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Also, Someone Made the Game Boy Camera Better

While we’re on the topic of Game Boy photography, New York visual boy Ekeler seems to have found a way to improve the Game Boy Camera by giving it a Canon EF lens mount. According to him, “This gives the GBC a crop factor of about 10.81. With my 70-200 f4 mounted on a 1.4x extender, this gives me a max equivalent focal distance of about 200x1.4x10.81=3,026.8mm.”

The top photo is his Canon EF lens mount, while the bottom batch of photos were taken with said camera. More info can be found over at his website.

gameboycamerman Is Still At It

A few years ago, Jean-Jacques Calbayrac launched an Instagram under the name of gameboycameraman with one purpose in mind: capture awesome photos using the 1998 Game Boy Camera. Two years later, he’s still going at it, and his IG account is gorgeous proof of his advancement in Game Boy photography.

For those unfamiliar, the Game Boy Camera was launched in 1998 as an add-on peripheral to the original Game Boy console. The camera featured a128×128 pixel CMOS sensor, and stored black and white images to the Game Boy system in 4-color palettes. It was meant to be used alongside the Game Boy Printer, which used thermal paper to print the images saved from your Game Boy. Also, in 1998, it looked awful.

“There are only [four] shades of colors: black, dark grey, light grey, and white, and there is nothing else,” Calbayrac told Digital Trends two years ago. “It’s shit, but in the meantime it’s so simple that it forces you to find a way to take beautiful pictures.”

The Game Boy Camera only holds 30 shots, so when Calbayrac shoots, he swaps to another one of his four Game Boy Cameras on the go. He also uses a special emulator that sends his Game Boy Camera images to his computer.

Jean-Jacques Calbayrac has since perfected the use of his Game Boy Camera. He manually colorizes photos and shoots in London.