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.
From the MAKE Flickr pool Member D Olinick got this shot by attaching his camera to a 15 foot long bamboo pole with a coat hanger – Link You can find many others using similar strategies in the Flickr PAP(pole-aerial-photography) pool – Link From the pages of MAKE: Kite aerial photography in MAKE:01, p.50 – […]
From the MAKE Flickr pool This week capped off the entry period for our MAKE Flickr photo pool contest. We’ve seen a lot of great stuff! Stay tuned – we’ll be announcing the winners this week. In the meantime, check out some highlights from the past seven days: Farnea’s Audrey robots [above, bottom-left]- Link Sax-a-ma-phoooone […]
Divet has a nice Instructable on how-to make a ring light out of disposable cameras Looks like it works well, just watch where you put your fingers. Build a disposable camera ring flash. Disposable cameras are discarded after the film has been removed. Photo labs often have boxes of them under the counter, waiting to […]
This is a great how-to on building a GPS system for your DSLR camera. The pictures are tagged with the exact GPS coordinates for later reference. Nice work! This version eliminates the need for the expensive MC-35 and even the special 10-pin connector. I’ve opted for a quick GPS receiver and encased everything in a […]
Alejandro sent in this very cool device for making physical screen captures of a computer display. The web site has a nice video of the device in action. Just don’t forget to stockpile your Polaroid film since it’s not going to be around after this year! The Polaroid sheet camera uses the basic principle of […]
From the MAKE Flickr pool Treat your eyes to a swim in the photo pool as we enter the last week before the close of our MAKE Flickr pool contest. Remember to submit by this Friday 2/29, if you haven’t already! Schickard machine [above, top-left]-Link Optical theremin (from space?) [above, top-right] –Link Jumping cylinders game […]
From the MAKE Flickr pool Unsatisfied by retail options, Brad built his own remote for a Sony Alpha DSLR cam. Smart move – building beats buying! Especially when Sony’s asking you to pay 60 beans for what is essentially 2 switches and a small cable. –Link Related: HOW TO – Wireless camera remote –Link In […]
