September 03, 2006
More on the Color Field Camera
The color field camera blends a live video recording with flickr images that match the color of the object center of your view (inspired by the Flickr Color Pickr and RGBy. After building a foamcore prototype last week, I now moved the components (Logitech 4000 webcam and a Purdy 2.5" LCD screen) into a more durable case, a gutted Herco Imperial 620 still camera from the 1950s.
The webcam is mounted right behind the Herco's original lens using a balsa wood jig. In the back, I used a Dremel and some hand tools to cut out a window for the LCD screen:
live demonstration video (Quicktime, H.264, 7mb),
detailed view of the LCD screen for this demo (Quicktime, H.264, 7mb).
(Embedded YouTube videos that were here temporarily taken down while they battle the hardware demons).