Digital “Film” For Your Pi Camera

A maker known as Strange Inventions has built an instant camera for the Raspberry Pi camera module that uses removable cartridges containing color e-paper displays instead of traditional instant film. The camera writes captured images directly to the e-paper, which retains the image persistently, and the cartridges slide in like a game cartridge. Unlike Polaroid or Instax film, the e-paper cartridges are reusable, though not cheap, and build files are sold rather than free. The design is accessible enough that other hobbyists could replicate or improve on it.

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