Dora Goodman Talks Open-Source 3D Printed Cameras

We spoke to Dora Goodman, founder of the self-titled company, Dora Goodman Cameras. Goodman and her team are passionate analog photography enthusiasts who conceptualize 3D printed medium format and pinhole cameras, as well as build one-of-a-kind custom film cameras based on their own designs. Based in Budapest, the company is founded on an environmentally conscious and collaborative ethos, wherein the materials used to build the camera are as sustainable as possible while all the files needed for printing are freely accessible to the public.

3DN: Can you introduce yourself and your company?

In the beginning, 2016, I started to combine my interests in fashion, handmade designer products and photography. I began working nights in my home workshop, redesigning film cameras using wood veneer and handcrafting leather camera straps. Then I fulfilled requests from fellow film photographs who wanted to personalize their own cameras. Using fine materials such as wood, leather and glass gave me never ending possibilities of creating something unique, something long lasting, something to be treasured; no two cameras were identical. I also made leather camera straps.

3DN: Can you tell us about your products and your link with AM?

I always planned to have my own camera, totally designed and built myself. The first camera I built was made entirely of wood. At the time I was already experimenting with 3D printing, as I was looking for an alternative solution to wood (which was just way too time consuming). We slowly started shifting towards 3D printing, as the technique was rising in popularity quickly. Soon after that we had our very first 3D printed camera- the Goodman One.