Photography & Video

The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for creating and editing digital photos and videos, as well as how to make your own still and video cameras.

PIR camera

PIR camera

Here’s an interesting kit for a PIR sensor controlled camera. Though with only a 640×480 CMOS view, you may want a higher resolution to identify stealthy intruders – When the sensor detects movement in a room it will take a burst of 10 photos with the digital camera. Each photo is taken at 0.5sec interval. […]

Pinenut pinhole camera

Pinenut pinhole camera

From the MAKE Flickr pool Flickr user Dippold made a tiny pinhole camera, Pinholo! – Obtained in a Pine Nut, plays on the assonance between the English term pinhole and that Italian “pinolo” (pine nut). creates microphotographies. – Link Related: Homemade matchbox pinhole camera – Link From the pages of MAKE: Panoramic Pinhole Camera MAKE […]

HOW-TO: 3D anaglyph using SLRs

HOW-TO: 3D anaglyph using SLRs

(He’s either trying to steal your glasses, or cast ‘telekinetic sphere’ – can’t tell.) If you can get your hands on 2 same-model DSLR cameras, consider the following: Anonymous writes, This site suggests a way to do stereo photography with two digital SLR cameras, a home-made rig, a remote to sync them together and suggests […]

MAKE Flickr pool weekly roundup

MAKE Flickr pool weekly roundup

From the MAKE Flickr pool The pool saw quite a diverse batch of work come through this week. It’s very cool to see more of the original makers commenting with help and clarification. Thanks for the caring & sharing! (We’ll announce contest winners soon – too much awesomeness to rush!) DIY doorbell(s) [above, top-left] – […]