--- title: Remembering The Weirdest Nintendo DSi Accessory | daily.dev description: Nyko made an 8x optical zoom lens accessory for the Nintendo DSi, whose built-in cameras topped out at 640x480 pixels. The lens mounted to a case that wrapped... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/remembering-the-weirdest-nintendo-dsi-accessory-hq7mrqmwu twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Remembering The Weirdest Nintendo DSi Accessory | daily.dev og:description: Nyko made an 8x optical zoom lens accessory for the Nintendo DSi, whose built-in cameras topped out at 640x480 pixels. The lens mounted to a case that wrapped... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/remembering-the-weirdest-nintendo-dsi-accessory-hq7mrqmwu og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/hQ7mrQmwU.png og:image:alt: Remembering The Weirdest Nintendo DSi Accessory 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. # Remembering The Weirdest Nintendo DSi Accessory **[Hackaday](https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Nyko made an 8x optical zoom lens accessory for the Nintendo DSi, whose built-in cameras topped out at 640x480 pixels. The lens mounted to a case that wrapped around the original DSi shell. gavff demonstrated that you could get pretty sharp photos if you knew what you were doing, then used an even larger telescopic lens to capture a photo of the Moon. The video also covers the Mad Catz flash accessory that plugged into the DSi's charge port. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What resolution were the cameras on the original Nintendo DSi? The Nintendo DSi's built-in cameras, released in November 2008, were limited to a resolution of 640 by 480 pixels. Despite this low resolution, accessory maker Nyko released an 8x optical zoom lens attachment that mounted to a case fitted around the DSi's shell, letting users capture sharper photos of distant subjects. _daily.dev surfaces retro hardware deep dives like this for anyone curious about old handheld tech._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [I put a Raspberry Pi inside my Nintendo 3DS, and now my PC sees it as a gamepad, webcam, and microphone](https://daily.dev/posts/i-put-a-raspberry-pi-inside-my-nintendo-3ds-and-now-my-pc-sees-it-as-a-gamepad-webcam-and-microph-fa27arrx8) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Augmented Reality Project Utilizes The Ancient Nintendo DSi](https://daily.dev/posts/augmented-reality-project-utilizes-the-ancient-nintendo-dsi-1zd82ktmu) · Hackaday · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [This Guy Built a Compact Camera Using an Optical Mouse](https://daily.dev/posts/this-guy-built-a-compact-camera-using-an-optical-mouse-dtb1gfyes) · Hacker News · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [I connected my Game Boy Camera to my Pixel with this accessory, and the nostalgia hit instantly](https://daily.dev/posts/i-connected-my-game-boy-camera-to-my-pixel-with-this-accessory-and-the-nostalgia-hit-instantly-ct2h67eyo) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/remembering-the-weirdest-nintendo-dsi-accessory-hq7mrqmwu) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Remembering The Weirdest Nintendo DSi Accessory","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/remembering-the-weirdest-nintendo-dsi-accessory-hq7mrqmwu","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/remembering-the-weirdest-nintendo-dsi-accessory-hq7mrqmwu"},"datePublished":"2026-10-25T02:18:27.361Z","dateModified":"2026-10-25T02:18:55.001Z","description":"Nyko made an 8x optical zoom lens accessory for the Nintendo DSi, whose built-in cameras topped out at 640x480 pixels. 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