Imaging

Disposable camera mods

Greg writes – I have been looking at mods and hacks for a while now, and I always save them when I see something cool. I have done several DIY projects using a disposable camera, and so they have always peaked my interest. I decided to take all of the mods that I have seen […]

Lampshade light tent

Lampshade light tent

Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories write – Here’s a cheap and easy way to deal with getting rid of pesky reflections, shadows and backgrounds in your small object photography: use a lampshade for a light tent. This $6 lampshade from IKEA is white, nearly cylindrical, and has an adjustable (removable) mounting bracket, all of which make […]

LOMO Meccano erector set

This is a neat, a LOMO kit that can be a 35mm camera, slide projector, enlarger & a magnifying glass – Your days of mindless play and whimsical fancy have come to a close. Now that you have arrived at this important growth stage, your further development requires true inspiration – not the blithe bouncing […]

Kite photos from Boston

Kite photos from Boston

Randall writes – These are pictures I took by hanging cameras from kites, a hobby I’ve played with on and off over the years. To get the camera to take pictures, I built a 555 timer circuit that, every 13 seconds, throws a relay wired to the camera’s shutter button. I used a small delta […]

iPhone microscope

iPhone microscope

MAKE Flickr photo pool member Curiouslee writes – The iPhone camera lens is flush with the back of the perfectly flat back of the device making it easy to hold a pocket magnifier loupe in front to convert the camera into a microscope. Here I am using a Radio Shack 15x 3-lens magnifier on a […]