Cary Norton built this incredible large format camera out of LEGOs and calls it the Legotron, Mark I. The first few photographs Cary took with the camera left him “COMPLETELY FREAKING STOKED” and I understand why: they’re absolutely stunning. The focus range is currently limited to about 3 feet to 18 inches, but he hopes […]
This week in the MAKE Flickr pool we saw:
Printed Circuit Bloom from Lenny&Meriel.
Great dodecahemicosahedron from fdecomite.
Pirate Eggs! from Pete Prodoehl.
Angry Bird from dragonflyducky.
Delta Robot Assembled from robhopeless.
Pile-O-LED’s from Giant Eye.
This week in the CRAFT Flickr pool we saw, Feather Brooch by AntiBromide, with tutorial, bike cushion!, by mandalinarossa, and The Wind and The Sail, by laurastantz.
Browsing through the Winter 2011 issue of Anthology Magazine I came across a wonderful photo essay on Palm Springs by MAKE’s very own Jen Siska (Makeshift). Jen’s “visual travelogue” takes you through the sun-soaked San Jacinto Mountains and cacti-laced Mid-Century Modern dessert abodes, all captured with her Canon 5D Mark II (which retails for $2,500) … Save the last dreamy image of palms, shot by a $70 Holga CFN 120 (bottom left). It’s then that Anthology gives us a great little roundup of cheap cameras, ranging in price from $25 to $325, available from the cult favorite “analog photography” site, Lomography.
We’ve seen our share of DIY steadycam rigs, but this arm and harness system from maker Miguel Vincente is worth checking out. Built using square tube and custom springs from a little shop in Madrid, the unit can support up to 2.5 Kg.
Idahoan Dean Williams used to make a living by repairing vintage mechanical cameras. If you’ve ever pulled your hair out trying to replace a small spring that hasn’t been manufactured since the factory was bombed by Göring’s Luftwaffe, you may be interested in his well-documented DIY method. Dean’s trick for annealing them inside a wad of steel wool in a toaster oven is worth a click all by itself. His entire site, in fact, will likely be of interest to those who appreciate close mechanical work.
Have you ever found that you needed to mount your iPhone on your DSLR? This can come in handy when you’re using apps like Pocket Light Meter and PanoTool. German photographer Nigel Nowhere pieced together this quick iPhone hotshoe mount for just such a purpose. You can build one for yourself with his easy to follow how-to.
