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.
Member 3D King posted these impressive shots of the Orion nebula captured with his home rig. –Link Wikipedia on Orion – The Orion Nebula (also known as Messier 42, M42, or NGC 1976) is a diffuse nebula situated south[b] of Orion’s Belt. It is one of the brightest nebulae, and is visible to the naked […]
Phil has created the Panobot using an Arduino, a Pololu Servo Controller, and a few servos. The Panobot takes panoramic photographs automatically, and it seems to work incredibly well. According to the comments on flickr, he is planning on posting the code and his build process in the next few weeks. – Link Here is […]
Here is another variation of the tilt-shirt, or bellows, lens for selective focus photography. Marcus was able to salvage the parts from a $5 camera and the final results were very good at a close range. – Link Related: Kite aerial photo tilt shift fakes – Link. From the pages of MAKE: Tilt-Shift Photography. MAKE […]
Courtesy of Flickr member Lightsink –Link
I really like this tiny foldable tripod, handy!- [via] Link.
The lenshoods website has a terrific source of FREE PDF templates of various lens hoods for your camera. They have the standard “rounded” or petal versions, and you can even design your own. These would be a great addition, or backup, to any photographers set up. – Link
Tips and tools for digital diversions.
