Lomography Konstruktor DIY Kit

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Pros:

A ton of fun to use.
Good conversation piece.
Super cheap.

Cons:

Dim viewfinder.
Occasionally unclear instructions.

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Last revision on April 29, 2019

Reviewers Liked

A ton of fun to use
Good conversation piece
Super cheap
The satisfaction of a job well done

Reviewers Didn't Like

Dim viewfinder
Occasionally unclear instructions
Fixed 1/80-second shutter and f/10 aperture
Uneven film advance
Free-turning frame counter
Unreliable handling
Limited settings

Expert reviews and ratings

The Lomography Konstruktor is an all-plastic 35mm SLR camera that you build yourself, but once you've put it together it's a bit frustrating to use.

By PCMag on February 26, 2014

Lomography puts out a variety of cameras that work with just about any film format still in production, but its most recent product, the Konstruktor, is at once one of its most conventional and radical: it's a 35mm SLR, but one that you build yourself...

By The Verge on January 14, 2014

Building a camera is not easy. I know this because I spent nearly two hours during a recent weekend trying to put together the Lomography Konstruktor, a DIY 35mm film SLR (single-lens reflex) camera.Lomography is widely known for its toy cameras. The...

By mashable.com on March 08, 2014

Lomo, maker of cameras that use proper film instead of this digital stuff, has introduced a new kind of SLR to the market: one that you build yourself. The Konstruktor costs just £29,99, and Lomo says you should be able to build your camera in less than...

By Pocket-lint on June 19, 2013

We spent two hours painstakingly putting this DIY camera together, and have a time lapse to prove itWhen I first found out about Lomography's Konstruktor DIY camera kit, I was pretty excited. I shoot quite a bit of film, and despite being 25-years-old, I...

By Popular Photography Magazine on June 19, 2013