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    The Paragraphica is the weirdest AI camera so far
    Jun 2, 2023 John Aldred

    On the topic of weird AI cameras, the Paragraphica has to be the weirdest I’ve seen so far. Like the Black Box Camera we featured…

    Here’s a bullet time video booth you can build yourself
    May 30, 2023 John Aldred

    Ok, so this is going to require something of a budget. This is because of the simple fact that shooting bullet time requires a whole…

    The 3D printed MicBack turns your on-camera mic into a wireless shotgun
    May 18, 2023 John Aldred

    Despite being referred to as on-camera microphones, the array of such microphones from companies like Rode, Deity, Sennheiser and others are just as capable when…

    How I turned my bedroom closet into a darkroom for $20
    May 15, 2023 Chris Kuhn

    A few years ago I had a great darkroom setup in my basement that I converted from a (mostly) unused bathroom. It had a wet…

    This Raspberry Pi project stitches together images of passing trains
    May 12, 2023 John Aldred

    This is quite a fascinating concept. Based around a Raspberry Pi, it takes photographs – lots of photographs – of trains passing through a station…

    This guy strapped a Super 8 movie camera to an FPV drone
    May 11, 2023 John Aldred

    There are times when YouTube presents us with something so insane and cool that we not only go, “Wow!” but also, “How has it taken…

    How I shot a HDR tintype with a super-fast lens
    May 11, 2023 Markus Hofstätter

    When shooting wet plates, you deal with a very light-insensitive process (about ISO 0.5). So most wet plate artists want to get their hand on…

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    I turned a 3D printer into a $400, four axis motion controller
    May 8, 2023 Udi Tirosh

    Videographer and Tinkerrer Pedro Callisaya just created what’s probably the cheapest four-axis motion controller (and even the basic ones don’t run cheap). He did this…

    How I made a 3D-printed movie camera that uses 35mm film
    May 8, 2023 Blaž Semprimožnik

    A couple of years ago I have been occasionally shooting 35mm films with point&shoot still cameras while also having the desire to shoot motion picture…

    This guy stuffed a Gameboy camera inside a Holga
    Apr 7, 2023 John Aldred

    Of all the film-to-digital camera conversions I’ve seen, this has to be one of the most fun. I mean, who wouldn’t want to turn what…