How-To: Pocket-Sized Tripod
Here’s a handy way to steady your camera when you’re on the go and can’t lug a cumbersome tripod around with you.
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A “Build-Point-and-Shoot Camera” with Raspberry Pi
Phillip Burgess posted a fantastic new guide to Adafruit’s Learning System. It walks you through how to make your own custom digital point-and-shoot camera.
Build a Camera with Bigshot
An interview with Shree Nayar, creator of the Big Shot camera kit, at World Maker Faire New York.
A 3D Printed Large Format Camera
Pinhole cameras have been a staple of makers and DIYers for generations, usually made out of wood, plastic, or metal. Over on Thingiverse, schlem has created a pinhole camera with a 3D printer. This one’s special though: it uses 4×5″ film, a very large size vastly superior in image quality than 35mm film stock, and an excellent method of creating truly artistic photographic prints.
When is a Camera not a Camera?
When it’s a Mac Mini? It might look like a film camera, but “the Betty” is a custom camera housing for a Silicon Imaging SI-2K Mini Camera Head and an Apple Mac mini.
How-To: Concrete Camera
If plastic and cell phones aren’t your thing, then check out this picture perfect tutorial from Instructables user amuu on making your very own concrete camera.
Crocheted Dog Camera Cozy
Etsy user The Owlies has figured out a way to make a camera lens look like a dog’s snout with this adorable Crochet Dog Camera Cozy.
