--- title: Digital “Film” For Your Pi Camera | daily.dev description: A maker known as Strange Inventions has built an instant camera for the Raspberry Pi camera module that uses removable cartridges containing color e-paper... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/digital-film-for-your-pi-camera-tenhq572h twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Digital “Film” For Your Pi Camera | daily.dev og:description: A maker known as Strange Inventions has built an instant camera for the Raspberry Pi camera module that uses removable cartridges containing color e-paper... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/digital-film-for-your-pi-camera-tenhq572h og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/tenHQ572H.png og:image:alt: Digital “Film” For Your Pi Camera og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Digital “Film” For Your Pi Camera **[Hackaday](https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday)** · 2 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A maker known as Strange Inventions has built an instant camera for the Raspberry Pi camera module that uses removable cartridges containing color e-paper displays instead of traditional instant film. The camera writes captured images directly to the e-paper, which retains the image persistently, and the cartridges slide in like a game cartridge. Unlike Polaroid or Instax film, the e-paper cartridges are reusable, though not cheap, and build files are sold rather than free. The design is accessible enough that other hobbyists could replicate or improve on it. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [The PiShot Is Ready For Your Snaps](https://daily.dev/posts/the-pishot-is-ready-for-your-snaps-eouz6b5z8) · Hackaday · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [These electronic Polaroids are powered by your phone’s NFC chip](https://daily.dev/posts/these-electronic-polaroids-are-powered-by-your-phone-s-nfc-chip-9cvgizwhp) · The Verge · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Easy-ish Glitch Camera? 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