Setting Up a Remote Web Cam. My wife and I just had a newborn. Traditionally, the Chinese newborn mothers get a full month of rest.

(I've gone through a thorough explanation of how to use IR/UV lights to light up a scene in my Hacking Digital Cameras book.) This document shows the procedure ...

I found that it's really easy to use the OLPC XO as a web cam with the built-in Pippy Python interpreter. In fact, I had written a Pippy Python script to turn ...

So I've been thinking of alternative power sources, rather than buying more BP-511 battery packs. One such alternative source is the R/C battery packs ...

In this article, I will show you how I turned my dead Canon BP511 into a dummy battery interface for experimental purposes. After disassembly the battery pack, ...

The Camera Hacker web site has been on the Internet for the past eight years. Over time, I kept adding articles, my thoughts, and my experiences on photography ...

Inside is a plastic flash memory card container, much like ones for SD Cards and CompactFlash's. Except this container is specially made for Memory Stick Duo's.

My only complaint is that IX is made out of metal, so it is a bit weighty. I'd prefer the light weight of my plastic Rebel G. Canon recently release Canon IX ...

I have been looking for such an adapter for a long time, but there are none on the market. So I disassembled the existing adapters to see what's inside. miniSD ...

The idea is to drill a hole through the cover to expose the LED. You can do this mod with an electric drill and a small drill bit. I used a 1/16" drill bit to ...