How does a instant camera work? [WIP]

Artwork Works in Progress
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How does a instant camera work?
After a little bit of research I began to work on this little infographic/documentary animation. I want to keep the models straight and simple.
Take a first look:

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For now i have two shots finished with approx. 400 frames, more to come :wink:

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Interestingā€¦

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Thanks.
I rendered parts of the animation:

Toughts or comments are always welcome :slight_smile:

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depends on your goals
if for a simple anmation itā€™s good

but could use some improvements
like 3D model is too squarish - some bevels on corners would make it look better
could also do materials in cycles to get a more realist render may be!

happy cycles

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hehe RickyBlender, this already is cycles. :wink:
but I didnā€™t aim at a realistic rendering, as I want to animate it easily and fast :slight_smile:
The next things to to will be the insertion of the film cartridge, and a toplayer for the Light path of the Eyepiece,the Lens and describing the shutter :slight_smile:
Maybe Iā€™ll Bevel the Eyepiece but, I donā€™t feel like rerendering everything with it. Weā€™ll see :slight_smile:

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ā€œchemicalsā€. A little vague.

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Hi, that looks great. As a former camera Seller i can recognize the camera easy, even though it is simplified. Only thing: i would do the angle from front, where the lens is, to the part bellow a bit stronger, Front view it looks almost 90Ā° angle. Second the viewfinder on front is regressed, but comes out on yours. And maybe some reflection would be nice. Third and last, the view-angle differs from viewfinder to lens. It certainly does in real life too, but not that strong.

Would be cool to add a simple image into the thing that shows the Lightrays, so you can demonstrate how the image gets flipped. I mean, put a image from object in front of Lens, one flipped on the mirror and one on the Film.

To be picky, the Chemicals in the film make a kind of bulb before the rolls, (like) it gets squeezed around.

To be really picky, i would prefer one of the nicest polaroid camera (imo), the SX-70 Land Camera. But that as well cause i ever wondered how/where the mirroring/Lightrays happens but never have looked it up :wink:


Maybe interesting to point out the battery is in the film cartridge?

And donā€™t show somebody shake the image to develop, that is wrong. You should not do that, even though you see it in every movie. :wink: