DIY

‘Tis the season: This gingerbread instant camera actually takes photos

Dec 5, 2023 Dunja Đuđić

Canada-based photographer and film photography enthusiast Dmitri Tcherbadji made something silly and brilliant this holiday season. It’s an instant camera made of gingerbread, and it even has a lens made of sugar. What’s truly brilliant is that it actually works and shoots Fujifilm Instax Square instant film.

zeiss to af m-mount lens conversion side by side

How I converted a 103-year-old Zeiss lens to autofocus M-mount

Nov 27, 2023 Jim Headley

Recently I was rummaging around in a box of old cameras, and I stumbled across a cute little Zeiss lens that I didn’t even know I had. It was a 5cm (50mm for you youngsters out there) f: 3.5 Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar. I researched its serial number (in the 411,000 range) to discover this little lens was manufactured in 1920, that’s 103 years ago.

How I built a simple timelapse system with Raspberry Pi and a PiCamera

Nov 1, 2023 Andrea Favero

I’ve always been fascinated by timelapse videos, perhaps because my patience is dwindling as I grow older. Anyhow, I wanted to capture memories of an event where I wouldn’t have been able to take pictures, and none of my family members could join me to help. This was the trigger to start the timelapse project, giving a purpose to the spare Raspberry Pi 4b I had lying around for some time. Yes, you’re right, I was just searching for an excuse to start this project, and I did find it…