Make A Point-And-Shoot Camera With A Raspberry Pi

2 responses to “Make A Point-And-Shoot Camera With A Raspberry Pi”

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   alex

   September 20, 2013

   the real question is why would you make something that will cost more thn the finished product from the shop

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      jove

      September 20, 2013

      1. For fun.
      2.To learn about electronics.
      3. Because you can.

      My RPi mediacentre is awesome, but there are cheaper commercial options. It got a bit pricier because I bought a case, a VESA mount, a USB hub, WiFi adapter and a keyboard + mouse.

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   notmyrealalias

   September 20, 2013

   Interesting. I consulted Professor Google and people are doing cool project like IR conversions of the camera, hooking them up to telescopes and tying it into Astronomy programs to track the night sky and using Raspberry pis for remote shutter releases. Might have to look at getting one myself now.

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   contractorwolf

   October 26, 2013

   I made it to see if it was possible, and something like this is ultra hackable. Think of all the possibilities of a camera that can connect to the web, take pics programmatically, and runs Linux. Plus it cost me less than in parts then it would cost to buy a wifi-enabled camera, about $90 total, not including my time. It was a very fun project, and I learned a ton doing it, just imagine what else is possible.

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