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    I made my own digital camera using an Arduino, a projector and a photoresistor
    Jul 3, 2019 Niklas Roy

    The Flying Pixel Portrait Camera uses a video beamer, a single photoresistor, an Arduino and a PC for taking photos of people’s faces. The beamer…

    This is what it was like to be a cinematographer of The Empire Strikes Back
    Jul 3, 2019 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    All of us writing for DIYP are into photography and/or filmmaking, and since you follow our blog, I believe you are, too. But are you…

    The Film Carrier Mk1 is yet another film holder for “scanning” your film with a digital camera
    Jul 3, 2019 John Aldred

    https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/negativesupply/film-carrier-mk1-35mm-roll-film-holder-for-camera-scanning There’s a new Kickstarter up from a company going by the name of Negative Supply. It’s for the “Film Carrier Mk1”, a 35mm roll…

    Two focal lengths every prime lover should own
    Jul 3, 2019 Daniel Lee

    In the world of photography, you’ll find people generally prefer primes or zooms. The main benefit to zoom lenses is that you can cover multiple…

    The weird lens guy came to my studio to shoot wet plates
    Jul 3, 2019 Markus Hofstätter

    Some time ago I did a project together with Mathieu Stern. Back then, we communicated via Skype. Because of that, I was super happy to…

    How to balance your strobes with ambient light on location
    Jul 2, 2019 John Aldred

    Many users of flash feel quite comfortable with it in the studio. The studio makes things fairly straightforward. You expose to eliminate all the ambient…

    German lighting manufacturer Hensel goes into provisional insolvency
    Jul 2, 2019 John Aldred

    We appear to have another casualty in the increasingly competitive strobe market. According to ProfiFoto, The District Court of Würzburg has ordered the provisional insolvency administration…

    Sony launches the “new” Sony RX100 III Video Creator Kit – Yeah, I know
    Jul 1, 2019 John Aldred

    Ok, is it just me or are we living in 2014 again? Sony has today announced a “new” video creator kit which includes the Sony…

    Canon will finally offer a microphone input and 4K video with the G7X Mark III
    Jul 1, 2019 John Aldred

    In a dwindling compact camera market, the Canon G7X Mark II has proven to remain very popular – particularly amongst vloggers. It’s a fantastic little…

    The Joby Gorillapod 3K is the last Vlogging Gorillapod you’ll need
    Jun 29, 2019 Udi Tirosh

    Joby sent us their new Gorillapod 3K pro ($151: Amazon| B&H). Now, I’ve been using Gorillapods for a while, from their old 3K kit to the…