So does it have to boot up before you can use it?
yes, it does boot up. But I boot to the console, no GUI so its relatively quick and all the scripts get initiated on startup
A camera that snaps a GIF and ejects a cartridge that displays it
121–130 of 311 posts
Re: A camera that snaps a GIF and ejects a cartridge that displays it
#122Why specifically the GIF format internally? I haven't seen a GIF come out of a digital camera in ... ever, actually.
In the "new lingo", GIF means a short animated image loop. See, for example, /r/gifs or Twitter's "Add a GIF" feature. A "GIF" can be in .mp4 format, for instance, so there's little connection (other than historical) with the actual GIF image protocol.
yup I too am using the term just to denote a short animated image loop. It's much more efficient to store and send over an mp4 instead which is what I do
Re: A camera that snaps a GIF and ejects a cartridge that displays it
#123Earlier quoted context omitted.
I presume you mean "lenticular" - which would be a very cool (and possibly mass-producible) alternative. I wonder how you might go about performing the lamination inside the camera... Perhaps you could feed it a pre-laminated sheet that is thin enough that it can be printed on the reverse side?
I would imagine that such a device would be difficult to build so that it works correctly the majority of times it is used. Even if the "reverse printing" idea could be done (I like the idea, btw), it would have to be extremely exact to line up the "pixels" of the images with the individual lenses. Perhaps a print-head with some kind of camera on it to see where it is printing as the head passes over the lens could b…
Well, things that may not have been possible printing-wise 10 years ago could be possible today. Meanwhile, in the same time period, the world as a whole is moving away from physical media, so I don't think there's many people working in this space. This is just to say that I wouldn't be surprised if it were possible today, it's just that no one has cared.
Re: A camera that snaps a GIF and ejects a cartridge that displays it
#124Why specifically the GIF format internally? I haven't seen a GIF come out of a digital camera in ... ever, actually.
GIF are a great example of a medium that succeeded specifically DUE to it's shortcoming/constraints. In fact most "gifs" on highly visited sites are mp4 videos (which can have audio and longer length). But they pretend to be gif in order to convey original set of affordances of gif format.
that's exactly what I'm doing.. it records an mp4 but I'm using the term GIF to denote a short looping audioless animation
Re: A camera that snaps a GIF and ejects a cartridge that displays it
#125Pretty neat. Crazy it uses an adhoc wifi network to communicate between the camera and the cartridge. Seems overkill for a battery powered device when they are already plugged in to each other physically.
hey, they arent plugged into each other physically.. the cartridge is completely independent, that's how you can pull it out and take it with you
---strike---They are, see image #9: http://i.imgur.com/Bc4NNAL.mp4 ------
Edit: Oh dear, I see you're the creator. I guess I misunderstood. How do the pins play in to the design if not to connect the two devices?
Re: A camera that snaps a GIF and ejects a cartridge that displays it
#126Wow, this is awesome! It's like a magic painting from Harry Potter's world, except real. Muggles rule! :-)
glad you liked it!
Re: A camera that snaps a GIF and ejects a cartridge that displays it
#127Great trick with laser cutter and black paint on the pcb. I wonder how end resolution compares to milled pcb. Also this is one of problems I have with Imgur. How to archive such detailed imgur post? I have tried ripme [1](great for grabbing image sets without addnotations), printscreen browser extensions (mixed results - most do not cope with floating menus and have problems with dynamic image loading), page saving o…
ya I enjoyed that trick too, it was the first time I had tried it but it worked really well.. You can get the traces to be really fine though I haven't measured the actual doable resolution
Re: A camera that snaps a GIF and ejects a cartridge that displays it
#128Is this called a Giferoid?
Re: A camera that snaps a GIF and ejects a cartridge that displays it
#129That project looks like a lot of FUN, which I think some folks have missed was the point.
ya I did try to state that in the top of the imgur album as well
Re: A camera that snaps a GIF and ejects a cartridge that displays it
#130This is so cool! The assembly GIFs really show how much work went into this. Thanks for sharing.
there was so much more than that really but it's the best I could capture. Was also getting tired of documenting by that time haha