I've designed a lens cap holder for my Lumix GF1. There are
many like it,
but this one is mine.
The idea is to have somewhere to put the lens cap when it isn't
on the front of the lens. The point of making my own is that I can
suit it to the specific strap I have on the GF1, which is narrower
than most. Also, I wanted the practice – and I suspect the few minutes
of design time weren't any longer than it would have taken to trawl
through Thingiverse and work out which one was best suited to the job.
Since the shape required is basically a matter of cylinders and the
occasional cube, I ran it up in OpenSCAD rather than messing around
with Blender (which is hugely powerful, but wilfully obscure as far as
user interface goes).
Less than an hour later, it was ready:
If you want one and you're in the UK, I will make it, in your choice
of colour, and sell it to you for 21p (plus any postage). If you want
one customised, give me a shout and we'll work something out.
I should probably get an Etsy shop or some such, though at a low price
like this the Etsy fees would more than triple the total cost. Maybe
that's why people charge five quid for them on Etsy, and then decorate
them to justify the price. Or maybe I should use Shapeways, where they
seem to go for £10+, but that means PayPal…
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