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

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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.

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How I modified a GameBoy camera to take astro and macro photos

This is a Gameboy Camera. A device that turns any Gameboy into a camera.

Released in 1998 and retailing for $50 (equivalent to $85 in today’s money) it was the smallest digital camera on the market at the time.

It works just like any other game for the Gameboy, it just slots into the back. And just like that, you’ve turned your handheld gaming console into a fully-fledged point-and-shoot camera. It was brilliant as the Gameboy’s large screen was used as the viewfinder.

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Shooting photos with a brand new original Nintendo Gameboy Camera and Printer from 1998

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The Gameboy Camera seems to have picked up in popularity as of late. We’ve seen a plethora of projects using one over the last few years, partly just to show off how beautifully terrible the images are, sometimes just to push the limits of the tech to see what it can actually do, even shooting Formula 1 and eclipses with it. We’ve seen 3D printed adapters to mount EF lenses on it, colour trichromatic photography and even AI-enhanced colour photography.

What we haven’t seen yet, though, is an unboxing of a brand new Gameboy camera and printer, direct from 1998 and stored… well, who knows where for the last 24 years waiting to be taken out of its precious packaging. But that’s what we see here in Vuhlandes newest video as he opens it up, figures out what it can do and even tries to shoot a basketball game with it.

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Analogue Pocket makes Game Boy camera relevant in the 21st century

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If you’re a fan of 1990s gadgets, I bet you owned (or just wanted to own) a Game Boy camera, or perhaps you still do. The 1998 digital camera is still fun to play with today, and Analogue Pocket wants to make it more relevant for the 21st century. Thanks to this gadget, you’ll be able to save your Game Boy camera photos to a MicroSD card and avoid the annoying cables and outdated ports.

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This Game Boy camera turned webcam is both ridiculous and amazing

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Okay, we all know that you can turn your fancy Fuji, Sony, Canon, Nikon, and other cameras into a webcam. But can you do it with something that is the opposite of fancy: a Game Boy camera? Well, yes, you can! Bernard Capulong aka berndog turned his game Boy camera into a fully functional webcam, and it’s as amazing as it is ridiculous.

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