Christopher Graves

This shrunken Gameboy Mini Camera is the size of a game cartridge

Jul 4, 2023 by John Aldred Add Comment

The Game Boy Camera has seen a rise in popularity of late. Its low-quality retro images seem to inspire creativity in those that can get their hands on one. A lot of people have even come up with modifications for it to add functionality that didn’t exist before. We’ve seen it turned into a webcam, modified to take external lenses for sports, macro and astrophotography.

This modification by Christopher Graves at Game Boy Camera takes that original Game Boy Camera, replaces its lens with one from an iPhone and packages it up into a new enclosure no bigger than a standard-sized Game Boy game cartridge.

Photographer turns a Game Boy camera into an elegant “rangefinder”

Jul 27, 2022 by Dunja Djudjic 2 Comments

Even though I’ve never used a Game Boy camera, projects I’ve seen using it are among my favorites. It’s incredible how creative people can get with a simple, 2bit digital camera: shooting astrophotography, macro, race cars, portraits… Even turning it into a webcam.

Photographer Christopher Graves has made yet another inspiring project using a Game Boy camera. He turned it into Camera M (or M1), a sleek and elegant rangefinder-style camera. He kindly shared some photos of his build with DIYP, as well as the details of how he created it.

Dave Williams is an accomplished travel photographer, writer, and best-selling author from the UK. He is also a photography educator and published Aurora expert. Dave has traveled extensively in recent years, capturing stunning images from around the world in a modified van. His work has been featured in various publications and he has worked with notable brands such as Skoda, EE, Boeing, Huawei, Microsoft, BMW, Conde Nast, Electronic Arts, Discovery, BBC, The Guardian, ESPN, NBC, and many others.

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