Making GIFs from 35mm film photography
The Hardest Way to Make a GIF Jul 23, 2026 Everyone loves a good GIF, and my favourite (of all time) is this one (circa 2015): Let’s make a GIF in the hardest way possible. It’s pointless, but some pointless things are just fun to do. Step 1: Acquire photons For this step I’ll be using the Lomo ActionSampler, a plastic camera made in China by a series of anonymous unknown factories.
- ▪The Hardest Way to Make a GIF Jul 23, 2026 Everyone loves a good GIF, and my favourite (of all time) is this one (circa 2015): Let’s make a GIF in the hardest way possible.
- ▪It’s pointless, but some pointless things are just fun to do.
- ▪Step 1: Acquire photons For this step I’ll be using the Lomo ActionSampler, a plastic camera made in China by a series of anonymous unknown factories.
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The Hardest Way to Make a GIF Jul 23, 2026 Everyone loves a good GIF, and my favourite (of all time) is this one (circa 2015): Let’s make a GIF in the hardest way possible. Why? It’s pointless, but some pointless things are just fun to do. Step 1: Acquire photons For this step I’ll be using the Lomo ActionSampler, a plastic camera made in China by a series of anonymous unknown factories. It’s been branded as many different things over the years, including as the Revolver Selby in 1991, so it’s a design that’s at least 35 years old. The camera uses a unique clockwork spring-powered mechanism to rotate a circular shutter over 4 different lenses, at a speed of around 1/250s per frame. This means, if you’re lucky, you can capture 1 second of action at a glorious 4 frames per second.
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