starting again. a bit bigger this time and i got some silicone.

vacformed in ps.

that silicone is messy stuff. almost ran out so had to pack out the corners.

disaster. it came out worse then it had in the plaster moulds.

spent all day and about twenty casts before i found out about talc in the mould. this is a quick test and it works.

got the front cast at home over the weekend.

after some sanding and cutting out the hole for the lens mount.

so i gave at a bit more polishing and some details.

heres a close up of the shutter speed dial. as im taking the picture with my left hand you can see how the camera is supported in my right even with the thumb free to move the wheel.

new lens. as part of an effort to highlight the physical control interface as the most important part of my design i have stripped off the canon logo and replaced the lens with a rapid prototyped pancake. still waiting for the knobs and dials to arrive so these are carved fron a pencil rubber and painted.

if anyone is still interested in my attempts to make a wide angle lens i finally cracked it. it is a standard 50mm lens with a really strong fisheye element held about 40mm infront and a much flatter element at the rear.

this is a selection of my prototypes stuck to the wall for my degree show