The Big Book of Bends 2007

by Roger on February 9th, 2007

Pete of Casperelectronics is gearing up for the execution of his original idea to have a collective book of bends to be published and distributed at the upcomming Bent Festivals in 2007. With only 2 months to spare everyone is encouraged to submit up to 3 entrees to be considered for the publications in this edition of the book. A really cool idea expecially if your name gets printed and you can point to it and be like, ” Yeah, thats me! I totally found that bend!”

More Information is located in Pete’s website.

DIY: Cigar Box Pinhole Camera

by Roger on February 7th, 2007

Paul Beard has created a great 4×5 pinhole built from a cigar box. Besides being a great looking camera, it is complete with shutter and tripod mount, this looks like a great weekend project. Thanks Paul.

Head on over to Paul’s flickr page to read his notes and to see additional shots of this camera.

Homebrew Stereo Camera

by Roger on February 7th, 2007

I’ve came across this post on F295 about Mark B’s slide bar invention that allows a photographer to make Stereo 3D photos with a single aperture camera.

Make your own stereo photo slide bar

The slide bar allows you to take 2 sequential, side-by-side photos of the same scene, rather than simultaneously exposing 2 images.

“This took 2 or 3 hours to put together. Mainly I’ll just show photos below with a few tips, rather than step-by-step instructions. It�s pretty easy and self-explanatory.” Mark B writes.

Here are the complete instructions.