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Re:I Made the "Next-Level" Camera and I love it by niccolove on Monday April 20, 2026 @11:22AM (#47835645)
Well, obviously large format cameras are nothing new. The point here is: for these kind of apertures and wide angles we need a super large area to expose, and usually either (a) they're smaller with digital cameras, or (b) they use film and thus cannot record videos. This is specifically the approach that uses a depth of field adapter to be able to record videos on these, which is also not new (I provided references at the end of the article), but it is quite rare! Also, each design of there depth of field adapters is quite different and I think it's interesting to see the differences between them all.
Re:I Made the "Next-Level" Camera and I love it by wao0uuno on Monday April 20, 2026 @11:54AM (#47836114)
I guess it's pretty interesting for video but still not sure about calling it next-level. This look is as old as photography itself.
Re:I Made the "Next-Level" Camera and I love it by niccolove on Monday April 20, 2026 @12:00PM (#47836199)
The title is a reference to diy perks, who has built the same camera and called it a "next-level" camera in its YouTube video. Thus, 'I built _the_ "next-level" camera' instead of a '_a_ "next-level"' camera :-)