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hackaday. com > 05/04/2026 > building-a-camera-slider-instead-of-buying-one-goes-awry

Building A Camera Slider Instead Of Buying One Goes Awry

7+ hour, 9+ min ago  (34+ words) [The Hyper Fix] had a problem. He'd spied a brilliant camera slider, but didn't want to lay out big money to acquire it. The natural solution? Build one! Only, life is seldom so straightforward. The pl. .....

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hackaday. com > 05/04/2026 > teardown-of-a-shahed-136-gimbaled-camera

Teardown Of A Shahed-136 Gimbaled Camera

13+ hour, 9+ min ago  (32+ words) [caption id="attachment_1082970" align="alignright" width="400"] The remains of a gimbal camera after its drone was shot down. (Credit: Le labo de Michel, You Tube)[/caption] The Iranian Shahed-136's. .....

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hackaday. com > tag > three-axis

three axis " Hackaday

1+ day, 19+ hour ago  (325+ words) Three-Axis Camera Slider From 3 D Printer Parts'Hackaday There's a great reason 3 D printers are made with things like extruded aluminum rails and other commodity, off-the-shelf parts. These things are designed not only for ease of construction and prototyping, but they're…...

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digital cameras hacks " Page 30 " Hackaday

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (877+ words) Taking apart old stuff and re-using the parts to make something new is how many hackers first got started in the world of mechanical and electronic engineering. But even after years working in industry we still get that tinge of…...

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hackaday. com > 12/24/2025 > mesh-lens-lets-your-camera-make-weird-pixel-art

Mesh "Lens" Lets Your Camera Make Weird Pixel Art

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (336+ words) We seldom talk about 3 D printing lenses because most techniques can't possibly produce transparent parts of optical quality. However, you can 3 D print something'like a lens, as [Luke Edwin] demonstrates, and get all kinds of crazy pictures out of it....

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hackaday. com > tag > pixel-camera

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1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (189+ words) Some things have an undeniable appeal, and lo-fi, pixelated Game Boy-camera-like images are one of them. In service of this, [Raul Zanardo] created his handheld pixel camera that goes the extra mile. It implements slick real-time pixel art filters and…...

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hackaday. com > 04/26/2026 > freeze-moving-tools-with-a-stroboscopic-camera

Freeze Moving Tools With A Stroboscopic Camera

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (166+ words) We've seen this effect used to freeze motion a few times before, both for art and for entertainment. If you'd like to recreate it, check out this high-speed LED flash. Thanks to [Keith Olson] for the tip! That's always been…...

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hackaday. com > 04/16/2026 > optocam-zeros-pictures-look-one-hundred

Optocam Zero's Pictures Look One Hundred

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (347+ words) There's plenty of cheap digital cameras on the secondhand market, but instead of fending off the clothes bros and other reseller types at the thrift store, stay home and build [Doruk Kumkumo'lu]'s Optocam Zero. Inspired by the Kodak Charmera…...

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hackaday. com > 04/15/2026 > a-tale-of-cheap-hard-drives-and-expensive-lessons > oldhdd_pics3

Oldhdd_pics3

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hackaday. com > 04/13/2026 > reverse-engineering-an-amazon-blink-gen-3-camera

Reverse-Engineering An Amazon Blink Gen 3 Camera

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (494+ words) After some water intrusion apparently killed one of [electronupdate]'s Amazon Blink Gen 3 cameras he took this opportunity to do a full teardown and analysis of all the major components. Spread across. .....