Creator Sean Hodgins has published a new video detailing his creation of 'digiObscura,' a large boxy digital camera that features his own 1-kilopixel image sensor. The camera's creation involved 3D printing the camera body and soldering phototransistors on a custom printed circuit board alongside a pair of 32-bit analog multiplexers.
As you might expect, the 1KP images captured by digiObscura are very blocky and pixelated due to the camera's very low resolution, but it's an incredible look at what's possible with enough time, patience and knowledge.
In addition to the video above, the project is detailed on Instructables, where tools and components are listed. More detailed information, as well as firmware and other files, are available on the project's Github. Files for the 3D-printed components are available on Thingiverse.