The Game Boy Camera was released exactly 20 years ago to the day in PAL territories - a couple of days later than its release in North America - but one man is still using the photo-taking accessory today to absolutely incredible effect.
Bastiaan Ekeler has taken the Game Boy Camera game to the next level, 3D-printing an adaptor which allows him to use a Canon EF Lens Mount in conjunction with the tiny device. The camera screws into the back of the 3D print, and when held up by a convenient prop, the get-up looks something like this (which Ekeler describes as an "abomination").
Not content with simply taking photos of things around the home, Ekeler took the home made contraption on an adventure, quite literally aiming for the skies. The photos he managed to capture truly speak for themselves, so we'll stop rambling and let you take a look.
The man responsible for all of this has written a blog post about the technical details and his own goals for the project, so feel free to take a read here.
Before then, though, make sure to share your thoughts on the work in the comments below. We're quite frankly blown away.
[source ekeler.com]
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As it is true with all cameras: the lens is more important than the resolution. It's why, for all their megapixels, phone cameras will never be as good as full ones with full sized lens.
Neat. But I wonder how much credit goes to the game boy camera and how much goes to the massive lens mod.
Next step: proving gravitational wave with the gameboy camera. Finding the purpose of life and finding out what quarks are made of with the gameboy camera. This is the best tool ever.
He should show that picture of the moon to that whiny teenager on Windfall Island. Doubt he'll get anything for it, though, cos that little brat only accepts color photos.
@Rhaoulos Not forgetting the discovery of dark matter.
@SmaggTheSmug So true! Megapixels became a marketing buzz term ever since smartphones were popularized. And while underlying software became 'smart' enough to let anybody shoot eye-popping pictures at close range, it'll never beat a more sizable lens and optical zooming.
The Gameboy Camera is, of course, more of an artistic thing now. It let's people see things at a different, somewhat weird perspective with those 4 shades of greyscale. Some more people have been doing it, such as this classic: http://dotmatrixberlin.blogspot.com
That is an awesome picture.
If you think that's cool, THIS will blow your mind: http://ironicsans.com/2007/09/idea_color_photos_with_the_gam.html
I honestly love all these random gameboy camera projects. Been keeping a lot of them in their own folder
@OorWullie Also, not forgetting that “dark matter” is not something based in reality. It is a part of theoretical physics, which are mathematical equations used to try to explain phenomena in the cosmos, and is not scientific in the sense that it can’t be tested, observed nor repeated. To quote Tesla, “Today’s ‘scientists’ have substituted mathematics for experiments, and they wander off through equation after equation, and eventually build a structure which has no relation to reality.”
I bought a device recently that lets me dump Game Boy Camera photos to a Micro SD card, and the results are quite impressive! I have quite a bit of fun using the camera now.
For example, yum, sushi!!!
https://imgur.com/a/SgCRyFa
Not bad for a gaming device made 1989 taking pictures!
I wish I had any clue where my camera was, I'd love to see the old pics I had on there.
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