Kickstarter

Back in the 1970s, Werner Kraus and Erhard Hößle invented a unique and immense camera, the IMAGO 1:1. This 1.7 ton metal behemoth was an incredible device, a walk-in self-portrait camera that exposed directly on huge sheets of direct positive paper. And now Kraus' daughter Susanna wants to recreate the IMAGO 1:1 to make it more mobile, and take it on a world tour.

In October of last year we posted about engineering student Kevin Kadooka who Frankensteined together a Polaroid back, TLR lenses, and a laser-cut wooden body into one rather impressive DIY camera. Immediately, there were cries for him to start selling them, and even though he initially stated he wouldn't, Kadooka has now taken the proect to Kickstarter.

The advantage of having a GoPro camera is that you can take it absolutely anywhere — from the bottom of the oceans to jumping out of an airplane. However, shooting conditions in extreme situations often aren't perfect, but a new Kickstarter could help make your videos look just a little bit better. Polar Pro Filters has launched a Kickstarter fundraiser for a trio of optical filters for the GoPro Hero 3.

There's a whole cottage industry popping up centered around printing out iPhone photos, but this Kickstarter is one of the more interesting options. The Impossible Instant Lab is an offshoot of the much-loved Impossible Project, and if the fundraising succeeds, it'll create a way of printing Polaroids directly of your iPhone snaps.