A Review of the Nintendo Game Boy Camera 24 Years Later
Photographer Gordon Laing from Camera Labs and Dino Bytes has released a special episode dedicated to one of the strangest digital cameras released in the 90s - The Nintendo Game Boy Camera.
How to Hack a Game Boy Camera to Use ‘Real’ Camera Lenses
My name is David Windestal, and in this video and article, I will share how you can hack and modify a Game Boy Camera to mount serious camera lenses in order to shoot amazing lo-fi photos.
Awesome Race Car Photos Shot with a Modded Game Boy Camera
The Game Boy Camera has been modded countless times over the years, mostly just for nostalgia. But what about putting one into a real-world situation? How would it fare? YouTuber and car enthusiast Conor Merrigan decided to find out.
The Analogue Pocket Can Save Game Boy Camera Photos to a microSD
The Game Boy camera is a cult classic image capture device originally released in 1998 that creators still toy around with to this day. A major block to modern use though is how difficult it can be to access the photos, but that is changing.
How to Turn a Game Boy Camera Into a Webcam for 8-bit Video Calls
Retro Game Couch made this 3-minute video showing how you can convert an old Game Boy Camera into a "modern" webcam. It may not have the best resolution -- it's 8-bit, after all -- but it will certainly guarantee you a lot of attention in your next Zoom meeting.
Engineer Modernizes the 1998 Game Boy Camera with a DIY Adapter
An engineer has figured out a way to bring the Game Boy Camera into the twenty-first century with a DIY wireless adapter that allows him to easily transfer all the images taken with the aged handheld gaming console camera to his smartphone.
This Guy Turned His Game Boy Camera Into a Functional Webcam
A couple of days ago a user on r/Gameboy asked the community if there was any way to turn his Game Boy Camera into a functioning webcam so that (in his words) "I can be an a** to people I don't respect." Well, someone came through and showed that it is actually possible to do this.
This Guy Mounted a 70-200mm Lens on His Game Boy Camera for Portraits
Sam McKenzie from the YouTube channel 3D Printor recently embarked on a fun project. Using a 3D printed adapter he found on Thingiverse, he modded a classic Game Boy Camera, shot portraits using a 70-200mm lens (approximately 3000mm equivalent), and printed one of those portraits on canvas.
This Guy Shot Color Photos with His Game Boy Camera
One of the earliest ways of creating color photos was by combining black-and-white photos shot using red, green, and blue filters. Matt Gray recently decided to use this technique to shoot color photos using his Game Boy Camera.
This Guy Gave His Game Boy Camera a Canon EF Lens Mount
We've seen the Game Boy Camera used with a telescope and with smartphone lenses, but photographer Bastiaan Ekeler did something even more unusual: he designed and built a Canon EF lens mount for his.
This Guy Shot Formula 1 with a Game Boy Camera and Phone Lens
Photographer and Formula 1 fan Tim Binnion recently attended the 2018 Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai. In addition to shooting the race with his Nikon DSLR, Binnion also decided to document it with a 0.016-megapixel Game Boy Camera from 1998... and the results are pretty awesome.
This Guy Shot the Solar Eclipse with a Game Boy Camera
During the Great American Eclipse, while most photographers worried about camera settings and solar filters, Redditor zhx decided to bust out a Game Boy Camera, which was introduced in 1998 and features a 128×128 pixel CMOS sensor.
This Guy Photographed the Moon and Jupiter with a Game Boy Camera
Astrophotographer Alexander Pietrow recently made some unusual photo history: he is apparently the first person ever to photograph the Moon and Jupiter using a Game Boy Camera.
Leica M3 vs Game Boy Camera: The Comparison You’ve Been Waiting For
Inspired by a list that I saw some time ago made by “gadget experts” (whatever those are) who chose the Leica M3 as the top gadget of all time and the original Game Boy as one of the top five, I decided to compare them.
The Game Boy Camera Was Once the World’s Smallest Digital Camera
Here's a fun little piece of photography trivia: did you know that when it was released in 1998, the Game Boy Camera was the world's smallest digital camera?
Hack Combines Graphing Calculator and Game Boy Camera to Create a Selfie-Snapping Machine
Christopher Mitchell recently breathed some photographic life into a pice of technology many of us probably have languishing away in some drawer. With the help of an Arduino board, he’s found a way to Frankenstein a Texas Instruments graphing calculator and Game Boy Camera into the ArTICam: a 128–128 grayscale selfie machine.
Street Photographs of NYC, as Captured by a 0.1MP Game Boy Camera
Released in September of 1998, the Game Boy Camera was actual deemed the world's smallest digital camera by none other than the Guinness Book of World Records in its heyday. Created to be an official accessory of the then-revolutionary Nintendo Game Boy device, the camera was capable of capturing images with a resolution of, hold on to your hats ladies and gentlemen, 256x224 pixels.
Shoot 8-Bit Game Boy Camera-style Photos with Your iPhone
There are plenty of iPhone apps that mimic the look of vintage analog photography, but what about retro video …
This New Atari 2600 Video Game is 8-Bit Astrophotography
What would an 8-bit astrophotography video game be like? That's what astrophotographer and PhD student Alex Pietrow asked, and he ended up creating a new video game called Astronomer for the the Atari 2600, the classic console that was launched back in 1977.