George writes – My dad is quite inventive. He loved the Canon S2 IS camera that I had purchased for myself. So he got himself one a long time back. Of course being the rascal that he is it had to be improved. When trying to take close up macro photos the flash would burn […]
Sean sent in some great pictures of the telescopes from the Stellafane 2007 competition… Link.
This one is for all the folks in the MAKE Flickr photo group, Flickr has a new upload screen, a lot better, with batch operations too! – Link.
Steve writes – About two months ago, Earl commissioned me to make him a ceramic camera. Here is the result. It is made of stoneware, fired to 1,300 degrees C. (2,350 F.) It has a matte black glaze on the inside. I did a post-firing application of 23 K gold leaf on it as well. […]
Two new Instructables about pinhole photography showed up this week. If you’ve never played around with non-digital photography, this is a really fun. Being in a dark room and seeing your own lensless photos appear magically in a tray of chemicals is a magical experience that everyone should have! Zoneplates are like pinholes, but they […]
I like that MAKE contributor Steve Lodefink is suggesting you buy this “gargantuan lens” from American Science & Surplus (for $10.95) if for no other reason than it’s badasss and will look cool weighing down your desk. Or, you can kick it old school (optically-speaking) and build an opaque projector with it. What’s an opaque […]
FC writes – This circuit is used to trigger a camera’s electronic shutter circuit when a flash of lightning is present. This circuit would also work for photographing fireworks displays or other events involving flashes of light. In a nutshell, the photo darlington converts light pulses into electrical pulses, the first LM324 section amplifies the […]
