Mike Senese is a content producer with a focus on technology, science, and engineering. He served as Executive Editor of Make: magazine for nearly a decade, and previously was a senior editor at Wired. Mike has also starred in engineering and science shows for Discovery Channel, including Punkin Chunkin, How Stuff Works, and Catch It Keep It.
An avid maker, Mike spends his spare time tinkering with electronics, fixing cars, and attempting to cook the perfect pizza. You might spot him at his local skatepark in the SF Bay Area.
Anyone that has done a bit of photography knows that there is almost no limit to the variety of photo gear that you can add to your kit — and also almost no limit to the costs associated with these accessories.
With an incredible variety of 3D-printable camera pieces freely available online, you can now quickly produce your own camera accessories at home, at just the cost of filament. Print your own goodies and test the gadgets reserved for seasoned pros with ample gear bags! From shoulder mounts to GoPro-hotshoe clips, we’ve dug through Thingiverse to find our favorites and list them here.
And don’t forget to share your most creative camera creations with us in the Make: The Shot camera challenge. We want to see your coolest photo, and hear how you made it. We love everything from camera hacks to creative shooting techniques. There are only a few days left to enter to win over $3600 in prizes from Nikon, so get on it! Enter Contest Now!
Mount your GoPro on top of your DSLR. Why? Why not! Get the file here.This is for mounting a DSLR camera over a Kinect to use with the RGBDToolkit (www.rgbdtoolkit.com).
This is a cheap (~$25) table dolly for shooting DSLR video. It is made from a canabalized $20 K-Mart skateboard, a few nuts and bolts, and printed parts.
An easy-ish conversion for the Manfrotto 3-way head to streamline taking of spherical panoramas.Table stand for most DSLR microphones. Great for when you need to do off-camera audio.
“I wanted to use my old Nikon D40 kit camera’s lens with my new Sony NEX-5R so I could have totally mechanical focus, zoom, and aperture control. After a few iterations, this is what I’ve come up with as an adapter. No clean up or supports required! Print it in PLA and plug the bits together. To attach the Nikon lens, line up the little white dot on the lense with the L shaped indent on this adaptor ring, then screw it in anticlockwise.”
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Mike Senese is a content producer with a focus on technology, science, and engineering. He served as Executive Editor of Make: magazine for nearly a decade, and previously was a senior editor at Wired. Mike has also starred in engineering and science shows for Discovery Channel, including Punkin Chunkin, How Stuff Works, and Catch It Keep It.
An avid maker, Mike spends his spare time tinkering with electronics, fixing cars, and attempting to cook the perfect pizza. You might spot him at his local skatepark in the SF Bay Area.
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And don’t forget to share your most creative camera creations with us in the Make: The Shot camera challenge. We want to see your coolest photo, and hear how you made it. We love everything from camera hacks to creative shooting techniques. There are only a few days left to enter to win over $3600 in prizes from Nikon, so get on it!
