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.
Dale tweets: “Did not know that you should reformat flash memory cards frequently for your camera. More to do.” And points to this New York Times Gadgetwise column: Reformatting ensures that the data on the card and the file structure are clean, which will help you avoid error messages or missing images. And the longer […]
Do you have a digital SLR camera, some black construction paper, aluminum foil, a rubber band, and tape? Great, let’s make a digital pinhole camera! The pinhole camera is the simplest type of camera. It has no lens, only a teeny-tiny hole of an iris. This pinhole ensures that the light which reaches any position […]
An increasing range of possibilities for hassle-free video.
From the MAKE Flickr pool Jeremy built a standalone photo booth/box with a Ricoh GR digicam and a number of salvaged parts – My goal is to build a portable photo booth that could be set up in virtually any location. It is build almost entirely of salvaged parts found at Goodwill, Habitat for Humanity’s […]
Most Canon digital cameras have an IR remote feature that allows you to control the shutter with a Canon RC-1 or RC-5 wireless remote. These work exactly like a TV remote, and it turns out that the signaling for some VCRs and Satellite TV receivers are similar enough to the RC-1 that they will trigger […]
The diameter and brightness of the aureole is related to the scattering of sunlight caused by particulate matter.
From the MAKE Flickr pool More Tinkerbots [above, bottom-left] Interactive table glows with conversation [above, top-right] Painfully-cute papercraft [above, top-left] Mobius music strip plays on … and on … [above, bottom-right] Hot reflow action! Experiments in stereolithography
