DIY

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…



This guy built his own custom DaVinci Resolve Speed Editor

Sep 30, 2024 John Aldred

Consoles for video editing have become more available than ever these days. With devices like the Stream Deck, Blackmagic’s Speed Editor ($395), Tourbox and Loupedeck/Logitech,…



How to make your own custom gobos at home with an inkjet printer

Sep 18, 2024 John Aldred

Gobos have become very fashionable lately. It’s largely thanks to the number of projector modifiers available for LED lights and strobes now. Often, these modifiers…



A simple approach to digital solargraphy with Sony mirrorless

Sep 13, 2024 Christopher Getschmann

Ultra-long exposure images or Solargraphy are photos that are taken over the span of a few hours, days or weeks or months. Usually, they include…