There are many reasons even big-budget movie and TV productions have switched to using digital cameras — the most obvious being that shooting on film is expensive. It’s why amateur filmmakers rarely opt for the 35mm cameras that dominated Hollywood for years, but Yuta Ikeya found a way to make them more affordable by designing and 3D printing a film camera from scratch.
Source: This 3D-Printed 35mm Movie Camera Is an Absolute Marvel of DIY Design and Engineering