Converting a Bellows Camera Into A Projector
Jul 7, 2013
Udi Tirosh
Udi Tirosh is an entrepreneur, photography inventor, journalist, educator, and writer based in Israel. With over 25 years of experience in the photo-video industry, Udi has built and sold several photography-related brands. Udi has a double degree in mass media communications and computer science.
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Here is a super sweet project by DIYP reader Karl E. Wenzel (AKA Terapixel² on Flickr), who is usually an avid macro photographer.
Project consists of a small picture frame and a 5W LED inserted in an old bellows camera – a Zeiss Ikon with Dominar Anastigmat 105mm/F4.5 lens – to create a small hand held projector.
I think it is a pretty cool project both for the ability to swap pictures and because you get instant focus with a focusable lens.
Karl said that the picture frame is a cheap no-name picture frame with no information printed on and a terrible resolution of 128*128 pixels, one of those things you get in deal extream. Here is how it looks likes coming from the store, and what it looks like after being “adopted” for the projector.
I wonder what a small retina display and a strobe can do in there….
[The USB-Bellows-Camera-Projector | Karl E. Wenzel]
Udi Tirosh
Udi Tirosh is an entrepreneur, photography inventor, journalist, educator, and writer based in Israel. With over 25 years of experience in the photo-video industry, Udi has built and sold several photography-related brands. Udi has a double degree in mass media communications and computer science.
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5 responses to “Converting a Bellows Camera Into A Projector”
great.. .. not.
i rather buy a used projector for 5$ on ebay.. better quality and cheaper
there are DIY stuff that make sense and DIY stuff that does not make sense. more often then ever you post DIY stuff that makes no sense.
It’s not the money or quality that counts, but the fun of making it yourself! If you don’t like it, simply move on and don’t bother us with it. It saves you time. :-D
$5 projectors on ebay…. where at? but I’m with Ikke I think this is neat
While I’m okay with the concept the fact that it had to be left gaping because it didn’t really work makes it a fail. Seamlessness is the key in something like this. When you can get it closed with nothing more than an unobtrusive wire coming from it then you may have something worth showing.
While I’m okay with the concept the fact that it had to be left gaping
because it didn’t really work makes it a fail.This project will be very nice .Thanks..
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