This week I retrofitted a vintage camera with
a Raspberry Pi and Pi camera.
Now it takes three photos, compiles an animated
GIF, and uploads it to my Tumblr.
If you want to see how I made it, just keep
watching.
The first thing I did was to prototype the
basic functions using a solderless breadboard,
HDMI display, keyboard, the whole raspi setup.
I based the wiring and code for this project
off of the free Instructables Raspberry Pi
class, which I'll link to in the description.
One LED is programmed to turn on when the
Python script starts up, and another flashes
in time with the photos being taken after
you press the pushbutton.
A third LED stays lit while the Pi is processing
and uploading the GIF, so you know when it's
ok to take another.
After I finished troubleshooting the code
and circuit, I moved on to build everything
into my camera.
Although I didn't use the original lens, I
did install the pushbutton to be triggered
by the original shutter lever.
I soldered the LEDs up with some resistors
and heat shrink tubing, then used some hot
glue to secure them in place.
All the wires route back into the main body
of the camera, which was big enough for
the Pi once I cut out the cardboard.
I plugged everything in again to test it out
inside the new build, and I added a shell
script to run my Python script when the Pi
boots up, so I can operate it without a screen
or keyboard.
I also added my phone's tethering wifi network
to my Pi so I could take it with me to Maker
Faire.
You can find a complete tutorial for this
project at the Instructables link in the description,
with links to the supplies I used.
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