This project repurposes an old camera into a fun way to capture
memories, the idea being to use it at parties or events so guests
could pass the camera around and have a way to view all of the
pictures afterwards. It uses a Raspberry Pi inside, with a button
glued to the camera's orignal capture button, and a Raspberry Pi
camera glued in as well. The Pi runs a simple Python script, and
when a picture is taken, it saves and uploads the photo to a
DropBox folder, creating a fun way to take and share pictures. I
also printed out a QR code with a link to the DropBox folder and
taped it to the side of the camera, so that partygoers could
easily acces the link.
The big dilemma with this and thinking about expanding it comes
with finding a balance between keeping the original camera feel
while integrating the modern touches, especially in terms of
adding anything externally, which came into play when thinking
about powering the device. Luckily, the camera had a section in
the back with a removal piece of plastic. I was able to remove the
plastic and feed a wire through to a power bank velcroed onto the
bottom to make it portable, which didn't mess with the expeience
too much, at least in my (somewhat biased) opinion. I think in the
future, it'll probably be worth switching to a Raspberry Pi Zero W
for this and using a smaller powerbank so that everything fits
inside, and the integrity of the original camera is kept totally
intact, but this does work well as is and tends to be a hit at
parties.
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