Collaborate Disseminate
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
There’s an allure to shooting film in the digital age which isn’t quite satisfied by digital filters for your smartphone camera. Aside from the technical challenge of working with a …read more Continue reading Squeeze Over a Minute Of Movie Filming Onto a 35mm Still Cartridge
When the British budget electronics brand Amstrad released their first budget VHS camcorder in the mid 1980s, they advertised it as making a filmmaker out of everyone. Now everyone truly …read more Continue reading Printed Film Camera Gets 10 Seconds out of a 35mm Roll
In the 1950s the major Hollywood studios needed impressive cinematic technologies for their epic movies, to both see off the threat from television, and to differentiate themselves from their competitors. …read more Continue reading Hackaday Prize 2022: An Old (and Distinguished) Camera Learns New Tricks
Making a camera can be as easy as taking a cardboard box with a bit of film and a pin hole, but making a more accomplished camera requires some more …read more Continue reading A 3D Printed 35mm Movie Camera
It’s dangerous for a hardware hacker to go into a second-hand store. I was looking for a bed frame for my new apartment, but of course I spent an age …read more Continue reading The Seductive Pull Of An Obsolete Home Movie Format