Posts Tagged ‘camera’

Augmented reality: Sekai Camera

Augmented reality technology has been getting popular among mobile phone programmer. They have been coming out with new application for phone that is base on augmented reality technology. With the most recent and popular being Sekai camera app. The innovative app allows users to view the real world through the lens of a mobile device to bring both digital and analog life together. Basically it mean when you point your phone camera at one of the item, it will auto fetch the item data from a database and project it on your phone. As you point to the next item it will just auto update it as long as the database have the data. Even if the database does not have the detail you can volunteer to add the data into the database. The integration with GPS makes even more possible with video/audio tours, neighborhood guides, and travel in general.

via japantrends

“Photo grandpa” builds mother of all homebrew laser triggers

This is an awesome homebrew laser-triggered camera rig that is uses to capture amazing pictures of insects in flight and splashing drops of coloredwater.  Fotoopa (creator) makes the compelling claim that no digital camera has the shutter speed necessary to do this kind of imagery. He claims the Compur #1 shutter used in his 2008 setup has a speed of less than 5 milliseconds. Technical details about his 2009 setup are available here.

Lens cap holder – Never lose your lens cap again

Where do you keep your lens cap when you are shooting? I keep mine in my pocket. But i may give this DIY a try it look quite simple.

This diy is to create a holder that makes it easy to attach the lens cap to the camera strap. Quick to use, the cap can be attached from above or below.

Materials you need:
- A piece of plastic, size 45 x 35 x 1 mm , this can be found in shampoo bottles.
- Elastic cord (shock cord), diameter/size 2,5 mm, 3/32 inch or 2 mm, length: 8-25 cm ,

Step 1.
- Cut out the plastic piece and flatten it,
- print out the template SkottiRotta.pdf and cut out the one that fits your strap,
- tape the template onto the plastic piece.

Step 2.
Mark along the line with sharp pin and make the hole using a hole puncher. You can use a electric drill to make the hole also.

Step 3.

Remove the paper template and cut out the cord lock. Important : cut out the “cord holder hole” like shown in fig. A-C and make the opening/gap thin to start with, if the cord is difficult to remove make the opening wider in small steps.

Now it time to make the small elastic loop on lens caps.

Step 1.
Make two holes with a drill of the same diameter as the elastic cord.
( distance between the holes, center to center : 12 mm)

Step 2.

Attach a 8-9 cm long elastic cord like shown below. Then tie them up and you are done with it. Enjoy using them.

via benvelo

$6 Macro Tilt Lens without glue or duct tape

This guy bought a discarded slide projector for $6 at a recycling center. He then turn the projector lens into a tilt macro lens for his dSLR.

Any lens can be adapted as long as the distance from the back of the lens to the focal point (slide, film, or whatever it is projecting from or to…) is more than the distance from the flange (where the lens attaches) to the sensor. Below is the projector the guy got from the recycling center and he is going to use the lens and convert it into a macro lens for his dslr.

Some addition material needed to build this macro lens. You will need a length of hose and a body cap for your dSLR

This is how he get the focus length correct. Something to bear in mind do not put the ruler inside the dslr.

After getting the measurement correctly the next thing is to cut a hole on the lens cap. Use a hole saw and cut the hole slightly larger than the inside diameter of your hose.

This is how it look like after fully assembled and it is now ready to be attach onto the dslr.

Another picture of it being attach to dslr and a macro shot taken with it.

via instructables

The return of Polaroid camera

In order not to let the film format die, Polaroid has confirmed that it will release a new Polaroid instant camera (PIC 1000) later this year. This is really a great news to all who are still looking for the old model Polaroid camera. This new camera is being exhibit in the CES 2010 so it should not be long before it appear in the market. Another good thing is that Polaroid has made the Pic 1000 look similar to its retro counterpart and also come in a range of colors.

via geeksugar