Can I rebuild this 40 year old 3D camera into a digital one?

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In this episode of Grow Up Kent Heckel I build the world's first digital quadrascopic camera... from scratch. This idea has been 2 years in the making. Based on the Nimslo and the Nishika from the 80s this idea keeps popping up on social media. From building the first working camera out of legos to 3d printing a housing with custom-designed buttons, this has been a real journey. Tackling large ideas has always been a huge priority for me because I get the opportunity to get out of my comfort zone and express my creativity in a completely new way. I am so happy how this story came together, please subscribe!
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@jackbourquard9259 2 жыл бұрын

do you have any plans to share the code online? this is an awesome project dude, congrats on taking the dive to do it!

@RENO_K 9 ай бұрын

💀💀💀💀 talks about raspberry pi being opensource and helping eo but doesn't publish the code

@hitenfpv1817 9 ай бұрын

@@RENO_K i was thinking the i mean where are the codes bruhh

@canjicacanjica 9 ай бұрын

Look for ArduCam Quad Cam solutions

@sweetsamuel2390 8 ай бұрын

@@RENO_K its a great video but not sharing the files for anything is a huge L

@KentHeckel 7 ай бұрын

@@RENO_K fair enough. Code uploaded

@defrizal_w Жыл бұрын

I hope there are brands that want to make 3D digital cameras again

@silvertube52 Жыл бұрын

There isn't a 4 lens camera like the one he built, but there is a two lens 3D stereo camera available now: Kandao QooCam EGO 3D Camera. There are also VR180 stereo cameras.

@stalin200000 Жыл бұрын

Qqq is shit. the only kinda almoust normal is Fuji

@michaelprzewrocki4195 7 ай бұрын

@@silvertube52 and newest canon-project with variable base. VR-3Dcam. drawing-patent, mockups online

@emmanuelgalang6024 Ай бұрын

It's funny you said this because I've been sitting on this idea for a hot minute. Gonna go get that patent

@dragojuice8716 9 ай бұрын

Now I wanna see an overhauled version of this with the sensor modules on a sliding mount to increase or decrease the width of the 3d effect

@KentHeckel 2 жыл бұрын

FINALLY!!! Get stoked to see the pictures from this in basically every video I make for the rest of ever 🌞

@tylersmith3664 9 ай бұрын

I've had this idea since 2016 and never acted on it because I knew the sequential shot would break it. I totally forgot about it. I'm so happy to see somone else act on this! Keep it up!!!!

@AnzelLmao 2 жыл бұрын

Such a fantastic journey and narrative. Can't wait to see more!

@DommoDommo 2 жыл бұрын

DUDE!! I have been working on something like this for almost 2 years now! The closest I've ever seen was some dude named George who was able to make an adapter for full frame cameras using Kodak lens savor lenses. I bought a lot of broken (lenses are fine) Nimslos to harvest the lenses, please please please throw your code and products list up online, I'd pay for it even!

@michaelruss9604 9 ай бұрын

Man I’d love to see this hope he responds :)

@KentHeckel 7 ай бұрын

Yo! I actually bought George’s lens!!!! Works great! I just uploaded the code, see my other comment.

@LambeLab 5 ай бұрын

@@KentHeckel please where is the code?

@iasliam 2 жыл бұрын

Loved this! So hyped to see you revisit this project! Smashed it 👌👌

@elliotmarks06 Жыл бұрын

Super cool project! A few years ago I played around with this concept by strapping 3 phones together and taking pictures at the same time. The result was really cool, but definitely not practical. Congrats on finally bringing this idea into reality!

@AimShootDevelop Жыл бұрын

Absolutely amazing video! Love stereoscopic stuff and stumbled onto this video, well made & fun! 😊

@cmax522769 Жыл бұрын

I have a couple of Nishikas and 1 (failed) homemade FULL FRAME quad 3D stereo pinhole camera which I will eventually learn from and create a successor... Thanks for sharing your experience with the digital format!

@lsps9150414 Жыл бұрын

How is this not viral yet. Great video editing great storytelling great idea for a project🎉

@matthieupicard3515 10 ай бұрын

Let’s gooo- have been messing around with bootleg versions too. So much fun to bring it to life and see you doing the same ❤

@merryellaiglesias9920 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing creativity! Love how your mind works!

@RachaelPadilla 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant! Such a great video and an amazing project!

@OnnieKoski Жыл бұрын

you absolute mad-lad! you've done it! i've been trying to build the courage to make one of these for years!

@daniperera Жыл бұрын

Man, I just love everything about this video. The production, content, and presentation, are just outstanding. The sheer amount of effort you've put into this video is unbelievable. As someone who's thinking about getting into the platform in the future, this is the level of the highest quality I ever wanna be. I'm so surprised to see that you only have 299 subscribers. A channel like this obviously deserves so much more than that. Wish you all the best brother. Here's your 300th sub from me ❤❤

@DannerCronise 2 жыл бұрын

Wow. You are an amazing storyteller and the editing was so well done. I'm also shocked that this and your channel haven't blown up yet, just subbed! I'm a computer engineering student, so it was really inspiring seeing your process. Those pi cameras ended up being a lot better than I expected, and the result was awesome. Now I want one! Thanks for sharing and I'm looking forward to your future vids

@williamcurwen7428 9 ай бұрын

You made me cry … I build my own experimental camera rigs, albeit for completely different purposes, and so I know how it feels when it finally works. I often find that overthinking a project to the point of mission creep, means that I have to go back to the beginning of my original conceptual thinking to find the solution. Congratulations!

@staceysickels1948 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant Kent. I loved every minute of this.

@3dimka Жыл бұрын

Congrats for not giving up and thank you for sharing your experience!

@karraramir4082 10 ай бұрын

I am so happy that you were able to create this masterpiece. The video is fun, fun, fun, very fun

@alexamickey 10 ай бұрын

Amazing. Inspiring. And great storytelling too 👏🏽 Thank u

@alvadomdom2504 Жыл бұрын

mann this is really amazing! hope to see more from the camera soon!

@southDutchMan 9 ай бұрын

Man this is very cool! Keep up the great fun you're having. Hopefully you'll ignite the 'maker mind' in many more.

@InCartersEyes 9 ай бұрын

As someone who wanted to do something like this, but then just bought the same nashika, I am incredibly impressed. I might try to make a pi like yours now.

@johnnymacanasjr.1383 10 ай бұрын

Mad respect bro! I enjoy gifs from my Nishika. This is cool!

@alexb8964 8 күн бұрын

maybe the comment with the code he posted is the friends we made along the way...

@petrhaas2356 2 жыл бұрын

woa the production quality of your video is insane! 🤯

@DMS3TV 9 ай бұрын

Would've been nice to see you share the code or resources on how to build this

@KentHeckel 7 ай бұрын

Linked the code in another comment. Sorry took so long, not really a code guy… so took a bit to get how to do that

@DMS3TV 7 ай бұрын

@@KentHeckel ayeee. Much appreciated.

@joeymertaugh4460 2 жыл бұрын

i don't know why this video doesn't have more likes and view the editing is amazing

@jaredcarnell3389 Ай бұрын

This is awesome, great job, enjoyed the video. I have a nimslo.

@jradshores 2 жыл бұрын

A new fav episode

@andydreadsbmx 9 ай бұрын

Stoked you got it done! I played around with 4 gopro's back in 2016 to try and do this but there was no global shutter. You could take a burst of photos and pull the closest ones but the objects needed to be still. The raspberry pi idea was there in my brain but I didn't have the means and I decided I'd rather just shoot with the Nishika and the Nimslo on film. I reiterate, I'm stoked you go it to work!! Would totally want one if you ever sold em!

@KentHeckel 7 ай бұрын

Appreciate you

@franklinkoo1716 8 ай бұрын

I just skipped to the end to see the final result and I got hit with the most motivational speech of my life

@eliaslebaron3103 2 жыл бұрын

Keep it up man, love the content 👌 😁

@futc.photography 9 ай бұрын

I absolutely love this, amazingly good video and super cool project!

@LinkWulluf 9 ай бұрын

You killed it this is awesome! If there's a version 9 maybe a magnetic lens dust cover? It's been a year since he posted a video apparently I'd be interested in an update on how your iOS app is going. Hope you're still out there making

@BillRicker 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for doing this. I've had similar thoughts staring at a Nishika for years.

@mlfinley 2 жыл бұрын

Found this on tik tok and I am baffled that this channel only has 98 subs. This video is so good

@backpacktings Жыл бұрын

This is one of the best videos i ever see on KZfaq. Very motivational

@CaptainPeterRMiller 9 ай бұрын

@The Spirituality Project. You are completely outside the box. So adventurous. I like you. Keep exploring, you good thing.

@just.off.the.a4208 9 ай бұрын

I won't lie, I know pretty much nothing about cameras but this did get me thinking. I think a good feature you could try to implement would be to have each lens on a rotor so when you choose the focal point of what your shooting, each lens turns minutely to face the point of focus(/|\) rather than straight parallel (|||). For example , for close-up pics, the lenses rotate inwards to nearly face towards each other, and for further pics, they only rotate inwards slightly (kinda like how our eyes work to go cross eyed). I feel this could be used to make each picture feel slightly more immersive and as if it's from a humans eyes, to give a more true 3d feel to each GIF.

@flyc0de389 9 ай бұрын

That at 15:19 is a PLANE ? I imagine him trying to explain the guards what is that device 🤣

@brycemyles2010 6 ай бұрын

I tried building something like this years ago using a pi, got stuck and the project got forgotten about as I moved on to other things… this has inspired me to go back and finish it off!

@happytanam Жыл бұрын

Thanks.. Your video is so inspiring mate..

@thes3Dnetwork Жыл бұрын

Any plans for producing this as a finished camera? As a 3D enthusiast I have been waiting for a single camera that fixes the issue of other 3D cameras where you only have a fixed interaxial distance. A 4 camera array would give you 3 different distances to play with. Hope to see this as an actual produced camera!

@KentHeckel 7 ай бұрын

I can dream lol

@Adrian_Galilea 9 ай бұрын

Beautiful. Keep being awesome.

@JotaSotodiaz Жыл бұрын

amazing! thanks for this video

@SchroederCorp 11 ай бұрын

Underrated af man hope your channel would grow huge soon

@nicotangara 9 ай бұрын

amazing man!! love the video

@kylelitwack Жыл бұрын

I've been thinking a lot about doing this recently. My first thought was raspberry pi but I can now see that I don't want that. I'm thinking about simply shredding some old point and shoots. I think it should be fairly easy to just solder the shutter buttons into one button.

@Ni5ei 9 ай бұрын

Exactly that. Why all the trouble when it's just a matter of putting 4 cameras together? No need to reinvent the wheel 😅

@KentHeckel 7 ай бұрын

That’s actually a great idea

@TheCierab 2 жыл бұрын

FEELIN’ SO INSPIRED.

@DrWasim 2 жыл бұрын

Instant sub. This channel needs to reach out to millions ❤️

@the-secrettutorials 6 ай бұрын

What a motivational journey! Love the idea

@SchardtCinematic 9 ай бұрын

I bought a disposable 3D film camera in the late 90's. Just to see the pictures and move them and tilt them to watch it move. I came across my negatives from it and scanned 3 negatives representing one 3D photo. It was a tree in my front yard. It turned out well shifty between the photos and seeing the 3D effect

@dovy6666 11 ай бұрын

Insane edits, you deserve more

@LA6NPA 9 ай бұрын

Awesome! Would it be possible to add an LED flash? Like, 2 luxeon stars, one on each side? I'm guessing ~6W should be plenty of light for closeups (which is obviously where this camera shines). Well. "Flash" might be more accurate, as the camera software needs to sense the amount of light... I guess you could just have a push button for the LEDs. Edit: Come to think of it, just set the camera to underexpose slightly, and maybe just use one luxeon star? Hmmm.

@just4electronics101 9 ай бұрын

Love' your energy dear keep doing it great work

@sunilkumarssak 8 ай бұрын

When you laughed at the crashed ios app , you made my day dude !

@technochook 8 ай бұрын

This is awesome! I’d love to see the pi sync each of the slave camera’s settings from one master so they all have consistent shutter speed, iso, exposure etc. would definitely help with some of the examples you shared that get a bit of flicker!

@KentHeckel 7 ай бұрын

Great idea!

@TheRunningCameraMan Жыл бұрын

Cya in a year✌️ can’t wait to buy one from you😏

@DJLANDSCAPE1223 9 ай бұрын

Ive had a nishika for years and ive always thought about this! Congrats on the build it looks so dope. Is the delay due to processing speeds. Is there a way to do vids on it yet?

@LambeLab 6 ай бұрын

Can't see the comment with the code :(

@adriandelosocalderon5908 Жыл бұрын

Great video Kent !

@xavtek 9 ай бұрын

I worked on a similar project as well ! I had the same first prototype (although with Logitech webcams connected via usb) and realised that taking simultaneous shots was key. I then went to ESP platform as the multiplexers for raspery cameras I found were way to expensive. I had an almost working prototype based on ESPcam and an ESP32 as a controller but struggled with the code. I own a nimslo 3D and the key for good animated gif is to align all frames on a specific point around which the subject then rotates. It is probably too complicated to do in camera. I remember a company that was selling a mirror adapter for smartphone and their app had a feature to select a detail in one of the frames and it would aligne the other I the final gif.

@stunk. Жыл бұрын

Lov it!! !!

@Campake 9 ай бұрын

this was a really well made video, lovedf everything about it

@michealafton1 9 ай бұрын

Love this!

@visje1996 9 ай бұрын

Very cool! It would be interesting to see the difference the distance between the cameras makes to the final gifs

@johanneshainer3460 Жыл бұрын

Awesome, I also made one with four car cameras in one housing but sync was way Off, could you share the BOM and Files by any Chance?

@KentHeckel 7 ай бұрын

Posted in another comment!

@Poetwhosings 8 ай бұрын

I hope you make this camera and make it public this is something that I would buy I love this as a person who loves live photos on apple this is something i love to see on a camera

@lyrix7479 2 жыл бұрын

This is a really cool video for a channel with 140 subs. props!

@NULL_POTATO_EXCEPTION Жыл бұрын

Wow! I also had the same idea! I even joined the kickstarter for the same camera module you use! It's the Arducam 16MP, right? I just haven't gotten around to starting the project because Raspberry Pi prices are through the roof. You did a great job and I'm glad to know it is possible. You made some good points. I should start with an MVP and afterwards, I can work on my stretch goals like using a track system to angle the 4 cameras, using computer vision to identify the subject and align the photos together, as well as provide easy ways to get the gif off the camera.

@MrHaydnSir 9 ай бұрын

incredible work 👏 👏 👏

@koblongata 6 ай бұрын

The most rewarding part is that your wife cares about your learning experience

@PokuPokuYeah 9 ай бұрын

Great idea, great dude, great video, nice production and all... Only 1k subscribers ? wat ?! Here is one more ;)

@hellothisiskyle Жыл бұрын

Holy shit this is the most excited I’ve ever been watching a video. I’ve been a huge 3D film shooting going back a decade and I had the same thought as you- why hasn’t anyone made a way to do this digitally yet? I had an idea to make a beam-splitter/stereo adaptor type device that attaches to your phone but ended up not having the expertise to see it through and abandoned the project probably 5 years ago. The camera you built is AMAZING, but the one thing that sets 3D apart for me anyone is it’s ability to freeze motion. Have you shot anything on it with the subject jumping in the air or throwing something into frame? I’m really curious to see the results also curious about if you’ll ever make this project available to the public.

@KentHeckel 7 ай бұрын

Sadly there is a gap in the timing so it doesn’t work perfect.. but I’m still pursuing this idea

@fabianmoser6018 Ай бұрын

Thanks for the Inspiration! When is the app project being released?

@anarchisttutor7423 4 ай бұрын

I would consider buying the plans!

@weeliano 2 жыл бұрын

This is truly an amazing story of self discovery and learning! I absolutely love the journey of you iterating and improving from each version. Wonderful and inspiring work and most of all congratulations on getting the camera to work! And you used Blender! Awesome!

@michaelprzewrocki4195 7 ай бұрын

at then end synch not precise enough. ok for the needed task, almost standing still people.

@caschsomerville1493 8 ай бұрын

For the focal point you may be able to make all the cameras face the same point with the body. Maybe in your 3d model set a point some arbitrary distance way away and make sure each camera mount in the body is facing that rather than all facing perfectly forwards. Then you wouldn’t have to pick a focal point after the fact, they would already have the same focal point (I think).

@marklawson8346 5 ай бұрын

Brilliant your very clever man

@rizkypratama4703 8 ай бұрын

Really awesome projects, hope i can do it too

@malcomjhy Ай бұрын

Where I can buy the camera your do please?

@hiddemoens82 9 ай бұрын

I think the raspi should be more than capable of turning the 4 pictures into a gif. Personally I know more about embedded systems and don't know much about app development. But it sounds like an unnecessary (hard) step. How did you come to this solution?

@KentHeckel 7 ай бұрын

It turns out to be a focal thing.. so it’s match based on the chosen point. Hard to explain but could certainly be done in a simple app

@peterxyz3541 7 ай бұрын

I want to do this project but with more parallax or adjustable parallax

@tahallium Жыл бұрын

great video!

@kspzel 9 ай бұрын

Hello! Great work! How did you synchronise the camera settings? Such as gain and white balance? Was it possible to achieve full shutter synchronisation? (I just didn't see a single frame taken in motion in your video)

@KentHeckel 9 ай бұрын

You can preset all the cameras to the same settings with a single file. Sadly the biggest drawback I learned after shooting was the part used to take the photos is imperfect and off by 1 frames between photos 1-2 and 3-4. So still is the only way to achieve a good photo

@YungAngel23 2 жыл бұрын

Spiritual Successor to Creators/Inventors

@Pockeywn 9 ай бұрын

you can make gifs from image’s automatically in the shortcuts app and make it a button on your home screen or maybe automate it to happen at certain times of the day

@FST0p 8 ай бұрын

That’s insane man . I’d totally buy one if available 🤓

@nguyenvuong6733 Жыл бұрын

holly, im in Vietnam. im finding for this 3d digital camera. It's very cool. I very very love Mura masa effect gif.

@bloodswarms 9 ай бұрын

I looked at your channel, after watching this video, and I think you're onto something. But, I wish you had released the code for this open source. You'd get more traction for your channel that way, and would help people in the process. Just my two cents.

@KentHeckel 7 ай бұрын

Totally fair! Posted code in another comment.

@kentabenno 9 ай бұрын

The relationship you share with your girlfriend sounds so wholesome!

@fabermahieu7316 Жыл бұрын

Great project, i was wondering if you know about the ‘fujifilm Rensha Cardia’ desinged for golfers. The camera takes 16 pictures sequentialy (kind of like a movie) so you can look at your golfswing and try to get feedback from that.

@KentHeckel 7 ай бұрын

Soooo sick