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rodak

Build your own Rodak - a portable camera powered by your Raspberry Pi.

Bring a new perspective to your photography with your very own retro camera shooting from waist-level instead of eye-level. Thanks to the built-in ground, glass this is also a low-powered project that doesn't need a separate electronic screen.

Follow me on Twitter @alexellisuk and read my latest Raspberry Pi tutorials on my blog with loads of cool hacks and weekend projects.

As featured on Adafruit.com

Video

https://www.instagram.com/p/BoD8Va7gfQViHKyGVmXas5B9YHIgMke6-ouJkg0/?taken-by=alexellisuk

The front

Internals

Shooting

Sample photos & build photos

See the whole Twitter thread for all the sample and build photos:

https://twitter.com/alexellisuk/status/1044521342941491200

Parts list

  • Enclosure

This can be an old Kodak Brownie repurposed, or a $1 clear plastic lunch-box from a thrift store such as Poundland. My Brownie cost around 8GBP from eBay, but I also found some in a local charity shop.

  • Raspberry Pi Zero W & 32GB SD card - flashed with Raspbian Lite

  • Small LiPo battery - Pimoroni

  • Either Pimoroni Zero LiPo battery shim or Adafruit PowerBoost 1000C

  • RTC DS3231 module

RTC Installation

  • Single NeoPixel for indicating status (ready to take photo/taking photo)

  • Raspberry Pi Camera V2

  • Momentary push button for the shutter

  • Tilt switch for setting EXIF orientation data automatically.

Additional parts for assembly: soldering iron, solder, heat-shrink wrap, hot glue gun and double-sided adhesive velcro.

Code

See the src folder for my Python code.

You can use cron and an @reboot line to automatically start the software.

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