out.
My Camera Issues
My camera has the following issues that i am not able to resolve after a few rounds of stripping and assembling.1. The shutter button is not able to trigger the light chamber to auto open and close. i need to manually push the leveler, A5, to trigger the light chamber.
2. The film counter always move on it own will. i have no idea how it works and just have to live with it.
3. The knob to forward the film is very hard to turn after taking a shot. Giving a sense that the film is not in place. Will need to know when my first roll of film is readied.
Above are the two issues i am having. Think this is the character of my camera.
Above are the two issues i am having. Think this is the character of my camera.
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