DIY
Use cardboard to make the $0 2-in-1 backdrop and gobo
Dec 29, 2023
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Are you in search of festive, sparkly backdrops? And you have some cardboard lying around from a bunch of Christmas gifts you bought or packages you ordered? Well, here’s an idea. In this video from Adorama, Gavin Hoey shows how to create stunning photographic lighting effects with a humble piece of cardboard and a dash of creativity. He transforms this everyday material into a DIY gobo (or cookie) and a backdrop with a sparkly, festive glow.
The Filmolino SlideScanner is a film scanner you can build yourself
Dec 28, 2023
Sagiv Gilburd
You can get a good slide scanner from Kodak for about $179. It works well, but what if you don’t want to pay that much…
Build this interchangeable lens DIY Raspberry Pi Zero camera
Dec 22, 2023
John Aldred
Ever since Raspberry Pi released the Raspberry Pi High Quality Camera Module (buy here), we’ve seen a flurry of 3D-printed cameras based on it. It’s…
Build your own modular DIY DMX-controlled 8ft tube lights for $50
Dec 19, 2023
John Aldred
A lot of DIY lighting projects are fairly basic. They’re often too small or too low-powered. Not all of them, of course. We’ve seen some…
Build your own DIY night vision camera with a Raspberry Pi
Dec 8, 2023
John Aldred
One of the great things about a lot of small sensor cameras is that they’re available in multiple flavours. Most webcams, for example, see both…
Single 8mm film resurrected from the dead by open source project
Dec 6, 2023
John Aldred
Single 8mm is the lesser-known cousin of the popular Super 8mm format. It was Japanese company Fujifilm’s answer to Kodak’s Super 8. Fujifilm hasn’t made…
This 3D printed stereoscopic macro lens is the weirdest camera rig you ever saw
Dec 5, 2023
John Aldred
When 3D printers first started to become a thing, they were hailed as the future of manufacturing. We’d be able to make anything we want….
‘Tis the season: This gingerbread instant camera actually takes photos
Dec 5, 2023
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
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.
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…