Konstruktor F

Awesome camera. Easily assembled (will recommend having a pair of tweezers available for one of the springs). Any of the bad reviews that concern the "quality" of the camera should be ignored. This is a Lomo camera and it is supposed to be used for lomography, not professional photography. I'm not sure who ordered a $40 camera and thought they were going to get a Leica. Regardless, this was a fun activity and a great way to get back into film photography.

Building the camera was pretty easy as long as you follow the directions, took about 2 hours (with a break). Shooting is a little different, the SLR-style viewfinder isn't very clear but not a big deal for an inexpensive camera. I couldn't get the frame counter to work so I have to guess how far to advance the film. I guess I did a good job because I got 23 prints from a 24 exposure roll of film. I didn't expect the pictures to be great or even focused, and they turned out very nicely. The aperture is small, but wide enough to get good daytime outdoor shots.

Aesthetically it’s a nice camera and a really cool concept. I really enjoy models and building them, having said that it’s very clear the spent a chunk of money on the graphic design and not the actual instruction manual. You could easily build the konstructor in less than an hour but the guide is hard to follow. Haven’t taken photos with it yet, will report back.

Let me start by saying if you like DIY assemblies, this is a fun date night activity. I’d budget upwards of three hours in case you make a mistake or two (or three or four or five, like us). Keep an eye out for the type of screw you’re supposed to be using, if pieces need to be angled a certain way — it’s a simple camera but even simple cameras are complex machines. If you have big hands, grab a friend with small hands or get a pair of needle-tip tweezers cause you’ll need ‘em.

This camera is well-made. I was expecting really cheapo plastic with horrible instructions like my TLR kit, but this one was professionally packaged, well documented, and well-manufactured. It took me about an hour to build it and decorate it. The ground glass is a little dark. It's like f/10 at 1/125 so set your focus once for 3-4 feet and then everything should be in focus from there to infinity.

I double and triple checked my build. Still convinced I had done something wrong, I watched a couple YouTube videos. I confirmed I put it together correctly and *nothing* on this camera works. 1. Objects at a distance focus when lens is set to .5m. Now, I probably assembled the lens incorrectly but there was nothing in the skimpy instructions to show how it should be properly done. 2. Bulb mode ingeniously works just like Normal mode.I could work around both 1. and 2. but: 3: the film advance mechanism is total garbage. I THINK how it's supposed to work is that you advance the film until the knob locks, then you manually set the frame counter and that unlocks the film advance and you're ready to advance to the next frame. Except advancing the frame counter doesn't actually unlock the film advance but it DOES advance the film as long as you keep turning it WITHOUT stopping at the next frame.Bottom line is, I put it together correctly and it's unusable. Pass on this one.

Bought this for my boyfriend's Christmas present last year and it has been put into good use since then. Perfect gift for bonding with loved ones whilst building it, and for making photo memories with them.

Pretty difficult to use. Took longer than 1-2 hours to put together. Instructions and labeling were not as clear as they could have been. We tried using film with it but the roll came out blank. I guess it is about trial and error and we will try again with more film, but this camera for a DIY should have been easier to use. The exterior looks cool though so if we cannot use as a camera, it'd be a cool display item.