Sasquatch 6x17 Camera - Stainless Steel Frame with 3D Printed Parts
p.1 #1Sasquatch 6x17 Camera - Stainless Steel Frame with 3D Printed Parts
This was posted (by the makers) over at APUG, figured I'd post it here too. Pretty cool, especially the industrial design. Apparently they wanted an XPan and figured, why bother with 35mm? I wish them success. I am not sure I have enough film in my storeroom to make something like this viable long-term!
https://thesasquatchcamera.com
https://thesasquatchcamera.com
Jan 30, 2026 at 10:34 AM
p.1 #2Sasquatch 6x17 Camera - Stainless Steel Frame with 3D Printed Parts
Very cool design and camera. I had a 3D printed 6x17 for a while. This looks substantially improved in build. 6x17 is fun, but to your point it just eats through film. Ultimately, I didn't bring it with me enough because the camera itself was quite large. I now have a somewhat smaller Veriwide 100 that gets 7 shots at least!
Jan 30, 2026 at 01:49 PM
p.1 #3Sasquatch 6x17 Camera - Stainless Steel Frame with 3D Printed Parts
Does the pressure plate have a 220 setting? 120 is ridiculous for 6x17. It could use some vertical movements, but maybe in the next iteration.
EBH
EBH
Jan 30, 2026 at 09:57 PM
p.1 #4Sasquatch 6x17 Camera - Stainless Steel Frame with 3D Printed Parts
You can’t use 220 in a camera like this because there’s no backing paper.
EB-1 wrote:
Does the pressure plate have a 220 setting? 120 is ridiculous for 6x17. It could use some vertical movements, but maybe in the next iteration.
EBH
EB-1 wrote:
Does the pressure plate have a 220 setting? 120 is ridiculous for 6x17. It could use some vertical movements, but maybe in the next iteration.
EBH
Jan 31, 2026 at 09:32 AM
p.1 #5Sasquatch 6x17 Camera - Stainless Steel Frame with 3D Printed Parts
My understanding is that 220 hasn’t been made for a long time. Is someone making it again? Not available at my UK supplier.
Feb 06, 2026 at 03:39 PM
p.1 #6Sasquatch 6x17 Camera - Stainless Steel Frame with 3D Printed Parts
Damn, that's terrible for the large formats. 
It's the same film without paper so why not, just volume?
EBH
It's the same film without paper so why not, just volume?EBH
Feb 08, 2026 at 10:41 PM
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p.1 #7Sasquatch 6x17 Camera - Stainless Steel Frame with 3D Printed Parts
EB-1 wrote:
Damn, that's terrible for the large formats. It's the same film without paper so why not, just volume?
EBH
Wedding photographers were the main users of 220 film. When they switched to digital, the market dried up, the manufactures dropped it from their catalog.
Damn, that's terrible for the large formats.
It's the same film without paper so why not, just volume?EBH
Wedding photographers were the main users of 220 film. When they switched to digital, the market dried up, the manufactures dropped it from their catalog.
Feb 08, 2026 at 11:04 PM
p.1 #8Sasquatch 6x17 Camera - Stainless Steel Frame with 3D Printed Parts
I wonder if this is meaningfully different than the other 3D printed 617 bodies out there...
Feb 11, 2026 at 02:10 AM
p.1 #9Sasquatch 6x17 Camera - Stainless Steel Frame with 3D Printed Parts
andrewd01 wrote:
My understanding is that 220 hasn’t been made for a long time. Is someone making it again? Not available at my UK supplier.
Yep, you can get 220 film today from Reflx Lab:
https://reflxlab.com/en-ca/products/reflx-lab-pro-100-color-negative-film-220
https://reflxlab.com/en-ca/products/reflx-lab-500t-color-negative-220-film-ecn-2-film
https://reflxlab.com/en-ca/products/3pack-3-rolls-reflx-lab-pan200-infrared-black-and-white-film-120-220
Not all labs will process 220 film; mine does but they charge extra.
A few years back Cinestill announced they would start making some 220 films but I don't see any currently listed on their website. There isn't a lot of demand, but some cameras (including my Mamiya C330) have a 220 setting; I shot a couple of rolls of the Reflx Lab Pro 100 (Kodak Aerocolor) film in 220 a year or two ago and it was fun to have 24 exposures in a roll.
My understanding is that 220 hasn’t been made for a long time. Is someone making it again? Not available at my UK supplier.
Yep, you can get 220 film today from Reflx Lab:
https://reflxlab.com/en-ca/products/reflx-lab-pro-100-color-negative-film-220
https://reflxlab.com/en-ca/products/reflx-lab-500t-color-negative-220-film-ecn-2-film
https://reflxlab.com/en-ca/products/3pack-3-rolls-reflx-lab-pan200-infrared-black-and-white-film-120-220
Not all labs will process 220 film; mine does but they charge extra.
A few years back Cinestill announced they would start making some 220 films but I don't see any currently listed on their website. There isn't a lot of demand, but some cameras (including my Mamiya C330) have a 220 setting; I shot a couple of rolls of the Reflx Lab Pro 100 (Kodak Aerocolor) film in 220 a year or two ago and it was fun to have 24 exposures in a roll.
Feb 11, 2026 at 08:10 AM
p.1 #10Sasquatch 6x17 Camera - Stainless Steel Frame with 3D Printed Parts
Just to elaborate on corposant's post, most 3D printed cameras only shoot 120 because the film is advanced manually until you reach the next number on the backing paper (which you view through a red window on the back of the camera). There are a lot of technical hurdles to printing a fully indexed advance mechanism, including an auto-reset film counter, a racheted advance mechanism that can be unlocked to move forward one frame but also advance freely at the beginning and end of a roll or while the back is open, and the physical length of panoramic format films. It adds a lot of complication and small scale parts so it's usually skipped.
Mar 16, 2026 at 02:27 PM
p.1 #11Sasquatch 6x17 Camera - Stainless Steel Frame with 3D Printed Parts
I did not realize so few 220 were around now. I was lucky to have Fuji and Mamiya 120/220 cameras back in the 90s that had geared advance and plate settings.
I used a Kodak Brownie Hawkeye Flash as small child with that red window for the 620 film so I know what that is although I did not understand the costs savings reason at the time.
EBH
I used a Kodak Brownie Hawkeye Flash as small child with that red window for the 620 film so I know what that is although I did not understand the costs savings reason at the time.
EBH
Mar 16, 2026 at 07:24 PM