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RefIE-024
ClientProjekt własny
Year2025
Scale1:1
[Product][3D Print][Photography]

Disposable lens on a mirrorless body

A 3D printed body reuses the lens element salvaged from a single-use Kodak camera and mounts it on modern mirrorless cameras. We sold a few units, and the disposable-camera look on a modern body works.

Sample photo shot with this lens, the disposable-camera look. Photo: Dominik Czerny.IE-024 · FIG.01 · Sample photo shot with this lens, the disposable-camera look. Photo: Dominik Czerny.

Problem

The disposable-camera look appeals to photographers, but single-use cameras end after one roll and do not fit modern gear. The optics needed to move onto a body people already use every day.

Outcome

A working lens delivers the disposable-camera look on a modern body and sold in a few units. Test photos by Dominik Czerny show the characteristic soft effect.

  1. 01We took apart a single-use Kodak camera and removed the lens element.
  2. 02We designed and 3D printed the body and rings that hold the lens element.
  3. 03We fitted the mount for Sony, Canon and similar mirrorless cameras.
  4. 04Photographer Dominik Czerny shot test photos confirming the disposable-camera look.
  5. 05We released the lens and sold a few units.

Specifications

IE-024
Optics
disposable Kodak lens
Body
3D print
Mount
Sony, Canon and similar
Look
disposable-camera look
Collaboration
Dominik Czerny (photographer)
Year
2025
A second sample photo taken with this lens. Photo: Dominik Czerny.
FIG.02A second sample photo taken with this lens. Photo: Dominik Czerny.
Several 3D printed lens bodies on the workbench.
FIG.03Several 3D printed lens bodies on the workbench.
The 3D printed mount holding the lens element, seen from the back.
FIG.04The 3D printed mount holding the lens element, seen from the back.
The single-use Kodak camera before teardown.
FIG.05The single-use Kodak camera before teardown.
The disassembled Kodak camera with the lens element visible.
FIG.06The disassembled Kodak camera with the lens element visible.
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