I worked with a team of 4 mechanical engineers to design and built a left handed camera holder for a client with right side paralysis. After many stages of iterative design and user testing we came up with our final design, which uses a mechanical shutter release attached to a handheld camera mount, provides three degrees of freedom, and can be used for most point and shoot cameras. The final design reduced the time to mount and adjust the camera on the holder from 15 minutes to 2 minutes. I was responsible for meticulously designing the details of each prototype, producing CAD models and drawings for fabrication, and purchasing product materials. For more information on the materials and fabrication of the product, visit our Instructables page: https://www.instructables.com/Left-Handed-Camera-Adapter/
Left handed camera holder, made from two separate pieces that are attached by magnets for easy assembly
Original design made by client which tool ten to fifteen minutes to assemble and was difficult to use
Sketches of different possible designs. After speaking with our client, we learned that he wanted a camera holder that can be used for multiple different cameras, requiring movements in the xyz directions
One of the prototypes which allowed movement in three directions. The design was difficult to use and required too many individual adjustments
Exploded CAD view of final prototype assembly
In the product, one component controlled both the x and z positions. The y direction is adjusted by rotating the camera to the appropriate position when mounting
Magnetic attachment of x and z slide to allow for easy assembly
Client using the final product
Detachable prototype allowed easy mounting of the camera to the handle
