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game boy camera player?

>>5743487
Ah fuck yeah, I'll have to get mine fired up. Any ideas what to take pics of? I'm creatively toast right now.

i need an explanation

y game boy camera's records are so a e s t h e t i c

>>5743519
cats are always a popular subject. I like bridges and skylines myself. It's hard to take good shots of things at a distance, but if you get a good one they're neat.

>>5743520
>Take shots on GB Camera
>rip SRAM from cart
>extract pics from SRAM
>???
>profit

>>5743487
Another thread of cringe that inevitably derails into little faggots arguing about some retarded shit?
Like clockwork

Sexy time?

>>5743575
lol
I used to load pr0n on the PC monitor and take pics of with GB camera for later viewing

>>5743487
any preffered way to upload pics to pc?

>>5743519
Try a time-lapse!

Pic related is the longest time-lapse I took so far: 14 hours of a root growing through wet soil. Taken with a macro lens. If you look closely, you can see tiny secondary filaments growing from the main root at the upper section.

>>5743523
they remind me of early movies: only a couple of seconds long, no sound, b/w, low resolution.

>>5743513
The initialism GBC is already taken by the Game Boy Color. The game boy camera was originally released as the "game boy pocket camera" in japan, so GBPC is less ambiguous.

>>5743520
As >>5743562 said.

I noticed that for long time lapse videos, the gbpc took longer than expected to finish the sequence. Shot the clock with 5-minute intervals to see if it was lagging behind, and it is - the indicator for seconds would be standing still if it wasn't.

>>5743560
Speaking of cats...

Bedtime bump!

>>5743618
If you wanted to insult it you could call it the vine of its time.

It's well known a lot of gbc pictures have an unintentional freakish horror-esque appearance to them - almost too much for comfort. I get that a bit with these as well.

Hmm, it's not that hard to achieve that effect.
Although it works better with small images, I believe.

>>5744658

>>5744661
This one with the outlined pixels.

>>5744661
>>5744665
Not enough imperfections.

>>5743603
cool

>>5744691
Scaling down the image to GameBoy resolution before the other stuff introduces more imperfections I think.

>>5744665
>>5745080
soulless

>>5743519
Landscapes are also a safe bet, most work well in low resolutions.

>>5743562
Whats the best way to do this? I’ve been using the Super Game Boy to take screens via capture card.

>>5745919
GBxCart RW if you're a brainlet.

>>5745919
GBxCart RW I would think.

>>5745919
>>5745943
arduino-gameboy-printer-emulator is an option as well, and could be done for a couple of dollars. Don't know if there are others.

>>5743589
At the risk of being called a shill, bennvenn makes a gameboy printer emulator for $12.99. Basically you hook that dongle to your computer and say "print" on your gameboy and it sends the image to your computer. It works pretty good, but first setup is annoying as it is an unsigned driver. Google helps but it's sometimes not simply plug and play depending on your setup.

>>5743487
12 pics incoming:

>>5746040
maybe provide some commentary and don't just dump them?

>>5746045
I guess but it's not much to comment about, read filenames:

This is my dog:

My other dog.

Shit tier bonsai tree.

Basil and cilantro grown inside under artificial light (cfl bulbs, one warm, one cool).

My tomato plants, no ripe ones yet, maybe in a month.

I lied, 11 pics total, one was a duplicate.

This is an old hitachi tv from 1985 that I found. Made in USA and has composite. Damn nice tube desu.

>>5746076
Photographing CRTs is tricky enough without using the gbpc.

>>5746269
Didn't think this amount of soul was even possible.

:^)

Ever had to deal with lens flares? Took this one with the "2x telephoto" lens and was kinda put off by the big white blotched until I realized what they were. Kinda adds a sunny summer mood.

>>5746360

>>5746360

>>5746368
Nice, looks like a picture from an alien planet, or in a hollow earth city.

>>5746949
>hollow earth city
actually Berlin but not far off

>>5743487
TOOL TIME!

>>5745080
wrong dither method messes it up
the GB camera uses an ordered dither rather than error diffusion

Since I've posted two towers already, have another one.

Is this peak game boy camera technique?

So I've been to the botanical garden today and brought along my gb camera.

Who wants to see some pictures?

>>5749098
>Who wants to see some pictures?

I do.

>>5749098
please

>>5746368
Im having trouble telling what this even is. Are those two towers and youre standing in a street between them?

>>5749129
>>5749182
Let's start off with this stone sculpture near the entrance.

>>5749183
Google "Frankfurter Tor" and you'll no doubt find pictures from the same perspective. Had to deal with back light from the west and a setting sun, which gave me this high contrast silhouette and the lens flare.

>>5749219
Next up, a honeybee collecting nectar. The macro lens is hard enough to use on its own and having a subject that won't sit still for more than 3 seconds only made it worse. This shot turned out the best. The bumblebees, though larger, were even worse. Had to discard all shots.

I'll try shooting bees another time, they probably won't die out anytime soon.

>>5749241
The Koi pond in front of the greenhouse. If you look closely (depending on your contrast settings), you can see part of the glass paneling reflected in the anterior section of the pond. I tried shooting some of the fish, too, but the pics didn't turn out that great because of reflections from the sky.

The greenhouse was my favourite part. What's inside? We'll find out tomorrow!

wow some great pics so far. I'm excited to see what else you guys got.
In previous threads I posted pics taken from my game boy printer emulator, but this time I tried taking pictures of the Pocket's lcd itself with the front half of the case removed. I promise this isn't butchery! The gameboy was not harmed.
>>5743603
very very cool.
>>5746061
nice pic, taking pictures of natural things like foliage is nigh impossible when you're working with 4 shades.
>>5746368
I tried messing around with detachable phone lenses but I wasn't quite satisfied. The place where the magnetic ring attaches is not quiiiite perpendicular with the direction of the lens. maybe it doesn't bug you lol

Here are some root vegetables going hog wild.
(I will sage the rest of my posts itt so pls no bitching)

This photo (of a photo) didn't really turn out but I'm posting it anyway. This is a sunset over an evergreen forest with mountains on the horizon. No one could say this is a technically proficient gbcamera snapshot, but something I find funny about the gbcamera is how it can evoke feelings & memories in my heart with only a paltry amount of information

>>5743560
>I like bridges and skylines myself.
for you.

>>5743560
another for (you).

>>5748880
>Is this peak game boy camera technique?
game boy player is certainly the most fun way to use the gbcamera. Personally I use a backlit Pocket, but the mod is such a risky pain in the ass that I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. If money is no object I'd go with those freckshack gbcolor displays. It is really, really nice to have a backlit gameboy you can take selfies with, especially if you are showing the camera to normal people who can't into non-backlit screens.

>>5749098
man this pic really reminds me of Myst. I'm having a lot of fun comparing your filter to these real LCD pics... your filter is awesome, great job.

My only critique of other funtographers ITT: not enough silly borders!

Last one, this is taken at a park just before a group bike ride. I think it's amazing that I can even make out what's going on in this pic, guess I got lucky!
>>5748049
just realized I've never taken a single portrait photo, thanks for keeping things fresh

>>5743618
it was called "pocket camera" in japan, not "game boy pocket camera"

Just for fun, here is a comparison between the real LCD and what the printer emulator gives me (upscaled from 160x144). If I ever try taking pics of the LCD again I want to figure out a way to diffuse the light and cut down on glare.

The greenhouse:
No botanical garden would be complete without a tropical greenhouse, and no such greenhouse would be complete without a display of giant water lilies. These lily pads measured about 1 meter across and are apparently buoyant enough to carry 50 kg of weight! In the foreground, you can see one of the pads which has been turned upside down...

>>5749346
>>5749534
Very nice. I've considered this approach too, but I lack a quality DSLR camera and the proper lighting setup. What equipment do you use? I think you captured the look of an actual gbp LCD quite nicely. I've also noticed the glare, I'd try to make the lighting setup as well as the positioning of the gb and the camera as consistent as possible. If you keep the display as level and in-plane as possible, you can simply crop out the circuitry around it to get a simple, clean image of just the display.

>>5750438
...and here is the underside of that lily pad in all its glory. The veins are actually covered in thorns!

>>5749374
As for the filter, thanks, I appreciate it. I spent a long time fiddling with it and tried to get it to look as close to the gb pocket lcd as possible, but I know it's not quite there yet. On the plus side, the process of ripping pictures is rather quick and straightforward. Also I like the "clean" look of it.

Monstera deliciosa leaf. Actually native to tropical central america, the Monstera is a globally popular houseplant and well known for its characteristic, slotted leaves. The leaves have proven a popular subject in fashion and graphic design in this decade.
(My Monstera is currently sprouting a new leaf, maybe I'll snap a pic in a couple of days).

>>5749534
>SOUL VS SOULLESS.png
enough said.

>>5750449
This specimen was the biggest Monstera I had ever seen, it was easily 4 to 5 meters across! Some of the lower sections of the stem had turned wooden, something I had never seen in a potted indoors Monstera.

The inside of the greenhouse was actually very difficult to photograph with lots of low-contrast, diffuse light. Having no colours to work with made it worse. This shot captured the tropical atmosphere on the inside best.

>>5749374
Is that comrade Lenin I see? I tried to get the sky to reflect in the well to add some high-contrast highlight to it, which worked really well. The symmetry of the planting really makes the shot.

>>5750461
Hibiscus Flower. Actually bright red, but still recognizable thanks to the characteristic long stalk carrying the pollen. Photographing flowers turned out to be very frustrating without the help of colors. Most end up a dull, grey mess.

And that wraps up the greenhouse! Next up will be the Japanese garden. I'll be posting again later this day.

>>5749380
Guilty as charged. The way I rip my pictures (through the slide show option) gives me simple, black frames on all images. Using custom borders adds more steps and I'm often too lazy to do so. The variety would help easing things up a little, the thick black borders can be kinda dull.

>>5749241
I like all the shots but that bee is impressive, I can see how tough it would be to photograph. I had a hell of a time taking a pic of the dogs.

Part of the fun of these shots is that it can be a pain in the ass to get a good one.

>>5749384
Great series of pics.
>something I find funny about the gbcamera is how it can evoke feelings & memories in my heart with only a paltry amount of information

Damn good way to put it. That last pic with the bike riders somehow reminds me of a scene in a ghibli movie.

>>5749534
So photographing the LCD screen shows what the developers intended (couldn't resist memeing sorry). In all seriousness I always felt like I lost a lot of detail from the "printed" photos.

>>5750440
>As for the filter, thanks, I appreciate it. I spent a long time fiddling with it
So how do you do it? I'm digging the botanical garden pics btw, the underside is really cool looking.

The Japanese garden was the shit. This is probably my favourite photo from yesterday: Silhouette of a sculpted Japanese pine tree next to that of a Tōrō lamp made of hewn stone, seen across a reflecting waterway and some stepping stones.

>>5750682
I'll try getting one that's properly focused some other time. As you said, animals are generally rather uncooperative and these tiny buggers move very fast, as do the flowers they land on. 9 out of 10 shots were garbage, which is why I took these right at the beginning.

>>5751038
One from the japanese garden, though I'm less satisfied with this one. Another stone lamp on a gravel bank in the foreground, rock formations and waterfalls in the background, although I feel that this section is somewhat hard to discern.

Water is another tough subject. Either it'll end up highly reflective like in this one >>5749098, overexposing your image, or it'll turn pitch black like here >>5750438, giving you little contrast to work with.

>>5750837
>So how do you do it?
I rip the SRAM off my camera and put them into retroarches "saves" directory (need to change filetype from .sav to .srm) and fire up the emulator. There's a game boy pocket-style LCD-shader, which I have modified to my likes and saved as a preset. I tried to get it as close to the actual gbp lcd as possible, but I feel my dark grey and black don't contrast too well, which makes the pics look darker than they should. The rest is simple, I just screenshot every pic during slideshow mode and crop/rename them via batch-processing.

>>5751070
Some sort of... grass? There was a small field of it growing in a random spot and I liked the wind-swept, white tips. Probably flowers or seed pods? The ones in the background are pretty much identical to the one in the foreground.

That's it for today as I have business to attend to. Final part tomorrow!

>>5749484
So you suggest... just "PC"?

>>5750438
>you can simply crop out the circuitry around it to get a simple, clean image of just the display.
That's actually me again in the post right above you >>5750046 showing the scary error message man. That's probably the best I can get the LCD get (not sure if I should be desaturating to black and white? looks nice to me anyway). I'm going to go out an shoot a few new pics today and upload them using my improved LCD photography method (aka diffused light source, surround gameboy with glossy reflective paper, and put a big black sweatshirt on top the camera to reduce glare).

In defense of my SOULLESS upscaled b/w printer emulator pics, it is a really wonderful thing to be able to digitize these pics at all, especially when it comes to sending them to friends. The GBCamera is something that makes people say "I always wanted one as a kid" or "I never had a printer as a kid." When friends snap selfies, they go bananas when I send them the pics even if they maybe not as beautiful as they could be. and who doesn't like 24.1kb BMPs?

>>5751549
>That's probably the best I can get the LCD get (not sure if I should be desaturating to black and white? looks nice to me anyway).

I legit thought that was some kind of filter because it looked so perfect. These are getting damn good. I might take the screen off my gb and try similar. It would be neat to see the same technique used with all models of gameboy, including gbc. In fact, I can't believe no one has done this yet.

>>5751714
>In fact, I can't believe no one has done this yet.
Tell me about it. I've had this dslr for years but I haven't used it much since the lens is kinda broken and the camera shuts down if it tries to open the aperture too far.
Here is a pic I took today. I am quickly realizing that the photo looks bad if I don't have the contrast wheel in the right place.

>>5745802

>>5751591
no shame in the digital "prints", raw BMPs aren't soulless at all. Emulating "soul" with retroarch isn't any better or worse, it's still the same dots.

>>5746368
Looks like a menu background from one of the GBC Castlevanias. Fucking nice.

How do you guys transfer your files from the GBPC to your computers anyway?
Also, do any of you have the printer? I have one lying around after I bought it in Japan some years ago, but never got around to testing it.

>>5752286
>>5745973
That's how I do it.

>>5752290
Ah, neat

>>5743603
>>5743624
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>>5746073
>>5746269
>>5746368
>>5746962
>>5748049
>>5749241
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>>5749362
These are are really cool anons

Are all these green ones actual photos of the screen, or did you run the images through a filter of some kind to get the divided pixels/shadows?

>>5752272
thanks pal
>>5752307
You can tell whether they are photos of the LCD by whether or not they are covered in dust and hair.
>>5751076
so in terms of setup, my dslr and gameboy are both on a flat surface. The gameboy is propped up on its right side to give the camera a nice view. I actually superglued the LCD to the circuit board to keep it in place, and also to ensure the insanely-fragile ribbon cable isn't harmed, seriously >>5751714 be careful with it.
I still haven't found a perfect solution for light & glare. There is a big black sweatshirt on top of the camera, and there is white paper between the camera and GB reflecting light. Above this whole mess I hold an normal incandescent bulb that is diffused by cloudy plastic. If you know anything about photography (I dont) I'm sure you can dream up a better solution.

>>5752332
>You can tell whether they are photos of the LCD by whether or not they are covered in dust and hair.
So what's the filter for these then?
>>5750438
>>5751070
>>5751038
>>5750440
>>5749098
>>5746368

They look so fucking good

>>5752347
It's a retroarch filter made in part by the anon posting those photos. The distinction here is that while some people use a game boy printer emulator to generate raw BMPs, that anon actually makes a copy of the cartridge's save data and loads it in Retroarch.

>>5752357
Ah, makes sense.
Really nice way to get the shots.

Looking at a pic like this I can't help but laugh. It's such a silly thing to capture something gigantic on such a tiny grid of pixels.

There were stone sculptures scattered throughout the gardens. This one was a black monolith standing in a circular field of low-growing, silvery plants covered in velvety hair (presumably Stachys byzantina). The place had an eerie vibe to it.

I used to disregard the wide-angle lens, but it came in really handy here to fit the whole circular planting into the frame. It's true what >>5749346 said, if you center the lens attachment ring on the apparent center of the opening of the exterior white plastic, it will be out of center of the optical axis. It helps to attach the ring slightly lower, bringing it more in-plane and in-axis. Also, the lenses always have some leeway once attached and need to be properly centered. I've actually thought about grinding down the exterior plastic to create a level surface to attach the lenses to...

>>5751549
Personally I like the tint and wouldn't desaturate them, but you do you. Truth be told, I am mad jelly about the way your shots look, I would have done the same had I had the equipment. And yeah, having easy access to contrast adjustment is a huge plus.

Can we get a shot of your photography setup? How long does it take you to digitize an album of 30 shots this way?

Pond with weeping willow and duck house reflected on the surface. You can actually see some very pixelated ducks sitting on the platform surrounding the house.

>>5752272
I feel the filter/photograph approach will help with the blending of the grey levels and can give a picture a lot more depth.

Random British phone booth hidden away in a corner. It was filled with books, so some sort of library for visitors?

>>5752286
>>5752303
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>>5752347
Thanks a lot! I use a cart dumper (GBxCart RW in my case) to dump the SRAM containing the pictures and then emulate the camera in Retroarch with shaders applied. You can also load already dumped bmp pictures into retroarch and apply filters to them!

We only noticed this one shortly before leaving: Hidden near the entrance, a small nook with a water fountain and statue of a woman in the nude, in classical greek style. Cheesy little scene. Please no ban for nudity.

And that wraps up the botanical garden! I hope you enjoyed the shots!

>>5752357
>>5752373
These are excellent.

>>5753256
Like most photography, it's very subjective

>>5753272
Totally. It's the same as the crisp pixels on emulators/BVMs VS blended pixels on actual CRTs/with shaders debate. It comes down to taste and preference, I guess.

>>5752373
I see your modern skyline and raise you a medieval one! I shot this across a river and you can actually see part of the scene reflected on the water.

now run it through the gbc shader

>>5753260
I'm a bit of a retard. Do you have a step-by-step on how you load that in Retroarch?

do any of you guys use bitboy to transfer pics to pc?
great pics ITT

>>5753260
Hm, wonder if it's possible to load in bmps from external sources.
I really want to abuse that filter.

>>5753512
No anon, that would be literally impossible.

>>5753670
Nice
How did you do it?

>>5753473
I have one and it works as well as a professional product, allowing you to save to SD even when you are out and about. However bennvenn makes a much, much cheaper alternative you might want to look into first.
>>5753256
>I feel the filter/photograph approach will help with the blending of the grey levels and can give a picture a lot more depth.
I think the natural, gentle ghosting of the real LCD helps a lot. Ghosting makes certain pixels darker, meaning you are technically seeing more than 4 shades on a real screen.
So here's my setup (your term "photography setup" is giving me way too much credit). On the left is my gentle-wake alarm clock which houses an incandescent bulb inside the plastic shell. I hold it well above and behind the camera for a even, bright light. Those circles of paper are glossy but I'm sure any white paper would help reflect light. The lens is 17-85mm and I have it zoomed in all the way to fill as much of the frame as possible while still keeping the LCD in focus. Keeping the correct distance between the GB and camera is obviously important so I might build some kind of holster to avoid readjusting things every time I pick up the GB. As I mentioned earlier, the LCD has been superglued to the board to protect its ribbon cable, and also to keep it in line with the camera (you may consider doing this too). Not pictured is a big black sweater that I lay on the camera to reduce glare.
Taking the photos doesn't have to take very long. I feel like it could be streamlined. Once the LCD is in focus, the usual issues are getting the light in the right place, and dust. If I had a holster to keep the GB at the right distance, a kind of stand for the light, and knew exactly what aperture/exposure was appropriate, then taking pics would be fast.
>Personally I like the tint and wouldn't desaturate them
In order to make these pics really pop, I have to muck around with color settings, and I feel like I can get away with more in B/W.

>>5753512
Considering how many save game editors are out there, it's a little surprising there isn't one that allows you to load your own BMPs into a GBCamera save file. Any geniuses ITT?
This pic is an example of what my bitboy printer emulator outputs, except changed from BMP to PNG. So for those who want to start with the raw BMP and figure out a way to put it thru a filter, this is what you're working with.
Here's another fun pic I took not related to this thread >>5752563

This pic still has some color in it, not too weird right? I'm quite colorblind and not confident when it comes to color.
>>5743568
Well when is it going to start? man I'm still waiting
>>5753267
What kind of lighting did you have in these pics? To me what is most impressive about your photos is the attention paid to contrast. You really get those 4 shades to work for you, not against you.
>>5750682
>Part of the fun of these shots is that it can be a pain in the ass to get a good one.
Because the brightness and contrast adjust automatically (despite having dials) you're never really in control. To keep from getting frustrated, I remind myself I am playing a game boy game, and that sometime the RNG just fucks you. and anyway, is it any suprise that a nintendo-made camera is also a luck-based camera?

>>5753796
>much, much cheaper
Are we talking about the device for 40 dollars compared to the bitboy at 100 dollars or are you talking about something else?

>>5753287
The dithering on those cloud is just beautiful, but do you ever shoot without dithering?
Also as I look at your filter I wonder if it would look better or worse with a textured, "speckled" reflective background like the real reflective layer of the LCD. Would you like me to take a picture of the LCD while turned off? Would that possible to add to your filter?

>>5753861
You can go cheaper with a little DIY but I don't know much about what's involved.
https://bennvenn.myshopify.com/collections/game-cart-to-pc-interface/products/gameboy-printer-emulator-kit?variant=3761164714024

>>5753879
Does the Bitboy work with the DMG? It didn't seem to work for me.

>>5753891
It works with my Pocket, SP, and my Color so I don't know why it wouldn't work on the DMG. if I were you I'd test it on another GB to see whether it's the bitboy or your GB that's at fault. You could also try another cartridge that interfaces with the printer.

>>5753670

>>5753974
Don't those all use the same link cable whereas the DMG doesn't? I will try to find another game to test.

>>5754023
You just taught me something, namely that there were multiple versions of the link cable.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Link_Cable
As far as I can tell there shouldn't be issues with compatibility but maybe the cable version is the issue? It might be worth emailing the bitboy dev at this point.

>>5754075
Yeah, I might shoot him an email soon. My gf has a bitboy and I used a dual DMG/Color cable. I ended up using my roommate's SP to get it to work.

>>5753861
the bennvenn is $15 fully soldered, much cheaper in kit form and babies first soldering tier.

Man buying coffee at a mushroom-shaped kiosk. I really like the speckled texture of the sunlight breaking through the trees in this one.

I'll reply to the questions tomorrow. Need to head to bed, got a meeting with my boss early next morning.

Pardon the dust, but here is a pic of the game boy color display set to the black-and-white palette. Like you might expect, the image is extremely crisp but the LCD is small and less reflective so it's hard to light. I still think GBCamera pictures still look better on the Pocket because of its gentle ghosting artifacts.

>>5752135
direct comparison of gbp/gbc lcd

direct comparison between gbp/gbc LCD, what do you think?

>>5754152
>tfw can't into soldering

>>5754347
Literally soul vs. soulless.

>>5754347
SOUL | SOUL
Both look great, interesting comparison.

For anyone looking for a cheap-ish solution to dumping Game Boy Camera photos, BennVenn's Joey Jr. is a $27 GB/GBC rom/save dumper that works without additional drivers, and the freeware program GBCameraDump can convert photos from a GB save file to .bmp format.

I remember the birthday I got the GBC was one of the best summers of my childhood. I took videos of my dad cooking tacos, my dog playing with my pals, experimenting to see if I could record TV with it. What I wouldn't give to be able to see them again. The only other toy I enjoyed this much was the Christmas I got a motherfucking Talk Boy from Home Alone 2.

Here is a demonstration of ghosting. In both pics the GBPocket's contrast is darkened to make the ghosting more obvious, and I didn't color correct the photos.
On the left is vertical ghosting. The more dark pixels occupy a column, the stronger the ghosting, even columns of 1 pixel. On the right is horizontal ghosting, where dark pixels make individual rows lighter instead. Horizontal ghosting is almost unnoticeable but vertical ghosting is pretty severe.
Looking at these pics makes me realize that the choice of frame actually effects the shading of the picture. So in the future if I find that a picture is too light or too dark onscreen, I might change frames in addition to changing contrast.

>>5753419
I've explained this in-depth a while ago, see pic.

>>5753716
Just use "load content" and load a bmp/png and apply the shaders.

>>5753796
>>5754842
I've noticed this effect on the gbp screen before, not sure if ghosting is the right term. you should take comparison pics of a photograph with black and white frames to see if it makes much of a difference (I doubt it).

>In order to make these pics really pop, I have to muck around with color settings
I try to keep my filter settings close to the natural look of a gbp screen, as >>5754347 demonstrates, the dark and sometimes murky look adds a lot to the atmosphere of the shots.

>>5753850
The day at the botanical garden had mixed weather. Light rain when we arrived, alternating clouds and sunshine during the late afternoon and slightly overcast during the early evening, when I took that last pic.

>what is most impressive about your photos is the attention paid to contrast.
Thanks. Somebody wrote on this board once that you shouldn't change brightness/contrast settings at all, which is far from true. Outdoor shots can easily be over/underexposed depending on the subject. Often the "auto exposure" will adjust to, say, the bright sky and leave everything else underexposed. The tunnel in pic related would be entirely black with standard settings due to the bright light at the end of it.
I adjust contrast/brightness for most of my shots to see what settings will get me the most detail on the objects I'm most interested in. Shots like >>5753287 are only possible with both lowered brightness and contrast, which can work wonders on overexposed outdoor shots.

>>5744661
how do you do that?

>>5753868
The ordered dither creates a virtually expanded colorspace that simulates more than 4 shades to the human eye, so no, I never intentionally turn it off as I want to capture as much detail as possible.

I can see it working with abstract shapes like this lampshade or if you had some other clear, artistic vision in mind. It certainly has its uses, I just never happened upon them.

>Would you like me to take a picture of the LCD while turned off? Would that possible to add to your filter?
Sure, go ahead! The basic texture of the filter is a bit lackluster and I like the reflective grain of the original LCD. Not sure if I can replace it, but I'll try.

Another thing that might help with calibrating filters would be a set of 4 thick, horizontal bars, one in each shade (just use the paint dialogue), to get the shades and contrast right. Not sure how the contrast adjustment dial affects them, though. Also I wouldn't doctor the colours in this one.

>>5753850
>>5753868
These are pretty good, by the way. Architecture is always an interesting subject and is easily recognizable even in the gbpc's low resolution.

The fisheye lens is actually really interesting for indoor photography, as it allows one to capture entire rooms in a single shot. This is the flat I lived in when I was still studying. The lamp from >>5756159 in the back, my former battlestation to the right in front of the windows.

>>5754312
Another nice one. I usually take my pics with a GBC when I'm on the go, simply because I enjoy actually playing GBC games.

The crisp, high contrast LCD makes it easy to judge exposure and levels, although some pics might look worse due to the greys not blending properly, as in >>5754347. Also, I feel some of my shots end up too dark because the GBC overemphasizes the dark grey shade, which is way darker on the GBP.

Alex hiding in the noise.png

Last pic for now, maybe for a while. This took longer than expected, but I enjoy seeing the thread still alive and happy. See you around!

>>5754768
If you wanna go even cheaper, the GBxCart Mini RW is a full feature cart reader/writer with GB/GBC support for 21$ fully assembled.

>>5754791
All memories are eventually lost. Not too late to get yourself a used game boy camera and make some new ones!

>>5756210
>GBxCart Mini RW
I ordered one those about a year ago, but the micro USB port arrived dented due to damage during shipping. It's cheaper than the Joey Jr., but BennVenn ships his items in a box instead of a bubble mailer.

>>5753992
saved

>>5756069
>Just use "load content" and load a bmp/png and apply the shaders.
Dang, it's that simple?
I thought you had to load it into the memory of a ROM first or something.

>>5743487
Ur a nigger?

>>5756290
>the micro USB port arrived dented due to damage during shipping
wow that sucks
>>5756159
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1vB0WCZbPS470odOyRa_Vh6fd7JxHhnbP
Here are 3 pics of the blank LCD, and also a bonus pic of the gameboy in a more neutral color setting. It's tough to get the display evenly lit, but I think a little bit of variability of shade looks nice so I gave you a couple options I thought looked nice.
Attached here on 4channel are the 4 colors at various contrasts. Instead of horizontal lines of each color I gave you these rectangles, that way none of the colors will bias one another horizontally or vertically thru ghosting/artifacts. Hopefully you see my logic here

>>5756069
Is there any alternative to scrolling through this horrible file browser? It takes two years to get to the file I want.
File->Load content... doesn't do anything

>>5756560
>>5756069
Works nicely, though - Thanks for the explanation!

>>5756569
This is a nice proof-of-concept but I know immediately it's not a genuine gbcamera photo simply because real photos don't fill the screen. For even better fakery you might consider adding a border.

>>5756596
Oh that's true. Didn't even notice.

>>5756618

>>5756651
Improved color balance

>>5756664

Here's the same picture with different borders. To my surprise, the dark border seems to even out the image, at least in this case.

>>5756673

>>5756674
>They sure are mad
Incredible that you can actually still recognize that shitpost in the photo

>>5756664
:)
I think this pic >>5756683 looks the most like a real gbcamera shot.

>>5756890
Kek, nice

>I think this pic >>5756683 (You) looks the most like a real gbcamera shot
Yeah, probably.
Will try to experiment some more later. This was fun.