June 28, 2008
Image Fulgurator
Julius von Bismarck has created a machine — the Image Fulgurator — that is activated by another camera’s flash. At that point, the fulgurator takes over and imposes a projected image over the area the other person is trying to photograph, invisible to the eye, visible only to the other camera’s sensor.
Depending on whom you ask, it’s either a clever hack or an obnoxious intrusion.
Sounds like our kind of guy.
At its simplest, the Fulgurator is a very easy hack. A hole has been cut in the back of the camera and a piece of clear, roughened acrylic put in its place. A rear tube allows the flashgun to slide in. Everything else remains intact. The slides themselves are just rolls of processed film (the pictures are snapped from Julius’ computer monitor) returned to their canisters and then loaded up as if a normal film. Any image on the reel can be selected by turning the rewind crank. When you hold the Fulgurator up, you can see the subject on the acrylic screen and line it with the image on the slide. You can also focus, to ensure the final projection ends up sharp.
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