Camera Filter Bracket by McMustard

Last crawled date: 3 years, 4 months ago

About
I designed this thing to hold a solar filter for taking pictures of the sun, but it can hold any thin filtering film. I see there are already many instances of this type of thing already up here, but I think this is different enough to warrant posting my own.
Important note
I HAVE NOT TESTED THIS PRINT! Not exactly as presented, that is. I originally developed this in Fusion 360, and have tested that version, but this here is the result of converting that design into OpenSCAD, to make it customizable. I have not tested the results after conversion. I have compared the resulting STL files side by side, and I could not discern any differences, but that is not a guarantee that this print will work. I'll test it at some point, and update this text here when I do.
Safety Notice and Disclaimer
If you intend to use this thing to do solar photography, make sure you do your research. This thing can help you photograph the sun, but it is up to you, the user, to ensure your own safety, and prevent damage to your camera equipment. This thing simply holds a piece of film in front of your camera, nothing more.
Materials needed
PLA or another rigid filament for the frame pieces.
Flexible filament for the cuff and gasket pieces.
Filtering film material
Bahtinov Mask
I don't think the Bahtinov mask works -- like at all. In theory, it replaces the front gasket, and you don't use any filter, but in my only test of it so far I couldn't notice any effect. I decided to leave it in the code, however, to let folks tinker with it if they know what they're doing. If you do happen to know what you're doing, I'd appreciate feedback on what I can do to make it better! Thanks.