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David Imel of MKBHD has taken a close look at the design and functionality of an exciting 3D-printed medium-format film camera on MKBHD's spinoff channel, The Studio.

We all love interesting and perhaps somewhat obscure facts and anyone reading this site has at least a moderate interest in cameras -- and hopefully, their history. Part of that history includes the unique, weird, one-of-a-kind, and (you guessed it) extremely expensive cameras which have, in one way or another, played a role in paving the way to where we are today.

This monster, pictured here next to a Minox, yields 6 x 17 centimeter slides or negatives on 120 film, 4 images on a roll which you can blow up to insane dimensions.

It all started in my photo club, where someone showed 1 meter big prints from Scotland. These landscapes were so incredibly detailed and rich they totally overwhelmed me, they hit me like lightning. They were taken with a Linhof 6×17 panoramic camera.

We’ve shared some pretty awesome DIY cameras with you in the past, and today we've run across one of the most impressive to date.

A 6x17 panorama film camera, it was hand-built out of wood and 18-gauge steel by Instructables user mattthegamer463. And you're welcome to build one yourself or just stare wide-eyed at his.