Astronomy Student Takes 2bit Images of the Moon and Jupiter using Game Boy camera/technologies/test-and-measurement/b/blog/posts/astronomy-student-takes-2bit-images-of-the-moon-and-jupiter-using-game-boy-cameraGame Boy Camera 2bit image of the moon. (Image credit Alexander Pietrow) Nearly 20 years ago in 1998, Nintendo released the Game Boy Camera (Pocket Camera in Japan) for the popular handheld gaming platform and allowed kids to take glorious 2bit...en-USTelligent Community 12RE: Astronomy Student Takes 2bit Images of the Moon and Jupiter using Game Boy camerahttps://community.element14.com/technologies/test-and-measurement/b/blog/posts/astronomy-student-takes-2bit-images-of-the-moon-and-jupiter-using-game-boy-cameraThu, 27 Jul 2017 08:18:31 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:a5307855-6ee4-4560-a18d-9e17647139a2e14phil0<p>Pure nostalgia for the platform, I was very into the chiptune scene, creating music on retro gaming hardware which I feel is similar to this.</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=3353&AppID=13&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">RE: Astronomy Student Takes 2bit Images of the Moon and Jupiter using Game Boy camerahttps://community.element14.com/technologies/test-and-measurement/b/blog/posts/astronomy-student-takes-2bit-images-of-the-moon-and-jupiter-using-game-boy-cameraWed, 26 Jul 2017 18:32:18 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:a5307855-6ee4-4560-a18d-9e17647139a2DAB1<p>I saw this article elsewhere and I still have the same question.&nbsp; Why?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I can understand the desire to photograph the moon.&nbsp; I have used probably over a hundred rolls of various types of film in this pursuit.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Going digital, there are a number of good webcam integrations that give good resolution and full color.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>DAB</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=3353&AppID=13&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">RE: Astronomy Student Takes 2bit Images of the Moon and Jupiter using Game Boy camerahttps://community.element14.com/technologies/test-and-measurement/b/blog/posts/astronomy-student-takes-2bit-images-of-the-moon-and-jupiter-using-game-boy-cameraWed, 26 Jul 2017 15:45:46 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:a5307855-6ee4-4560-a18d-9e17647139a2e14phil0<p>wow, I&#39;m very impressed with that,&nbsp; now he just needs to get the gamboy printer! </p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=3353&AppID=13&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">