DIY
Slidee is probably the cheapeast non-motorised automatic DIY camera slider you can make yourself
Aug 26, 2022
John Aldred
This is a pretty novel idea for a camera slider, called Slidee from maker Shivam Dehinwal. It has no motors, no Bluetooth, no electronics at…
The “Pi Cam” is a 12-megapixel, 3D printed, Raspberry Pi-powered camera you can control from anywhere
Aug 26, 2022
John Aldred
I knew we’d see a smaller interchangeable lens Raspberry Pi-powered camera than the Paparazzo at some point. This one’s a little different, though. Instead of…
This 3D printed 163mm f/2.5 lens with built-in aperture and focus adjustments can be made for less than $15
Aug 23, 2022
John Aldred
When it comes to 3D printed lenses, they usually suffer from some limitations that manufactured lenses do not. Two of those limitations specifically are the…
This DIY e-paper display plays movies in ultra slow motion and would take years to play one back completely
Aug 22, 2022
John Aldred
There seems to be a weird obsession with super slow movie players lately. I’ve seen a few of them come scroll up my screen lately,…
The “Edelclone” is a 4-axis DIY camera slider that used to be a 3D printer and you can make one, too
Aug 19, 2022
John Aldred
Some of you might remember DSLR DIY CNC from last year’s post about those neat 3D printed custom lens caps. This have been pretty quiet…
Make this simple DIY lens from an old disposable camera
Aug 16, 2022
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Raise your hand if you still have that old 35mm film point-and-shoot somewhere around the house. If you’d like to give it a new life,…
The View-Remaster is a digitising scanner for old View-Master reels to watch them on modern tech
Aug 11, 2022
John Aldred
I’ve spoken about the View-Master here on DIYP before. In fact, as recently as the Kandao QooCam EGO review I posted a few weeks ago….
The Paparazzo is a DIY interchangeable lens digital camera based off the Raspberry Pi and PI HQ Camera module
Aug 5, 2022
John Aldred
I knew we’d eventually start to see some custom “portable” cameras being made based off the Raspberry Pi HQ camera after they announced it in…
How to modify the Plustek 8100 35mm film scanner to scan medium format roll film
Aug 4, 2022
John Aldred
Film’s resurgence in the last few years has left many analogue photographers with something of a problem, particularly if they want to shoot medium format…
This $20 DIY ring light isn’t the kind of ring light you think it is – it’s for light painting
Aug 1, 2022
John Aldred
When we hear the term “ring light” in photography, one thing immediately springs to mind and it offers a very distinctive look. But there is…