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Bokeh is a photography term that’s a bit difficult to define but is basically soft, aesthetically pleasing background blur, often used to make a subject stand out. Also called “background …read more Continue reading Ultimate Bokeh With A Projector Lens
Like many others, [volzo] loves playing with photography in a playful and experimental way. Oddball lenses, vintage elements, and building from kits is what that world looks like. But that …read more Continue reading Digital “Toy” Camera, Made For Tilt-Shift and Other Analog-Like Experimenting
Multiple people have recently shared this exciting demonstration (nitter) with us – visualizing airflow using a smartphone, called ‘background-oriented schlieren’. On a hot summer day, you might see waves in the …read more Continue reading Observe Airflow Using Smartphone And Background-Oriented Schlieren
[Herb Peyerl] is part of a robotics team, and in his robotics endeavours, learned about AprilTags; small QR-code-like printable patterns that are easily recognizable by even primitive machine vision. Later …read more Continue reading Use AprilTags to Let Guests Open Your Front Gate
These days, camera lenses aren’t just simple bits of glass in sliding metal or plastic housings. They’ve often got a whole bunch of electronics built in as well. [Dan K] …read more Continue reading Converting A Sigma Lens To Canon, Digital Functionality Included
We’ve seen a lot of camera slider builds here at Hackaday, and for good reason: having one really lets you take your project documentation, especially videos, to the next level. …read more Continue reading ESP32 Camera Slider Build Keeps Things in Perspective
Night vision projects are great, and the hardware available to hobbyists just gets better and better. [Just Call Me Koko] shows off just such a build using four low-light, IR-sensitive …read more Continue reading DIY Night Vision, Where Four is Better Than Two
The news here isn’t so much that [Guarav Singh] built this high-quality industrial digital camera from scratch, but it’s in the way it was accomplished. That plus the amount of …read more Continue reading Scratch-Built Industrial Camera’s Modular Design Really Stacks Up
Multispectral imaging, or photography using wavelengths other than those in ordinary visible light, has various applications ranging from earth observation to forgery detection in art. For example, titanium white and …read more Continue reading Hackaday Prize 2022: Multispectral Smartphone Camera Reveals Paintings’ Inner Secrets
People rolling off shields and spears clashing against swords as the camera zooms in and out wildly makes the hallmark action sequences in the movie 300 so iconic. Unfortunately, achieving …read more Continue reading Recreating a Camera Shot