DIY

    3D Printed Brackets For Panoramic Photography
    Aug 25, 2013 Udi Tirosh

    Here is an interesting piece of gear. A 3d Printed lens collar that is designed for panoramic photography (this one is for Samyang 8mm, but…

    The Bigshot Camera Is A Full Fledged DIY Digital Camera
    Aug 19, 2013 Udi Tirosh

    Ever wondered what’s inside a Digital camera? Shree Nayar, a Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University took a stub at this question and made…

    Smoke Tube of Death – Controlling Smoke On Large Locations
    Aug 7, 2013 Udi Tirosh

    Controlling smoke always seems like a hard task to me. Between the wind, air temperate and evaporating nature of smoke it can get quite tricky….

    How To Build A Light Table (Or Inspecting 50,000 Film Slides)
    Aug 2, 2013 Udi Tirosh

    When our sister company, Spiffy Gear, designed and built the Light Blaster™ slide projector they (and we) had to go over slides. Lots of slides….

    How to Build a DIY “Wind Proof” Reflector
    Jul 29, 2013 Udi Tirosh

    Have you ever taken a 5-in-1 collapsible reflector to a shoot on a windy day? Did you feel that you were paragliding?  While I am…

    The StrobePack Is A Wearable Glittering DIY Lighting Studio
    Jul 23, 2013 Guest Author

    The basic goal of the StrobePack, is to provide high-quality lighting at night and in low-light conditions, although it can be used in daylight, it…

    Magic Lantern’s Dual ISO Feature May Boost Dynamic Range To 14 Stops (Or Fry Your Sensor)
    Jul 22, 2013 Udi Tirosh

    One of the recent Magic Lantern announcements is in my eyes a real bomb on the photo industry. Their Dual ISO feature (announcement here) may…

    How To Build A Scream-Triggered Photobooth
    Jul 13, 2013 Guest Author

    Our buddy Haje Jan Kamps set up a scream triggered Photobooth. We thought it was a pretty cool concept so we asked him to share…

    How To Correct The Green Cast From A 10 Stops Neutral Density Welding Glass Filter
    Jul 12, 2013 Udi Tirosh

    One of my all-time long exposure photographers is Australian photographer Alex Wise. (not sure if you can say “long exposure photographer”, but I just did….

    The OpenReflex Is A 100% 3D Printable Open Source SLR Camera
    Jul 7, 2013 Udi Tirosh

    Maker Léo Marius was not satisfied with the state of 3D printed cameras. Sure, we’ve see a few pinholes printed here and there, but never…