DS homebrew controls DSLR camera

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DS homebrew controls DSLR camera

Posted Sep 18th 2008 4:18PM by David Hinkle
Filed under: Homebrew

Usually when we think of homebrew, we think of awesome games and tech demos and things like that. Not this, which is brought to us by Steve, who wished to work with his camera out in the real world, but didn't want to drag his bulky laptop around with him everywhere he went. So, he came up with his own solution by hacking a DS to work with his big fancy Canon camera, which allows him to do precise shooting and mess with a whole bunch of other settings. Good job, Steve!

[Via Engadget; thanks to everyone who sent this in!]

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Tags: camera-controlled-ds, canon, ds-controls-camera, panocamera, photography

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

9-18-2008 @ 4:45PM

elsng said...

WOW. Now that's elaborate homebrew.

9-18-2008 @ 4:48PM

aj said...

That is amazing.

9-18-2008 @ 4:57PM

chibi_wings said...

wow indeed. but not really useful for us average joes and janes ;)

9-18-2008 @ 5:14PM

LocalToast said...

Okay, now make the homebrew app compatible with my DS Face Training Camera, and I'm all for it.

9-18-2008 @ 9:48PM

SephFinale said...

Camera companies could work with Nintendo on developing mobile software and the DS could print MOAR money?

9-19-2008 @ 7:03AM

aj said...

If camera companies worked with Nintendo for a control device like this, then this guy would be sued for violating someone's IP somewhere.

(Of course, I imagine a grim future where companies will start patenting and copywriting every conceivable combination of numbers and letters so that any programming anyone does will be illegal.)

9-19-2008 @ 7:20AM

Christopher said...

Actually, I'd love to try that with my camera.

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