"This device lets you take 3D anaglyph photos and movies with an ordinary camera. The parts cost about $30. It’s pretty simple to build and you don’t need any special softare or camera equipment…"
Read instructions at instructables.com
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Category: Camera Hacking & DIY
Stupidest/coolest hotshoe accessory ever
Federico Sartorio posted instructions, with comprehensive photo coverage, for how to modify a Pez dispenser to be hotshoe-mountable. (A hotshoe is a bracket that you attach flashes and other camera accessories to.) Awesome!
Read instructions at photo.net
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DIY light tent
Flickr member idiot king writes, "”I just made a light tent that’s a little larger than this one (it’s 4’x3′) with a roll of paper for the backdrop and bedsheets as diffusers. I think it cost, in total, about $30 for wood and paper. This will come in real handy for portfolio shots!"
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DIY contact printing frame instructions
f295 DIY Photography Forum member unrealalex has posted an excellent tutorial with step-by-step photos on building a contact printing frame for about US $20 in materials.
Contact printing frames are used for holding negatives and photo paper together (no enlarger involved) in many alternative printing processes.
Read instructions at f295
DIY flash mini-bouncer
"Here Brian shows how to build a homemade cheap flash bouncer. The flash bouncer can be used to increase the size of a hot-shoe flash. The bouncer is great and very easy to build. An alternative to the bouncer is the home made softbox. Another option for building this homemade flash bouncer is to use polypropylene sheet, it is sterdier then cardboard."
Read how-to at DIYPhotography.net
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How-to: 120 folding camera pinhole conversion
Paul Beard posted a how-to for converting an old folding 6×9 120 Foldex 20 camera to use a pinhole instead of a lens and adding a cable release. Even if you’re an old hand at pinhole conversions, you may want to check out his elegant cable release design.
"After kvetching about the pictures of other camera HOWTOs, I figured I better do a good job on my own.
"Read on for some pictures and text on how to convert an old 120 roll film camera to a pinhole camera, as well as adding a cable release…"
Read instructions at paulbeard.org
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Cheap DIY homemade reflector stand
"This reflector panel holder made of 3/4 inch PVC pipe is handy if you have a spare tripod to use. The tripod provides a stable base that can be adjust for height and tilt angle. Reflector is the collapseable type used for an auto windshield (31 x 38 inches)…"
Continue reading at DIYphotoraphy.net
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Putting together a budget DIY studio lighting system
"A flexible lighting system is something that I have wanted to play with for a while, but like everything else in photography it seems to be a fairly expensive area to get into, at least when you consider the relative simplicity of a light-bulb.
"Thankfully there are a number of cheap and widely-available or easily-made items that can provide most of the same functionality at a small fraction of the price. For under US$75, this article will show you how to put together a flexible and robust lighting system that is both useful and relatively easy on the hip pocket…"
Continue reading at Shuttertalk
This is well worth a read, the author’s got some really good ideas!
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Polaroid Land camera pinhole conversion how-to
"To do this, all that is needed is a Polaroid Land camera, some small screwdrivers, and a small sheet of thin metal. These cameras can be found on eBay, or better yet, at yard sales. It will be made into a pinhole camera with several pinholes that can be switched into place, for use in various light conditions etc…"
Read tutorial at Instructables
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Dremel introduce Workstation drill press/holder mount
Hot on the heels of their well-received Stylus rotary tool announcement, Dremel have just announced a new 220 Workstation mounting kit that can be used as a drill press, tool holder, and flex shaft holder.
Check it out at Dremel or Amazon
I’ve been wanting a drill press mount for camera building and modifying, and for $45, I’m sold. With this puppy’s help, I’ll finally be able to drill a Holga shutter plate out to get it faster than f/8. Bring on the options for low-light shooting and shallower depth of field!
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