FULL COLOR Pictures from a Game Boy Camera!
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- This technique has been around since the 1800s and is still used today in many modern digital cameras (i.e. 3CCD). Kinda useless, but still pretty neat and definitely fun to mess around with!
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8 Bit Guy did a similar thing with an old black and white webcam. It's really interesting to see this 100 year old technique used with more modern cameras.
~170 year old actually
That's where I came from.
I was hoping someone would do this with this camera after I saw his video!
That's the top recommended video youtube is showing me for this video.
I'm shocked by the quality of the color in that last photo. Those colors looked fairly spot on, and this should only have a 6-bit color palette, for 64 colors, if the files are only storing 2-bit (4 shade) images. Perhaps the files are saving more shades than the screen can display. Or perhaps you did some color processing that took the dithering into acct for more shades of each primary?
I think because it's mixing the 3 different channels, each channel is able to display 4 shades and when they're overlaid it's essentially 12 shades total. No dithering! Just straight from the GB camera and applying each one to the appropriate color channels. :)
@@esotericsean Yes, it is mixing the 3 channels as RGB. The way that works is that you end up with a number of shades of each component (RGB) based on the number of bits for each channel. And to figure out your total color palette, you add the bits up. So, since there are only 2-bits per pixel stored in each file, and there is no further processing in the external image processing tool (in this case, Photoshop) of the dithering (that is rendered in each image by default by the Game Boy Camera software) into more shades (either of the individual images, or when mixed as RGB), then that would give 6 bits, which is 64 colors. I wasn't asking if you were processing a dither into the final image, but apparently you didn't process the dithered images into more shades, either, or you would have said so. That would give a *lot* more colors, making for more impressive results where there are many shades of colors, in case you were interested in making a follow-up video. ;)
The Mitsubishi image sensor the GB Camera used provides an analog signal for the pixels, but I have confirmed that the ADC used converts to 2-bit with a 4x4 ordered dithering pattern, so there's no more range to the file in memory (which is what I had assumed). However, one can tap into that analog signal to get vastly better images with a better ADC. Here's a couple of good links, with more links in them:
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17218256
hackaday.com/2015/11/03/gameboy-camera-becomes-camcorder/
web.archive.org/web/20161003120014/www.technoshamanarchist.net/?p=984
Ha, funny that we could both have the same idea only a couple of months apart!
hi Matt. i found about your channel thanks to tom scott
The8bitGuy did the same with a really old B/N webcam... So, now you are 3...
gonna need a link to the SD gameboy printer saving thingy.
the maker ben venn
@@notmynormalusername1 I came down to see how old the reply is lol. I got my stuff from Benn venn yesterday
This is amazing! This technique seems similar to the one they used to color The Wizard of Oz. Love the GameBoy Color Light videos too! Your production quality sits among the likes of My Life in Gaming and Digital Foundry. Keep up the great work!
That's the nicest compliment. Thank you! Will have to look into how they did The Wizard of Oz, I'm curious now! :)
It was actually filmed in colour. Not after-coloured. A lot of older movies were hand-tinted though
I mean, this technique only works with still objects, or objects that are exactly in the same spot for each frame. Wouldn't really be feasible for a full movie.
@@marsandbars It can be used with motion, but you need three separate cameras positioned very close to one another and you need to shoot from a distance (close enough together, and far enough from the subject, that the parallax wouldn't be noticeable). I can't think of any color movies that were made this way, but I wouldn't be surprised if there were some back when color was new.
@@brandonmartin-moore5302 "The Wizard of Oz" (And dozens of other movies) used a process called "Three-Strip Technicolor". The cameras had three black and white strips of film running simultaneously, shot through a combination of a prism and colour filters, only to be dyed Magenta, Cyan and Yellow and were then pressed together after the fact. Also giving them a really unique look.
www.eastman.org/technicolor/technology/three-strip-camera
Good stuff! Been following you on Instagram for a while and a follower just pointed me to this video :)
I love what you've done, and I wish I had the time in my life to do more photography in general- this at least once! I appreciate that you knew the official color names of the GameBoy Color variants. Very cool, man.
Very cool concept, and even learned another old practice of photography
Nice Life Is Strange background! You knew exactly what you were doing.
I might not be able to find a game boy camera to test this on, but I did learn about color channels in photography and for that im thankful you still decided to upload this video
This is crazy! Awesome stuff man, thanks for sharing :D
Thank you for the video and information! Also you got great photos 🦛
Thanks so much ☺️
This was awesome! Great merging of old & new photographic techniques to squeeze a better image out of a dated piece of tech.
thats so cool, it really enhances the images :o would have been awesome if nintendo had been able to program the color combination into the original hardware, they could have sent out little color filter cards for kids to use
I completely forgot that this was just a thing that you could do in real life,
seeing it done to Gameboy Camera images is the nuttiest thing, I love it!! XD
This is awesome. I have 20 year old photos in my GB cameras and it would be awesome to see the colors!
This guy really looks camera shy or socially awkward, but i give him kudos, he seems to be fighting against it to deliver us good content. I subbed!!
Weird things to say lol
I'm extremely jealous of your book collection behind you in the video.
Loved this! That last picture came out really great. Might have to try this myself.
Actually, this is incredible, i would never tought of this!
That worked way better than I expected! Damn. Super impressed. I think limitations often breed greatness. I wonder. The BennVenn Gen3 Joey cart reader/dumper enables the GB Camera to send images back to your computer in real time, currently at 5 images a second, and they hope to add true video support in a future update. If and when that happens, could you affix 3 different game boys + game boy cameras together with a color filter over each, record three simultaneous video feeds, then do the RGB channel trick to combine all the videos into one color video, creating the very first color game boy camera movie? A game boy camera movie alone would be cool, but a color game boy camera movie sounds next level.
So cool gotta try it with my gameboy camera awesome video 👏😎👌🎮
That’s so rad. Would be fun for photography
That looks amazing
This is wholesome stuff
OMG I’m totally gonna try this!
Nicely presented! Still love my GB Camera. Need to offload all the old pics that are ages old now.
So darn cool.
Pretty cool stuff
Heck! I need to try this! Thanks so much for making this!!
very impressive man !
So cool! thank you
Very cool! The unique quality of the images makes it worth the somewhat cumbersome process. Even though it's in color, I can immediately tell it's a Game Boy Camera photo. On a side note, anyone who is interested should definitely go and check out some of the trichrome process color photos from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Some of the images are hauntingly beautiful.
It's really amazing how photography really hasn't changed all that much since it was invented. Sure digital/film, but even digital is based on all the principles of film, it's pretty interesting.
the trichrome photos from the 1890s look more like today than fade-corrected photos from the 1970s
Hello, do you know where I might be able to pick up that usb device for transferring data to my computer? Thanks.
Did you ever find out where?
Damn that’s pretty cool!
Great video!
that's amazing!
Pretty nice!
If you have three Game Boy cameras and a trichoric cube, you might be able to take color video. I think you would need 3 SNESs, 3 Super Game Boys, and 3 GB cameras. I’m not sure if Premiere Pro let’s you use different videos as R, G, B but if they could be mixed, it might work. Also, OBS studio might be able to do it as a live stream. You would make the world’s first Game Boy camera color live stream video feed. Lol.
So cool!!! I have a GB cam. Very informative vid. thank you.
I, too, am using a Life is Strange wallpaper. 10/10 setup.
This is great, niceone for doing this really enjoyed it!
pretty cool
I only just found out about the gameboy cameras but his looks sick, definitely going to have to try this!!
Great vídeo!
Definitely going to do this!
It's fun! Give it a go :)
@@esotericsean just bought film. My wife is going to be scrap booking with them.
@@aarlker1999 Ooh with black and white film? Awesome!!
Has anyone made a DIY GB camera and cartridge yet?
That would be so awesome.
What I needed thank you so much!
2:58 what's with the creepy music here? Sounds like the OOT dungeon music for the Shadow Temple or the Bottom of the Well or Dodongo's Cavern.
Hah! It does sound like that. I filmed this video at my old studio (which I no longer have unfortunately) which was next to a machine shop, motorcycle repair shop, train tracks, and a small airport (seriously!) so there was always noises. Might have also had an air conditioner running. All that combined with noise reduction in Adobe Audition probably made that background noise sound weird. :P
@@esotericsean oh. it still sounds like OOT music
That's incredible! Nice work!
amazing
Wow You got rare stuff there dude!
Thank you, That was awesome video!
This is really cool!! I'd like to try this out but I can't buy any of the Vennvenn products and btw your voice was so relaxing like an ASMR Im studying rn but I was stressed out so this video helped more than I expected to, cool video also I suscribed I like all things about game boy's and your channel is perfect
So cool
Nice video bro!!,for people who love retro tec !!
Very interesting video! Nice job editing, too! :D
Thanks! :)
What a fast reply! :O
Block Builder I try! Haha
@@esotericsean Time to get my old Gameboy Color and take some totally professional looking photos with its GREAT quality! :P
Block Builder Haha 😆
I would love if someone put a better camera inside the Gameboy camera. Something better quality and maybe colour.
Someone should modify the Gameboy 📷 camera
Matty p unboxing's and reviews lol i’d pay good money for that forreal 😂
Very cool
Awesome
What’s the name of the cable you used to transfer pictures?
That’s a generic Game Boy link cable. The adapter I used to get the pictures onto an SD card is from BennVenn, though.
Very neat! I might try this myself.
That's so cool.
Dude this is so cool!
Wow!!!! brutal!!! thank u for your video!
Dude, thats awesome!
Ahead of his time great content!
this is amazing and you should feel great!
That's cool
I remember the gameboy camera I had one I remember my parents got me one because we couldn’t afford a digital camera back in the 90s gameboy camera was the cheapest
Dope af
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Hook up three GBA consolisers with a trichoric cube. Mux the RGB signals together to produce full-color GB camera video.
That... could actually work :O
@@esotericsean Been wanting to do it for over a year but few if any financial resources. So, go ahead and do it.
Great idea
Smart af and cool 😎😎😎
So cool! Where can I find RGB filters like the ones you used? I want to try that too!
I got the ones I showed in the video from a camera store. But they're available on Amazon too: www.amazon.com/Rosco-Lux-Small-Swatchbook/dp/B0002ER2YG/
Very awsome! What a idea! :)
Hey, great video !
Can you share the name of the adapter ? Or link if possible ? Thanks dude.
BennVenn
Nice
This is really, really cool. Great job! Quick question. Do you think this could work if I "import" the photos by taking a screenshot using a capture card?
Yeah! Anything that can grab the picture! (preferably the method with minimal quality loss) I used Windows 10 Snip on each R,G,B that he did and copied it in photoshop and produced very close to the original color result.
That’s really cool! Now I wonder what would have happened if you took a single picture and then put it into all three channels?
Genious
Neat-o!
Nice video, would try for myself but I don't own a Gameboy camera
You should double or quadruple these and then dither. I think that would look pretty good.
This is wonderful! Keep up the good work, I must try this someday too (:
It’s all fun and games until we hit run.
Awesome!!! O.O
Super Cool! i'm playing Links Awakening DX and was wondering if its possible to actually print the photos. would this work with a gameboy advance SP? I guess I wouldn't need the camera, just the printer cause the "camera shots" occur in the game. there is a collection of 12 photos and then you have the option to print them....I never actually thought it would be possible LOL. How could I print one.....I play on a game advance sp AGS-001
Yeah you definitely can! There are a ton of different options now, I would advise checking out some Game Boy Discord channels and talking to some people there. They can probably give way more info than I can.
Is there any amazon or whatever links to that adapter? For the sd card.
When you show the color pictures of Mario like you did about halfway through the video, were they on the Gameboy screen or your Mac? Just curious since if it was on the Gameboy screen you showed us the color pictures and that was the tech back then, then the tech we have today with our smartphones is anceint technology.
At around 4:30 for example?
That's his computer
Is there a known link to the Benn Venn transfer device being used here?
Not sure he still makes it but there are better options now too. Check out InsideGadgets.
what's the name of the device to transfer GB camera to computer?
What’s the device for the sd card called?
Where did you get that rgb colour filter BTW? Did you make it yourself?
They sell sample sets of color filters at camera stores (and places like Amazon). Sometimes you can even get them for free.
Can you swap the gameboy camera sensor with a camera sensor from a phone?
ASMR
Haha with all the comments I get about my videos sounding like ASMR I should just make an actual Game Boy ASMR video XD
I think,it was amazing..
Excellent. How did you transfer the photographs to your PC?
There are a few different options. I used one called ElSnappo from BennVenn, which outputs the photos to a MicroSD card. But there's also the Joey Junior, WiFi module, etc.
@@esotericsean hi where can I get it ?
Hi, do you have the link to that USB printer adaptor please?
yes @esotericsean , is there a link to the adapter ?
BennVenn
Hi, what’s the name of the ending song? Great video! I just subbed.