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I've been dreaming about this for so many years. A DIY digital camera, back to the basics of lens and sensor. They are shipping now? Has anybody purchased one?
by ra88it 13y ago
I've been dreaming about this for so many years. A DIY digital camera, back to the basics of lens and sensor.
They are shipping now? Has anybody purchased one?
[edit: I guess I should have googled a bit to see that this isn't the first DIY digital camera kit commercially available]
[edit: "Low battery? Just rotate the hand crank a few times and continue to shoot your photos!" - that's also pretty cool if it works, I missed that feature in the OLPC that shipped]
- cclogg 13y agoI agree, the crank is really cool! On the subject of DIY cameras, I always thought this guy had such a cool post: http://www.collection-appareils.fr/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=8822&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&sid=b8f83b174e52cdb471abc0c001280570&start=25 http://www.collection-appareils.fr/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=37... ... making a film SLR from scratch basically. Though he appears to be very talented/handy to put together something like that heh.
- aray 13y agoI just ordered one and it says "Ships by Aug 12". (No way of verifying that until I get a tracking number, but I'm hopeful)
- ghshephard 13y agoBest part about the "Low Battery" part is that it spends a lot of time on the site talking about the Power Generator - Not just at a "Turn Crank" level, but down to the gears, gearbox, dynamo, electromagnetism level.