Mac writes – Since the last update I posted, I was able to work out a number of optical, mechanical, and electrical issues. A new lens is now attached to the (heavily reworked) scanner head. They have been attached to the camera cylinder. Last weekend, I did a test operation of the PanoramaScanCam and obtained […]
John writes in with a how-to on making a Nikon D70 IR remote control – “This is just the thing you need to have in your camera bag. I have one that I bought online but if your not in a rush and have the skills to solder this would be a clever little device […]
Here’s a great list of Flickr hacks from Thomas Hawk, he writes – “One of the nice things about Flickr is that because of their open API a whole host of developers have built more and more interesting things to do with the site. It’s interesting to me today that so many of the ways […]
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Simple Simon writes – “Mid level digital cameras usually don’t allow for remote shutter control. This Frankenstein addition will trigger the shutter on any camera. It was built with time-lapse movies in mind.” – Link. From the pages of MAKE: Kite Aerial Photography. To take pictures from a kite, you […]
Natetrue writes – “I must admit I loved my Konica Minolta DiMAGE x50 camera. When the screen broke on it I was very saddened – though I moved on to a customized Kodak V570, I figured the old camera might still be useful. For a couple of months my old camera sat on my desk, […]
This little web cam accessory ($99) is like a periscope so you can look directly at the person you’re video conferencing with… might be a fun re-make, links below to get you started – Link. Related: DIY Full-screen scrolling teleprompter – Link. DIY Plasti-Prompter – Link. From the pages of MAKE: No More Cue Cards. […]
Photocritic shows you how to take great photos of smoke! “Abstract photography is nothing new, and people constantly come up with new — or re-invent old — versions of photography techniques. One of the ones that is going like wild-fire (excuse the pun) around the interwebs at the moment is the art of photographing coloured […]
