HOW TO – Make a Polaroid “web cam”
Mark outfitted an old Polaroid with a more modern camera for his laptop, nice case mod – Link. Related: No more Polaroid… instant film – and MAKE’s look at Polaroid projects – Link.
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MAKE Flickr pool weekly roundup
It’s been another week packed with maker ingenuity! We’ve seen some great-looking projects – Have a gander and check out anything you might have missed. Keep submitting your projects for a chance to win an Eye-Fi card or Flickr Pro account in the MAKE Flickr photo pool contest. Board-less radio transmitter –Link DIY sandblast booth […]
DIY Telephoto Lens
This may not be the coolest looking telephoto lens mod out there, but it just might get the job done. It only requires a bolt, some cardboard, a few twist ties, and binoculars. I am not sure this will hold up to moving around, but for that one telephoto shot you want to make, why […]
Retrofit an old camera lens
From the MAKE Flickr pool Utilize that classic lens on a new DSLR camera. Member Arkku writes – A Contessa Nettel Cocarette camera attached to my Sony DSLR A100 by means of sticking an 11mm M42 extension to the rear port of the camera. The moving lens assembly allows infinity focus to be achieved, enabling […]
Panoramic pinhole camera
From the MAKE Flickr pool Member Whereisthecavern made this unique panoramic pinhole camera in cherry red. Nice take on the project from MAKE:09 Related: Panoramic Pinhole Camera MAKE Vol.9 page 92 –Subscribers, view this article in the digital edition or find it in Make: The Third Year
HOW TO – Make a “Witness camera”
Alberto writes – The Witness Camera is an automated, self-recording surveillance camera, that uses a gigabyte-class flash card as recording media. I designed the Witnesscam because available surveillance solutions were too expensive or impractical for home use. I built the system from a VGA CMOS colour camera, a passive-infrared (PIR) movement sensor, an ATmega32 processor, […]
Paper Project: confocal microscopy of paper
Last week I went on a class field trip to the Keck bioimaging lab at ASU, where Chuck Kazilek showed us the Paper Project. It’s basically a bunch of art projects made from images of paper taken with a scanning-laser confocal microscope. Many of the images can be viewed with 3D glasses, but are still […]
