Imagine If This Was The Game Boy Camera Nintendo Released In 1998
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- Now THIS is a Game Boy Camera! | The Camera+ by 2BitToy
The Game Boy Camera, as we know it, is a device with very limited capabilities. It has a fixed focal length with no ability to zoom or adjust focus. However, a modder by the name of Sam (2BitToy) developed a simple mod that transforms the Nintendo’s little camera!
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4:13 Parts Needed
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10:58 Features
13:06 Sample Photos
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This is just so ridiculously overkill for a 128p camera, and I love it
Yeah, seriously. I'm disappointed that the mod doesn't upgrade the sensor as well. Kind of defeats the point.
@@Psythik that would defeat the point of using a gameboy camera … the ultra low fidelity is the point
@@AdamsBrew78 I thought the point was to see what happens when you use a modern camera with the Game Boy Camera cartridge. You know, for science. I *still* want to see someone make this video.
@@Psythik Nevermind the absolutely miniscule amount of video memory in a gameboy, the screen itself is only 160 x 144 pixels.
Its not a question of can. But if
A neat mod to this design would be a built-in tri-chromatic filter wheel, so you can take color photos without needing to remove the lens for each photo, you just spin the wheel to each lens color.
Ohh that does sound like it would be very nice to have, and probably easy to create too
2:29 "4 color grayscale pallette"
the limitations to your ideas would be damning
do NOT tell attic darkroom about this. He is addicted to tri-chromes
@@SimplyAlonso the tricolor filter can at least triple the palette size from 4 to 12. That's a pretty decent jump considering I typically work within a range of 6-16 colors in my own art
@@jeraldjoyce2995 nice to meet a fellow fan out in the wild :D
While optional, I'd recommend installing the IR filter. It will keep the sensor safe while there's no lense on.
Its also more functional than he might have realised. Just try taking a photo of somebody with sunglasses on without an IR sensor/with the OG hardware. You can see straight through to their eyes. Whether that’s a bug or feature is personal preference though.
@@Venomous28 tell me
more about this seeing through their eyes, sounds crazy
@@kanesmith8271 yes tell us Venomous.
your pupils serve as retroreflectors in the IR range, and that results in what you typically call "red eye".
Does the new shell work with the snes gameboy adapter cartridge
IR filter will prevent overexposure issue when taking pictures outside (giving you more control over the contrast and brightness) since the camera sensor is also sensitive to invisible IR rays.
okay, seriously, that IR filter makes this look so professional, even if it's the same hardware inside.
Haha, that’s what I love about the ir filter too. It’s similar to the filter on large sensor digital cameras
I bought my first GameBoy Camera this decade. Late to the party I know, but I love the absurdity of the thing, and upgrades like this make that even better!
Nice!
Reading this in Dagoth Ur’s voice after several weeks of binging ai reads of horror stories
Same here. I recently decided i want to collect gameboy colors. I got the camera and printer. Totally pointless but its so much
I bought my first when it first came out 😎
If you want selfie-mode, or smaller/cheaper ways to upgrade the shell, there's a bunch of 3D-print files available from the Game Boy Camera modding community.
Considering a lot of the vintage advertising featured selfie mode (seemed to feature some fun animations, etc.), losing that feature could be a big downside to some people.
sure but I have 3 so I can modify one and have two for selfie mode
just turn the Game Boy around lol
Just use your phone
@@coochie8670 golly why didn't I think of that. You think the people who are using these Gameboy cameras for photography might have a reason to do that other than using their phone
Congratulations on the new studio. This is a great improvement for the hobbyist
Thanks Stephen!! 🙏
Aperture is not just controlling the exposure, it’s also controlling the depth of field. That is, how much is in focus when taking a picture or recording video. Just thought I’d share that.
That’s true!
@@MachoNachoProductions also, great video. I really enjoyed it.
With such low resolution you can’t really do much with depth-of-field, though.
@@SecretMoonshine I do agree, I’m just stating what aperture controls.
@@SecretMoonshine And the sensor is so small that you can't get a very shallow depth of field either
For anybody wondering, the zoom lens that Tito showed off was the Xenocam 6-60mm 1/3" lens.
This looks like a very straightforward process, I've been wanting to pick this up from 2bitboy since he released it, I'm happy to see you cover this project!
First off, congratulations on your new studio! I'd be interested in a video tour of it, if it's in the cards.
Now to the topic at hand, it's pretty cool to see the Gameboy Camera getting interchangeable lenses. It makes it look and feel more like something a pro photographer would use.
Big congrats on the new Studio, the channel's grown a lot in the past couple of years and the great content deserves it
I loved my GameBoy Camera as a kid.. I used my GB Color to take a lot of pictures as well as playing the little games that were built in. It eventually became full because I had vacation photos as well as pictures of relatives that have since passed that I guarded carefully. I'm so thankful for the modding community for allowing me a way to preserve my old GB photos to PC! I'm going to have to give this mod a try. What a nice way to breath new life into something so limited.
this is so unnecessarily extra, i love it!
Haha same!
They could make a lens that lets you rotate between red, green and blue filters, to take 3 color pictures that can be combined into a single RGB picture!
EDIT: Ah, you beat me to it. They could also make an Analogue Pocket-specific version that grabs onto the top for more support
Cool video. Your background light is unbeatable good. The sphere is incredible!
The new studio is awesome, congratulations! And what an amazing tool to show it off!
Been looking into getting this mod for a while. Having a good visual reference helps me out a lot!
You create amazing, well written, well documented content. You deserve all your success and more. Keep it up 👍🏽.
Thank you Eathen!!
New studio and camera perspective looks great! Really happy for you :)
Thank you 🙏
Hell yeah Tito. That's awesome. Congratulations on the growth !
Correcting the correction at 15:12:
Open Source doesn't mean free. If he provides project files, even if at a cost, they are open source.
Even in software, there is a distinction between open source software and FOSS (Free and Open Source Software).
I'm pretty sure that most older security cameras use CS mount lenses. I have a couple old cameras that I snagged as they were being tossed out that happen to have lenses on them. I knew there would be some actual reason for me to grab these things.
I don't remember the specs but I imagine the lenses I have are pretty wide. Sick mod, never thought I'd see such a thing.
Cool, geeky, stuff! As always great video!
your production quality is top notch. love your content
Awesome congratulations 🎉 you deserve this as the effort of each video is amazing!
Thank you so much Nickolas!
Great work Tito, Your videos are always great to watch
Looking forward to seeing what you end up doing with the new space!
I enjoy the Gameboy Camera and have a lot of nostalgia for it, but I don't think I'll be doing this mod. I'm no photographer, and the quality doesn't look that improved to me... But then I have no eye for it, really, so what do I know? lol. Great video as always, Tito!
To be honest, it's always fun to take handheld consoles that have built in cameras (Much like what the DSI and 3DS did back in the late 2000s early 2010s did) to take weird photos or just photos that aren't great but something to archive. Sure the quality and look of it is not great, but the tech at that time just wasn't advanced yet and it gives it a much more retro feel, when Nintendo eventually brought the camera feature back on the DSi up into the 3DS's life cycle. Now if only there was this mod for the DSi and 3DS, and man, that would be sick.
This is so cool. The modding communities never cease to amaze me.
Congrats on the new studio, it's great!
Thank you!
I'm glad your channel is in a good place to get a studio. If this isn't a transitional setup and scene framing, I would suggest bringing back the L desk. This framing makes you feel squished against the wall, and the feeling that I'm just sitting on the other side of the desk chatting with you has been lost with the straight on angle.
Still working on framing for some scenes. I imaging things will be changing for the next couple months as I figure things out in the new space 😅 I really appreciate the feedback!
@MachoNachoProductions had a feeling. You have one of the highest polished formats in the retro community, and I would have been very shocked if this wasn't a 4 - 6 video transitional period. If I may offer one suggestion, more like wishful thinking. Introduce a macguffin. Something in every video moving forward that is in one or more scenes that doesn't belong and is never mentioned or explained. Something for us regulars to find. So we can be like, I saw the green army man behind the Xbox shell at ##:##
Boy, I literally gasped at 10:54 when I saw the Game Boy. That matte black with copper-colored looks sick!
This is super dope! I’ll have to try this out
Beautiful new studio! Love the videos too :)
Thank you Monado 🙏 still got to do some setup in the studio but it should be fully operational soon
fun fact : it is also developed by Creatures and Game Freak (on the software tho.)
loving the new studio!
Thank you Disuko 🙏 I can’t wait to get it fully up and running!
Passion projects are the best! 💯
Totally agree!
Didn't know you're in the DMV area; used to live in alexandria many years ago for school; great photo spots downtown, especially by the river!
I just love that someone took the time to design this incredibly well thought out retro mod. Adding more creative control to a gb camera?? Who thinks of this stuff? Awesome. That being said though, I think I preferred the overall look from the unmodified version, the noise looked cleaner. It may be because the plastic lens smudges the fine details, while the proper lens enhances them. Either way, great vid :)
Adjusting aperture will still be helpful for changing depth of field so even if you cant see nice details in background you will still have easier time focusing correctly after closing aperture a bit.
Conclusion: if you're not gonna zoom in to take pictures from afar, there's no need for the upgrade. Still pretty cool though.
See a lot of people praising this mod, all I see is a garbage quality photo and a very very slightly less garbage quality photo and all I can think is 'why'? I'm no artist or photographer so maybe I don't get it. Either way sort of neat that someone bothered I guess.
@@BriBCG well, I guess it's like a low tier art. You don't want these pictures to have 100% fidelity to real life. It's fun because they look what they look. The lack of information in these pictures allow you to look at them and wonder. Plus, there's the old tech nostalgia.
Gosh, I need to get back to my mom's house and see if I can find my GB Camera (or two?). This seems like such a neat mod.
Also congrats on the studio, Tito!!!!! 👏👏👏
Not only have you taken this product from Nintendo to a completely new realm, but you've done it a way that lends to pixel art and videogame history. The softness of the pixel ratios in some of the natural gradients on the (+) model are stark/border-line realistic, especially when compared to the original. The way I see, you can either digitize a photo on a computer software, or you an naturally take an image of the world as you see it(BUT)but allow it to be manipulated by the thing capturing said image. This isn't new technology, though I am writing this as if it is, there's just something magical about the cartridge portion of the camera. The lens is capable of too much while the brains can only process so much. You've more or less bottlenecked a camera unintentionally and yet the results are astounding thanks to you. Thanks for such an awesome video.
I didn't know the Gameboy had a camera until last year. The pictures look like pixel art, pretty cool!
its like you are capturing the reality to game world, a feeling that only those vintage tech provide for me.
Would be funny to go to a concert with this camera.
This is cool. Especially if you like the 8 bit/16bit style pixel art. You literally make everything you take a Pixel art show piece and you can choose how you present it.
I have beeen waiting this for 3 years
THANK YOU 🙏 for PROPERLY using your microphone. I have noticed that WAY TO MANY people are improperly using theirs. All those others seem to think they need to be RIGHT CLOSE UP to the microphone. IT'S JUST NOT THE CASE! Again. THANK you for proper microphone usage.😁
First off Tito congratulations on the new studio!! And wow!! I was lucky enough as a kid to get the GB camera for my color when it came out I was in middle school! I had a friend Ed that was huge tech Modder and he extended the wires from his GB camera down his sleeve and wired the a button to be able to snap spy photos by pointing his hand and pushing the A button that ran though his sleeve to his GB pocket in his pocket!! He went on to putting full computer gaming setup in his station wagon in high school.. Sadly we lost touch.. I still have my GB camera and probably play it more than any other GB games to this day Lol. Favorite is Ball... Oh man hahaha.. Thanks for this video it was awesome!!
Wow, the upgraded GB Camera and the Mirrorless photos are almost indistinguishable!
This is a pretty dope mod. Combine it with something like a Joey Jr. and you could have some serious lomo fun.
I think you may have misunderstood part of the video, the upgraded camera is still a very pixelated black and white image like the original GB camera but with more flexibility in framing.
It may sound funny now but at the time I wanted a Gameboy Camera so bad. The commercials were so cool.
Great video, Tito!
That GB camera is somewhat interesting from a tech perspective still. They called it an artificial retina because there is some native edge detection on the CMOS itself to aid contrast. It also means it is very sensitive of movement for its resolution in image detection application. There also were some other selectable image effects built directly into the CMOS, but I don't remember them. Raw serially output image is decent, remember the GB uses raster to emulate grayscale so it resembles and ordinary grayscale camera when fed into a PC.
adjusting the aperture is actually a great feature, limited to 4 bit it's almost a contrast slider, even if the software rebrightenes the image
I've been hoping something like this would come out one day. so happy that day has come
i would love to see the reaction to this from nintendo gameboy camera team
If I recall, there are now custom gameboy camera roms for more fine control over the camera itself. Ive seen some pictures of it and it looks exactly like a DSLR's interface. 2bit PXLR Studio and untoxa's Photo are the ones I can think of off the top of my head. Obv this is for more advanced modders since you would need to replace the rom chip. I want to say there is even a flash rom option for non battery based backup too. Its amazing how far this community has gone!
I like the new Studio!
That finger wag made my day, great video as always.
Haha, glad I could make your day brighter 😁 cheers Andrew!
Just out mine together with this guide, thanks!!
that color photo blew my mind
Thank you for your video
Lol! My initial reaction is that this is over the top! Still super cool!
what a nice projekt i love it
Editing is amazing
Hey, just a heads up, Tito: the link to your Patreon gives a 404 error, apparently it's only missing an "S" at the end. Great video as always, by the way! I will definitely do this mod as soon as I get a second GB Camera!
That's no bridge, that's MISSINGNO on the zoomed in picture. Can't fool me, Tito.
😂
Very nice. Didn’t know you were local! MD here
If a longer cable for the sensor board to main board connection was made I'm sure someone could make a version of this that can still turn so it can still be used in selfie mode (maybe it can be done with the original but there could be clearance issues with the lens assemblies). I guess this particular one decided it wasn't worth the extra part cost/effort into keeping that functionality.
Also not sure how the exposure stuff works on the GameBoy color but the lenses with aperture control would still be useful as it can have an impact on focus. Plus there might be an exposure limit to the software the GB Camera uses so altering the aperture down to a minimum might help with really bright scenes like the sky on a sunny day.
I can't wait to try this!
the aperture change does make a difference, just like normal, it controls the depth of field, even if not much visible because of the resolution
What’s crazy is looking at the comparison of the actual on screen is like a night and day difference.
I’m surprised how much just a lens mod (Like not even the Hypervisor/Software. Controller ect)
Actually did.
It’s insane, it’s literally 2-3X as clear in my option
"No special tools are required"
Me: looks at weird screw heads that I definitely don't have a screwdriver for
I wonder how feasible it would be to create homebrew software compatible with the CMOS so taking color pictures is less of a hassle.
I really like this channel because you don't talk about your relationship status in your videos like some other retro creators do.
11:18 Aperture also affects depth of field. The wider the aperture the shallower your depth of field will be. The opposite is true the more narrow your aperture. That's how you get the cool blurred out background effect is with a wide open aperture. The distance from the subject will also affect the depth of field.
The landscape photography looked great, but it would be cool to see the difference when taking portraits.
Using the internal filters for color photography would be pain since you'd have to remove the lens each time. I use filters in front of the camera like the vide example. However - that could be a space for an additional mod. Maybe some sort of filter wheel inside the camera with clear, red, green, and blue filters with some sort of external control to switch filters.
I've been eying this mod for months 😩
I think the original GB pics look a little more defined. Definatly the street view just seems to have more center road defined and shadowing in the bottom left
Pretty sure that's just exposure differences. The image sensor is exactly the same so there shouldn't be any quality differences.
True, I tried to get the exposure about the same for each photo but it was tough to see the screen outside and make the adjustments.
I try to do all the mods on here. This one would be fun but I don't have sponsors for my channel, lol. Awesome video as always!
I have a hard time believing you'd be able to keep up with him, especially since he gets this stuff for free.
I do a lot of Game Boy Camera photographer. Will have to give this a go. Looking to have a custom firmware one made too, but I'm not good enough at soldering, so I'm going to have that part done for me.
Lovely stuff
Thank you dude!
I loved the gameboy camera back in the day, cool to see someone gave it an awesome upgrade 😁
Only thing I don't really get is why they didn't include the adapter thread in the 3d print instead of making you glue one on separately? Would the print not be strong enough or something?
I like how the pictures it takes of signs look like gameboy game signs.
That's a beautiful Tower Of Power in the background.
Gotta love the tower of power 😁
This is pretty neat
Estuve buscando este mod por años. gracias
Imagine being out in public and seeing some chad walking around taking pictures with not just one but two Gameboy cameras
Dude this channel is gonna end up ruining my finaces. I want it all! Congrats on the new studio!
Haha, thank for the kind words DRdiva 🙏
@@MachoNachoProductions You should check out the latest episode of Last of Us. Something in there seemed eerily familiar :)
Hmm, the aperture also play an important role in depth of field, not only to how much light passes on the sensor.
2:30 Check out the Ultimate Game Boy Talk by Michael Steil. At the end he goes over the Game Boy Camera in humorous fashion. "... with a bit depth of... 2."
I’ve always wondered if we would be able to mod the rom to make it possible to use the software with better sensors, using a webcam for example. I spent HOURS playing the game while my family and I were driving around my area.
It would be really cool to see some colour photos taken using filters
Game boy camera was so ahead of it’s time with filters and such for selfies
If you need to have a selfie feature, just make a lens attachment that takes advantage of mirrors to reflect the image back towards the user
Those prints are SLS or MJF, that's why they have such a good finish.