A Mouse Becomes A Camera
If your pointing device is a mouse, turn it over. The chances are you’ll see a red LED light if you’re not seriously old-school and your mouse has a ball, …read more Continue reading A Mouse Becomes A Camera
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Street Photography, With RADAR!
As the art of film photography has gained once more in popularity, some of the accessories from a previous age have been reinvented, as is the case with [tdsepsilon]’s radar …read more Continue reading Street Photography, With RADAR!
The Simple Tech Behind Hidden Camera Detectors
If you’ve ever been concerned about privacy in a rental space or hotel room, you might have considered trying one of the many “spy camera detectors” sold online. In the …read more Continue reading The Simple Tech Behind Hidden Camera Detectors
Open Source Scanner Scans the Slides
What do you get when you join a slide projector and a digital camera? Filmolimo, an open source slide scanner. The scanner uses an M5Stack Fire, an ESP32 development board. …read more Continue reading Open Source Scanner Scans the Slides
Raspberry Pi Zero Powers Custom Camera Platform
These days, most of us are carrying a fairly impressive digital camera with us at all times. But as capable as the hardware and software of a modern smartphone may …read more Continue reading Raspberry Pi Zero Powers Custom Camera Platform
Stereoscopic Macro Lens Shows Two is Better than One
You’d be forgiven if you thought [Nicholas Sherlock’s] new lens design was a macro lens that was 3D printed. In fact, it is, but it is also a macro lens …read more Continue reading Stereoscopic Macro Lens Shows Two is Better than One
Falsified Photos: Fooling Adobe’s Cryptographically-Signed Metadata
Last week, we wrote about the Leica M11-P, the world’s first camera with Adobe’s Content Authenticity Initiative (CAI) credentials baked into every shot. Essentially, each file is signed with Leica’s …read more Continue reading Falsified Photos: Fooling Adobe’s Cryptographically-Signed Metadata
Sometimes It’s Worth Waiting: Kodak Finally Release Their Super 8 Camera
Think of all those promised products that looked so good and were eagerly awaited, but never materialized. Have you ever backed a Kickstarter project in the vain hope that one …read more Continue reading Sometimes It’s Worth Waiting: Kodak Finally Release Their Super 8 Camera
CinePi Project Promises Open Source Movie Making
Today, there’s open source options for pretty much anything mainstream, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t still some niches out there that could benefit from the libre treatment. The CinePi …read more Continue reading CinePi Project Promises Open Source Movie Making
A Camera That Signs Off Your Pictures
We’ll admit we’ve kicked around the idea of a camera that digitally signs a picture so you could prove it hasn’t been altered and things like the time and place …read more Continue reading A Camera That Signs Off Your Pictures