DIY Rollei

So.. I bought a DIY Rollei for £7.80 on EBay and pieced it together- which I must admit took a while, not to mention the poor instructions which were written in bad English.

"Screwdriver (do not enclosed)" means that there isn't one.

Some of the pieces were quite small to work with, especially the tiny screws but I continued to persevere, ignoring the fact that the diagrams were not very helpful. Even towards the end, it seemed pointless as the body itself was bowing enough to let light in... until it needed to be screwed through the centre.

In the end, the camera appeared to be fully functional and I was quite impressed with the idea itself as the lenses were quite accurate and the viewfinder screen appeared easy to focus.

All that's left to do now is to test it with 35mm film... Images will follow.