An 8-Bit Instant Camera Made with a Gun, Game Boy, Camera, and Thermal Printer
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Moscow-based artist Dmitry Morozov has created a strange DIY camera unlike any we’ve seen before. It’s an 8-bit instant photo shooter created with an old Game Boy, a camera, a thermal printer, an Arduino board, and a gun.
Dubbed the “gbg-8,” the camera is used by simply pointing the barrel at something and pulling the trigger. It captures a photo through the camera, displays it on the Game Boy screen, and sends it to the thermal printer where it’s printed on to receipt paper.
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Last December we shared another thermal printing instant camera project called the PrintSnap. Neither that camera nor this one is available for purchase at this time.
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