DIY

    This guy built his own AI-powered robot camera operator to follow him around and you can too
    Dec 19, 2022 John Aldred

    James Bruton is one of the biggest names in robotics on YouTube. He’s made all kinds of crazy contraptions and robots that work on a…

    Here’s a 3D printable case for the Rode Wireless GO II that you can make yourself
    Dec 19, 2022 John Aldred

    The Rode Wireless GO II has become ubiquitous amongst YouTubers and filmmakers alike. Despite the massive amount of competitors on the market now, it still…

    How I made my own 3D printed film video camera
    Dec 15, 2022 Joshua Bird

    I’ve made an expensive and unreliable way to record low quality videos! If you haven’t noticed from my last few blog posts, I’ve been pretty…

    This DIY battery adapter lets you unify your battery power system across your video devices
    Dec 14, 2022 John Aldred

    We’re quite lucky in the photo and video industries that there aren’t many weird or non-standard batteries, for the most part. Sure, some companies do…

    The Photon is a tiny open-source handheld light meter powered by a Raspberry Pi Pico
    Nov 29, 2022 John Aldred

    Light meters have been a bit out of fashion for a while – although you’ll get my Sekonic from my cold dead hands! – but…

    The Photopistol is a 3D printable pistol grip for holding and shooting your camera
    Nov 29, 2022 John Aldred

    While words like “shoot” might sometimes get you into trouble on certain social media platforms, this is a device that blurs the lines between its…

    Call yourself a cookie addict? Well, here’s some Oreo lens and body caps you can 3D print
    Nov 28, 2022 John Aldred

    3D printing offers us some wonderfully creative options for developing, prototyping, and ultimately making excellent practical tools to help us with our photography and filmmaking….

    This 3D printed cage stops your microphone cable from falling out of the Rode Wireless GO II Transmitter
    Nov 21, 2022 John Aldred

    Now, I have to admit, this isn’t a problem I’ve faced myself, but it is a problem I’ve seen a few other people mention, both…

    The “Pieca” is a Raspberry Pi powered camera with a Leica M lens mount
    Nov 9, 2022 John Aldred

    It feels like we’re having a big rush of Raspberry Pi based cameras recently. Lately, we’ve had the Paparazzo interchangeable C/CS mount camera, the accessible-anywhere…

    This DIY 3D printed trinocular lens lets you lets you shoot digital wigglecams with your Sony camera
    Nov 3, 2022 John Aldred

    Wigglegrams are a fun thing to shoot and experiment with. For those who’ve never heard of them before, it’s essentially a sort of 3D photo,…