Homemade LowFi Digital Camera
Very cool!!! I wouldn’t go as far as to call it a ‘Lomo’ mod, as there are no Lomo camera parts in it and the lens is a magnitude of quality better then any plastic that has ever graced a toy camera body. Still, the effects are rather stylistic.
Take a cheap Vivitar digital camera, strip the body and lens off, add a nice lens mount and some fancy looking hand brushed aluminum U rails for a body and you have a serviceable camera. I’d add a ultra wide auxilary lens to the prime to get a nicer field of view but other than that this is something to be duplicated. Now where did I put that old camera…
[via MAKE]
DigiLomo Camera: The Homemade Lomography Camera
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Posted: November 26th, 2011
at 11:26am by John
Categories: DIY,Hacked,Mods,Photography,Technology
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Throwable Panoramic Ball Camera
36 fixed focus cell phone cameras and a peak sensing accelerometer make for a novel way of taking a 360 degree panoramic image.
”We used the camera to capture full spherical panoramas at scenic spots, in a crowded city square and in the middle of a group of people taking turns in throwing the camera. Above all we found that it is a very enjoyable, playful way to take pictures.”
[Via MAKE]
Throwable Panoramic Ball Camera // Jonas Pfeil.
Posted: October 14th, 2011
at 4:04pm by John
Tagged with design, imaging, panoramic. fun, Photography, Science
Categories: Artistic,Computers,Cool,Design,Fun,Mad Science,Photography,Science,Technology,To be used for Evil
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3D Comes to the iPhone with the Hasbro My3D
I’ve finally found an accessory for my iPhone 4 that i just can’t live without. The mega toy company Hasbro have unveiled a 3D viewer that’s designed for Apple’s second, third, and fourth generation iPod touch, iPhone 3G, 3GS and iPhone 4. As soon as I found out about it I ran to my local Target (its exclusively sold there, coming to a different store near you in June!) and patiently waited for the sales guy to unpack the boxes. Needless to say I was the first person to buy one from that store. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted: April 7th, 2011
at 9:08pm by John
Tagged with 3D, Apple, Hasbro, iPhone3GS, iPhone4, iTouch, My3D, stereo photography, stereoviewer
Categories: Apple,Artistic,Cool,Fun,Photography,Reviews,Technology
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Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day
Alright it’s time to poke a pinhole in the body cap of your bazillion dollar DSLR and totally trade the high tech for the low, it’s Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day! Yes, April 24th is that day of the year where you are encouraged to go lens-less for the sake of art. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: March 28th, 2011
at 9:57pm by John
Categories: Artistic,DIY,Fun,Photography
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Astounding Coin Animation!
You don’t usually hear the phrase ‘astounding coin animation’ these days do ya? Have a look at the video all the way to the end, the makers show the secret behind how it was made. No elves were involved, I promise! (I like the old PET computer in the background. nice!)
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Posted: February 4th, 2011
at 6:47pm by John
Tagged with animation, coins, Insert Coin, pixelation, stop motion
Categories: Amusing,Artistic,Cool,Film,Photography
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Human Eye Like HDR Video System
I’ve long been a fan of the HDR image. Shooting full motion video has never seemed to be an option until now:
Anyone who regularly uses a video camera will know that the devices do not see the world the way we do. The human visual system can perceive a scene that contains both bright highlights and dark shadows, yet is able to process that information in such a way that it can simultaneously expose for both lighting extremes – up to a point, at least. Video cameras, however, have just one f-stop to work with at any one time, and so must make compromises. Now, however, researchers from the UK’s University of Warwick claim to have the solution to such problems, in the form of the world’s first full High Dynamic Range (HDR) video system.
World’s first full HDR video system sees like the human eye.
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Posted: January 18th, 2011
at 10:22pm by John
Categories: Computers,Cool,Film,Historic,Mad Science,Photography,Science,Technology
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