DIY

This 3D printed adapter lets you scan slides with your DSLR or mirrorless camera

Oct 15, 2021 John Aldred

Ever since Nikon released its overpriced ES-2 slide mount holder in 2017 (for which you also need to buy separate film holders) that lets you…



Add a remote to any tablet teleprompter for $23

Oct 10, 2021 Udi Tirosh

Here at DIYP HQ, we are using a teleprompter to cut down on takes and have a more streamlined “talking head”. Using a prompter has…



This DIY 3D printed “Micro Jib” is the world’s smallest camera crane and lives on your desktop

Oct 9, 2021 John Aldred

We’ve covered a lot of ways to mount a camera overhead over the last few years, but this is probably the fanciest and most elegant….



Breathing new life into an old vintage slide projector lens with 3D printing

Oct 6, 2021 Nick Morganti

Browsing through an antiques shop, I stumbled upon a Kodak slide projector with a very peculiar attachment: a large lens. This particular lens caught my…



Fast Stacker 2.0 is an automated focusing rail for macro photos you can build yourself for $180

Oct 6, 2021 John Aldred

Macro is a whole lot of fun, especially if you have a macro rail that lets you rack the camera to shoot a bunch of…



How to make a simple 3D-printed grid snoot for your strobe

Oct 1, 2021 Chris Cameron

A grid snoot is a great light shaper for photographers who want to throw a little light into a tight spot or highlight a select part…



How to make a DIY Photo Enlarger from an Afghan box camera

Sep 27, 2021 Cheng Qwee Low

In a previous post, I shared how I converted my Afghan Box Camera into a slide projector. The principle of the slide projector involves putting…



How to make a DIY camera lens using a magnifying glass and cheap macro bellows

Sep 6, 2021 John Aldred

If you ever want to experiment with optics, making your own lenses (or adapting old ones to fit on current cameras) is definitely a good…



Protect your lenses with your own custom 3D printed rugged lens caps

Sep 1, 2021 John Aldred

There are a lot of 3D printed accessories out there for photography and filmmaking. One of the more popular items that people print are lens…



These 3D printed variable extension tubes let you shoot macro with EF lenses on Sony E cameras

Sep 1, 2021 John Aldred

Macro is always a popular photography subject. Even if it’s not something you shoot all the time, it’s something that pretty much all of us…