A fierce man who has remodeled the Game Boy into a digital camera appears



Game Boy , a handheld game console released by Nintendo in 1989, has released not only many masterpiece games but also a number of unusual peripherals. One of them is the ' Pocket Camera ,' which is known as a peripheral device for the Game Boy Pocket, which is a smaller and lighter version of the Game Boy. You can take pictures with the Game Boy using a digital camera integrated into the game cartridge. A fierce man who has made his own digital SLR camera using such a pocket camera has appeared.

Game Boy Camera
https://gameboycamera.com/#camera-m

Game Boy Repurposed Solely As A Camera | Hackaday
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Game Boy Camera , a pocket camera photographer and Game Boy modder, has converted the Game Boy into a digital camera. He calls the camera made by modifying the Game Boy 'Game Boy DSLR (Game Boy Digital SLR Camera)', but Hackaday of the technology media said, 'This is not exactly a digital SLR camera, but a camera. It's a gameboy housed in a type housing . '




On the other hand, Game Boy Camera said, 'This camera is not exactly a DSLR camera, but a mirrorless camera. This happened because I named it at the last minute, but there were other ideas.' 'Camera', 'Game Boy Camera Pocket', etc. Or was it better to have a more abstract and capricious name like 'GB Snap' or 'GB Pix'? ' Ultimately, the modified Game Boy camera is called the 'Camera M' or 'M1.'




The features of the Game Boy Camera made by Game Boy Camera are as follows.

・ Leather-like custom exterior
-Custom board consisting of Game Boy motherboard and 5 printed circuit boards
・ Shutter button
・C / CS mount
・ Cold shoe
・ 1/4 inch camera screw for tripod
・ The terminal for the communication cable in the Game Boy Pocket can be used as it is.
・ Strap hole
・ Backlit IPS display
・ Display brightness adjustment function
・ Glass screen lens
・ Various buttons of Game Boy Advance SP
・ 1800mAh battery (8 hours drive)
-USB Type-C port for charging
・ Slot for inserting the original Game Boy cartridge



The lens parts of the camera are removable like a Game Boy cartridge, and Game Boy Camera posted a movie showing how to attach a pocket camera cartridge to the slot part.




The normal display looks like this. Since the UI is exactly the same as the pocket camera, you can see that the basic camera sensor etc. are the same as those of the pocket camera.



Turn off the power once.



Just like removing the Game Boy cassette, slide the module with the front lens vertically ...



Remove it.



If you attach a pocket camera here ...



You can play the pocket camera as it is.



Game Boy Camera started creating Camera M in December 2021 and explained why he decided to create it, 'I posted a photo taken with a pocket camera on Twitter, so this quality It was for a completely private reason to improve. ' The creation of Camera M is entirely self-taught by Game Boy Camera, and it seems that the skills gained in Game Boy Camera's career so far are not utilized at all. Therefore, Game Boy Camera seems to be happy that many people are interested in Camera M, and the goal is to sell DIY kits so that everyone can make Camera M in the end. He says he is.

However, in the first place, Camera M has just completed the prototype, 'I'm still not satisfied with the result,' said Game Boy Camera. In addition, there are still funding issues, so there is still a long way to go to sell DIY kits.

In addition, Game Boy Camera is soliciting donations on Ko-fi, a throwing platform.

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