ReFrame – The EPaper Camera
reFrame is an experimental camera that uses a six‑pigment color ePaper display to show one photo at a time. After the shutter is pressed, the image takes about 15 seconds to fully appear and remains on the screen even when powered off. The hardware and software are open source, allowing users to build the device themselves from off‑the‑shelf components.
- ▪reFrame’s ePaper display dithers photos, giving them a halftone‑like, retro video‑game aesthetic.
- ▪Each captured image takes roughly 15 seconds to render and stays displayed without power until a new photo is taken.
- ▪The camera’s components include a Raspberry Pi Zero, Pi Camera 3, a 4‑inch 6‑color eInk Spectra display, and a battery.
- ▪All photos are saved digitally and can be downloaded via a web dashboard, and the project’s designs are available on GitHub.
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| Original publisher | reFrame |
| Canonical URL | https://reframe.camera/ |
| Publication time | Tue, 28 Jul 2026 23:27:09 +0000 |
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reFrame is an experimental camera with a color ePaper display. Designed to capture and display one photo at a time, making every frame deliberate and memorable. reFrame's ePaper display has six pigments, so photos are dithered before they display on the screen. The dithered photos look somewhere between a newspaper halftone and an old video game. The processing is part of the fun: you watch the colors come in one by one, like a digital polaroid. The dithered photos look somewhere between a newspaper halftone and an old video game. The processing is part of the fun: you watch the colors come in one by one, like a digital polaroid. After you press the shutter, each photo takes 15 seconds to fully appear. The display uses electrical charges to physically move ink particles into place.
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