There's a strong crossover between photography and camera enthusiasts and LEGO fans, as demonstrated by the LEGO Polaroid, the LEGO Retro Camera Creator Kit, and a popular LEGO Ideas project dedicated to landscape photography and Ansel Adams. Like the Polaroid and landscape kit, a new LEGO IMAX project is being born within the LEGO Ideas community.
A photography-themed LEGO set has garnered significant support on LEGO Ideas, LEGO's community-centered portal for creative builders to share their creations and even make proposals for future official LEGO sets.
Constructed from LEGO bricks, a nearly-to-scale Polaroid OneStep camera with a functional film tray could become an officially released set, as it has received 10,000 backers and was a LEGO team staff pick.
The hobbyist LEGO designer who goes by Pandis Pandus (and who previously created a 1914 Ur-Leica LEGO camera) is back with an even more elaborate concept kit. It's a 1950 Leica IIIf LEGO camera that comes complete with a box, display stand, lens, finder, and caps.
For those who have always wanted to own what is known as the "original Leica" camera, this design for the 1914 Ur-Leica made of LEGO bricks might be the most accessible way to do so.
Architecture student David Hensel loves both photography and LEGOs, and he recently brought these dual passions together to create a LEGO version of the classic Olympus OM-1 that's been gaining a lot of traction on the LEGO Ideas website. If all goes well, it could even become a real LEGO product.
Taiwan-based photographer, designer, and LEGO builder Helen Sham has created an incredibly realistic Hasselblad 503CX medium format film camera using LEGO blocks. And with your help, the design could one day become an official LEGO kit on store shelves.