DIY
What if we made a camera that sees in reverse?
Dec 5, 2024
Dunja Đuđić
Yeah, you read that right – what if we could build a camera that sees in reverse or around objects? Shane of Stuff Made Here…
This guy stripped his GoPros to bare minimum to mount them on his rocket
Dec 2, 2024
John Aldred
GoPros and action cameras are small. We all know that. It’s their single biggest advantage over larger and more capable equipment. But sometimes, they’re still…
Build a portable, touchscreen camera with just three parts
Nov 26, 2024
David Prochnow
Let’s set the scene: you’re sitting in a shack on a frozen lake in northern Wisconsin when, suddenly, in the distant ice fog, you see…
DSLR film scanning on a budget: Stunning results with a cheap enlarger lens
Nov 14, 2024
Markus Hofstätter
You can fall into a huge rabbit hole if you read about scanning negatives with your mirrorless or DSLR camera. Lots of people recommend different…
Oh, snap: make a wired remote switch for your Canon camera, no soldering required – just plug and click
Oct 20, 2024
David Prochnow
The days when shutter release buttons had a threaded socket for receiving a cable release are long gone. Until the advent of the self-timer, whether…
Modding the $99 Viltrox 28mm f/4.5 to make it see in anamorphic
Oct 10, 2024
John Aldred
The Viltrox 28mm f/4.5 FE lens (buy here) is an interesting one. It offers a nice, wide 28mm focal length with full-frame sensor coverage. It…
Watch this 2001 Barbie camera become a high-tech modern video camera
Oct 9, 2024
John Aldred
We’ve seen a lot of really great camera challenges with bad cameras over the years. Philip Bloom himself got together with DigitalRev (remember them?) to…
Make your footage smooth as butter with this simple syringe slider
Oct 3, 2024
Dunja Đuđić
As you can tell by our name, we love DIY projects. And while we enjoy building some more complex stuff, we’re also blown away by…
The Sitina 1 open-source full-frame mirrorless camera is coming along nicely
Oct 1, 2024
John Aldred
It was over a year ago that we first heard about Sitina 1. It’s an open-source full-frame interchangeable lens mirrorless camera. Being developed by Wenting…
Build this $50 DIY LED Light to brighten up your YouTube studio
Sep 30, 2024
John Aldred
DIY lighting was a bit of a naughty phrase not too long ago. It was almost impossible to actually get the level of power, quality…