FULL COLOR Pictures from a Game Boy Camera!

[@brandonmartin-moore5302]

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.

[@kargaroc386]

~170 year old actually

[@morganrussman]

That's where I came from.

[@TheCarDemotic]

I was hoping someone would do this with this camera after I saw his video!

[@Butterscotch_96]

That's the top recommended video youtube is showing me for this video.

[@devicemodder]

gonna need a link to the SD gameboy printer saving thingy.

[@notmynormalusername1]

the maker ben venn

[@fenrirnobody2694]

@@notmynormalusername1 I came down to see how old the reply is lol. I got my stuff from Benn venn yesterday

[@MattGrayYES]

Ha, funny that we could both have the same idea only a couple of months apart!

[@inactiveytchannel]

hi Matt. i found about your channel thanks to tom scott

[@rosergio7227]

The8bitGuy did the same with a really old B/N webcam... So, now you are 3...

[@RetroDawn]

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?

[@esotericsean]

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. :)

[@RetroDawn]

@@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

[@DevonLadd]

Very cool concept, and even learned another old practice of photography

[@octavianyt1981]

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!

[@esotericsean]

That's the nicest compliment. Thank you! Will have to look into how they did The Wizard of Oz, I'm curious now! :)

[@brandonmartin-moore5302]

It was actually filmed in colour. Not after-coloured. A lot of older movies were hand-tinted though

[@marsandbars]

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.

[@djenni12]

@@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.

[@SomeHarbourBastard]

@@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

[@DatDJBoi]

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

[@OlaftheGreat]

Nice Life Is Strange background! You knew exactly what you were doing.

[@Tieigo0]

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!!

[@mzzzz3]

Weird things to say lol

[@nintendawg9283]

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.

[@mattgamer]

This is awesome. I have 20 year old photos in my GB cameras and it would be awesome to see the colors!

[@thrillhouse_vanhouten]

This was awesome! Great merging of old & new photographic techniques to squeeze a better image out of a dated piece of tech.

[@sakurLOL]

Actually, this is incredible, i would never tought of this!

[@EposVox]

Good stuff! Been following you on Instagram for a while and a follower just pointed me to this video :)

[@chillywilly182]

Thank you for the video and information! Also you got great photos 🦛

[@esotericsean]

Thanks so much ☺️

[@NikOutchcunis]

Loved this! That last picture came out really great. Might have to try this myself.

[@cecillewolters1995]

This is crazy! Awesome stuff man, thanks for sharing :D

[@Wheels8504]

I'm extremely jealous of your book collection behind you in the video.

[@LiaThePenguinologist]

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

[@KD-bk7gd]

That’s so rad. Would be fun for photography

[@bioman1hazard607]

That looks amazing

[@sufamidan1006]

Hello, do you know where I might be able to pick up that usb device for transferring data to my computer? Thanks.

[@JGLCSW]

Did you ever find out where?

[@css1323]

Nicely presented! Still love my GB Camera. Need to offload all the old pics that are ages old now.

[@Xplorography]

I only just found out about the gameboy cameras but his looks sick, definitely going to have to try this!!

[@AceTrainerJ]

Heck! I need to try this! Thanks so much for making this!!

[@mrben6573]

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.

[@Tanookicatoon]

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

[@LtdResources]

This is great, niceone for doing this really enjoyed it!

[@Tasmaniantheo54]

So cool gotta try it with my gameboy camera awesome video 👏😎👌🎮

[@willcamick]

So cool!!! I have a GB cam. Very informative vid. thank you.

[@AlienChips]

OMG I’m totally gonna try this!

[@Youtubeiscool865]

This is wholesome stuff

[@genericfirstnamegenericlas6490]

Very neat! I might try this myself.

[@jacksonshelton8055]

Has anyone made a DIY GB camera and cartridge yet? That would be so awesome.

[@x1ic1x]

Damn that’s pretty cool!

[@davidkerns4349]

YOU HAVE MY NIKOLODEON CLOCK!!! I used to love waking up to " psssssshhfff......."THREE"......."TWO" ..........ONE!.....PPSSSSHFF....."BLASHTOFF"....PSHHSFFFF

[@morglue]

What I needed thank you so much!

[@zaxe4973]

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

[@magatron769]

Nice video bro!!,for people who love retro tec !!

[@MrmaxDemad]

Wow You got rare stuff there dude! Thank you, That was awesome video!

[@samuraijaydee]

That's incredible! Nice work!

[@jamesroviezzo7924]

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

[@BboyGraphicx]

So cool! thank you

[@nuclearbeeberman]

very impressive man !

[@jeffersonspyplanemusic]

Pretty cool stuff

[@aBoxfulOfVids]

What’s the name of the cable you used to transfer pictures?

[@esotericsean]

That’s a generic Game Boy link cable. The adapter I used to get the pictures onto an SD card is from BennVenn, though.

[@DMMinthehouse]

Dude this is so cool!

[@TXFDA]

I, too, am using a Life is Strange wallpaper. 10/10 setup.

[@PokeRetroFan]

So darn cool.

[@zerocks88]

this is amazing and you should feel great!

[@kuroneko_studios]

Wow!!!! brutal!!! thank u for your video!

[@gamergrill9629]

Very interesting video! Nice job editing, too! :D

[@esotericsean]

Thanks! :)

[@gamergrill9629]

What a fast reply! :O

[@esotericsean]

Block Builder I try! Haha

[@gamergrill9629]

@@esotericsean Time to get my old Gameboy Color and take some totally professional looking photos with its GREAT quality! :P

[@esotericsean]

Block Builder Haha 😆

[@suprshin]

Dude, thats awesome!

[@MarkUpcraft]

That's so cool.

[@aarlker1999]

Definitely going to do this!

[@esotericsean]

It's fun! Give it a go :)

[@aarlker1999]

@@esotericsean just bought film. My wife is going to be scrap booking with them.

[@esotericsean]

@@aarlker1999 Ooh with black and white film? Awesome!!

[@Ragnark1]

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.

[@Flafex]

that's amazing!

[@1234mattyman]

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

[@RandomizationShow]

Matty p unboxing's and reviews lol i’d pay good money for that forreal 😂

[@alial-omari939]

Ahead of his time great content!

[@stpidstuff]

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.

[@esotericsean]

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

[@stpidstuff]

@@esotericsean oh. it still sounds like OOT music

[@iminimal86]

Great idea

[@MaxOneDrop]

Very awsome! What a idea! :)

[@sierratokl]

pretty cool

[@Harry-the-Hat]

Great video!

[@TarikA]

Pretty nice!

[@ferdinandoph]

So cool! Where can I find RGB filters like the ones you used? I want to try that too!

[@esotericsean]

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/

[@GANHEDDO]

Great vídeo!

[@variantino]

amazing

[@icekage9593]

So cool

[@M3TR01DFANBOY]

Very cool

[@Lost_Kappa]

Awesome

[@Ragnark1]

Hook up three GBA consolisers with a trichoric cube. Mux the RGB signals together to produce full-color GB camera video.

[@esotericsean]

That... could actually work :O

[@Ragnark1]

@@esotericsean Been wanting to do it for over a year but few if any financial resources. So, go ahead and do it.

[@killerhertzmercedes]

Hi, do you have the link to that USB printer adaptor please?

[@1987productions]

yes @esotericsean , is there a link to the adapter ?

[@Corn0nTheCobb]

BennVenn

[@Willwantstobeawesome]

That's cool

[@Nyedav]

This is wonderful! Keep up the good work, I must try this someday too (:

[@migel4065]

Dope af

[@br0k3n_000x]

Is there any amazon or whatever links to that adapter? For the sd card.

[@destrierofdark_]

You should double or quadruple these and then dither. I think that would look pretty good.

[@r.a.r.o6199]

Excellent. How did you transfer the photographs to your PC?

[@esotericsean]

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.

[@tww9017]

@@esotericsean hi where can I get it ?

[@aaronspacee]

Nice video, would try for myself but I don't own a Gameboy camera

[@ThaKid14]

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

[@esotericsean]

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.

[@WiseGuy02]

Can you swap the gameboy camera sensor with a camera sensor from a phone?

[@angahchelsea7146]

I think,it was amazing..

[@NecromancerAdr]

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?

[@jamesdoesthings1096]

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.

[@sr.6364]

3:14 where can I get that adapter??

[@agirlinsearchof9057]

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?

[@jeffersonspyplanemusic]

What’s the device for the sd card called?

[@thinkaboutit9891]

Smart af and cool 😎😎😎

[@piotercraft8183]

Hey, great video ! Can you share the name of the adapter ? Or link if possible ? Thanks dude.

[@Corn0nTheCobb]

BennVenn

[@doctorbizarre1219]

Nice

[@michaelmagee8611]

Is there a known link to the Benn Venn transfer device being used here?

[@esotericsean]

Not sure he still makes it but there are better options now too. Check out InsideGadgets.

[@josejose1221]

what's the name of the device to transfer GB camera to computer?

[@SilverBYTE]

Awesome!!! O.O

[@snookasus]

Genious

[@Finkmann]

Which printer-emulator SD card writer are you using?

[@Corn0nTheCobb]

BennVenn

[@farhanbaig404]

hey man, quick question. what is the easiest way to get photos onto a PC? i've seen many options but wanted your opinion.

[@scheddoc]

ASMR

[@esotericsean]

Haha with all the comments I get about my videos sounding like ASMR I should just make an actual Game Boy ASMR video XD

[@ghostingtheshell1692]

Hi, what’s the name of the ending song? Great video! I just subbed.

[@johneygd]

What will happen if you don’t filter of of those colors and then apply a color filter after it, Also am curious what will happen if you filter those images with cyan,megenta and yellow and then post processing it with those asociated red,green and blue colors,i don’t think you have tried that yet but i can imagine that you might be curious about that as well,right??

[@jrizzo0413]

I know this is old but do you have a link to the RGB color tint sheets?

[@esotericsean]

Rosco used to have a sample kit but I don’t see it on Amazon anymore. Something like this would probably give you good results: amzn.to/3CqObLx

[@jrizzo0413]

@@esotericsean thank you!