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It’s especially good when something like this happens. The scam artists in the BMW backed up and caused the “accident,” but anyone coming in afterward would assume that the front car was rear-ended. Notice the moment when our driver points out that all this is being recorded. -via reddit
It’s a short film. And you’ll probably see the ending coming. We’re sorry, Kurtis Hough. -via reddit
We showed you the night lights that Jason Hull (jayfish) makes out of vintage cameras. He has since opened an Etsy store, although the inventory is a little thin so far. But you can make your own! Hull has also posted the process for converting old flash cameras into night lights at Instructables. Link
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WVIL is the name of a cool concept that the Artefact Group has come up with. It’s a camera that features a touchscreen that works pretty much like the iPhone.
The patent-pending WVIL system takes the connectivity and application platform capabilities of today’s smart phones and wirelessly connects them with interchangeable full SLR-quality optics. It is the inevitable solution for photographers who expect the power of modern mobile devices but who also demand uncompromised quality.
This smart, and very affordable, little device might not turn you in to the next George Lucas, but it will definitely help stabilize your home movie making, and might help you become the next net video sensation.It’s the Pico Dolly, made for the modern era of homegrown video stars, this modular mini camera dolly can be outfitted with attachments for lights, mics, and all the peripherals you need to step up your home cinematography skills. And with a price tag of around $65, it is affordable even for someone working on a no string budget.
Link -via LifeHacker
Wildlife photographers (and brothers) Will & Matt Burrard-Lucas created the BeetlCam. It’s a remote-control 4-wheel-drive miniature vehicle (toy) with a remote-control camera mounted on top, designed to take pictures of dangerous wild animals. Here we see the gadget in action in Tanzania. It appears to work very well! -via Laughing Squid
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Have you ever wanted a record of all you see while peering into your binoculars, whether bird, ballgame or a neighbor’s illicit activities? Maybe not, but even if you don’t care to record it all, you have to admit these binoculars are really cool! Built by Sony, the DEV-3 and DEV-5 are the binoculars of the future. With built in HD and 3D recorder, they are capable of doing everything you could ever want a pair of binoculars to do, except of course for x-ray vision. They can even shoot still pics at 7 megapixels, prompting the question: what would you do if you got your hands on a pair of these bad boys?
Photographer David Slater had his picture taken by a crested black macaque in an Indonesian national park when the curious little critter figured out how to trigger the shutter release button on his tripod mounted camera. Soon, it seemed as if the monkeys actually knew that they were on to something, and they continued to snap shot after shot, showing an intelligence and problem solving ability macaques had been assumed not to possess. What’s next for the shutterbug macaque, a job directing in Hollywood?
Jeremiah Warren attached a small (and tough) camera to fireworks and captured quite a few POV sequences. Some launches had the camera facing up and some were facing down. -via Cynical-C
For some reason, possibly to achieve a viral video, this guy puts his GoPro camera down on the ground, running. The temptation was too much for a seagull in Cannes, France. It snatched the bait and took off, saying “Mine. Mine. Mine.” There is no information on how he got the camera back. -via Metafilter
Previously: Cameras stolen by a lion and an octopus.
It looks a tad slumpy, but I don’t doubt that a lot of work went into making this cake-based replica of the FujiFilm X100 camera. It was made by the bakery-owning wife of photographer Gary Cruz for his birthday. He has more images on Flickr if you’d like a better look. Link
via Gizmodo | Image credit: garycruz
Where is the strangest place you can affix a tiny GoPro camera to get a radical “point of view” video? I would have never come up with the inside of a hula hoop, but someone did, and that’s awesome. -via I Am Bored
Does this camera look like a million bucks to you? How about $2 million? This Leica O-series is just one of 25 ever made to “test the market” in 1923, two years before the camera’s A-Series debuted, according to the auctioneer’s description. That was enough to make the winning bidder pay $1,890,000 for it just last weekend, making it the most expensive camera ever sold.
Link via the Daily What
If you leave a camera sitting in the open and drive off, you shouldn’t be surprised when someone makes off with it. Photographer Roger de la Harpe laid a running camera down when he retreated from a pride of lionesses in Tswalu Kalahari Game Reserve in South Africa. There was a happy ending for de la Harpe, although the lioness is presumably off in search of something tastier than a digital camera. Link -via The Daily What
We’ve featured Ben Heine‘s ‘Pencil vs Camera’ project before, and he’s back at it with a whole new series of photographs mixed with pencil sketches that mix reality and fantasy. Sometimes they’re whimsical and sometimes they’re meant to make you think, but they’re all quite creative.
Link via Flavorwire
Comments Off All those settings and modes on your digital camera -what do they really do? You’ll be surprised! Another strange video from Sheepfilms. -via b3ta
Camera Pencil Sharpener – $12.95 
This Camera Pencil Sharpener from the NeatoShop does two things very well: first, it sharpens pencils (duh!) and second, it makes for a wonderful gift for the photography lovers in your family.
The retro pencil sharpener looks just like the classic twin-lens reflex camera like the Rolleiflex TLR. It’s wonderfully appropriate because using pencils that need sharpening is very retro! Link
See also: F-Stop Watch | More Gifts for Shutterbugs | Fun School Supplies
Comments Off A swinging sword looks very different from the sword’s point of view! These guys duct taped a camera to the end of the sword before they put it through its paces. The effect may cause dizziness. -via The Daily What
F-Stop Watch
- $35.95
Got a shutterbug in your family? Need a Christmas gift for a fellow photo enthusiast? Look no further than the NeatoShop's Gift Guide for Shutterbugs.
In addition to the really cool F-Stop watch (which tells time with relative aperture) above, we've got more photography-inspired stocking stuffers:
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Link: Gift Guide for Shutterbugs
You knew this was coming, and now its available to everyone. It’s a camera that records everything you see. Loop the Looxcie over your ear and go about your day. If you see anything you think may be worth saving, hit the button and the previous 30 seconds are saved, and even uploaded to your selected social networking site to be instantly shared, or you can watch and edit the video first if you prefer. And it stores up to five hours of video! yeah, this is neat to have yourself -but what about when other people wear them? Would you tend to turn your head or hide when you see one of these coming? Link -via Nag on the Lake
A lot of people use cardboard in their arts and crafts, but Kiel Johnson took that into a whole ‘nuther level with his cardboard cameras. This one above, the iconic twin lens, even works as a pinhole camera.
See more of Kiel’s cardboard camera over at OddityCentral: Link | Kiel’s Website | The Twin Lens Reflex, a video clip of the making of the camera above.
Have you ever seen an airplane propeller that looked like this? It’s called the rolling shutter effect {wiki}. A cell phone camera records what it sees by scanning from one side of the frame to the other (or top to bottom), and strange things happen when the scene you are shooting moves faster than the image scanner. Another video illustrates how the slow scanning process of a cell phone camera creates this effect. -via reddit
Vintage Camera, Camera, Retro Movie Camera keychains – $3.95 ea.
These are my favorite keychains in the NeatoShop: a set of camera keychains that are perfect for shutterbugs! If your loved ones love photography, these will make an excellent gift. Best of all, they’re only $3.95 each! Link
An award-winning story of a man and a digital camera. You might want to get a hanky ready. -via Flotsam
Remember Wolf Pig? After Takeuchi Taijin released his viral video (now over 2.7 million views on YouTube) Olympus created PEN Story, an ad using similar stop motion process with over 10,000 photographs (Takeuchi’s work was the inspiration).
Now, a year later, we have the sequel: PEN Giant, a stop motion project featuring 355 billboard-sized photos. And this time, Takeuchi is involved. Nice to see an indie artist get some props from Olympus.
Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] – Thanks Sheila!
The camera never lies, so they say, but what about the camera overlaid with pencil drawings? Artist Benjamin Heine sought to answer this story by overlaying clever pencil drawings onto photographs. Sometimes these drawings were simple, just filling in what is covered up, and sometimes complex, adding detail or focusing on otherwise hidden aspects of the original photo. In any case, the result is a thought-provoking artistic piece.
Link – via stumbleupon
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Victor Huang was recording video underwater at Wahine Memorial near Wellington, New Zealand when something really strange happened.
while trying to get video of a wild octopus, it suddenly dashed towards me and rips my shiny new camera from out of my hands, then swims off, all while the camera is recording! he swam away very quickly like a naughty shoplifter. after a 5 minute chase, I placed my speargun underneath him and he quickly and curiously grabbed hold of the gun as well, giving me enough time to reach in and grab the camera from out of his mouth. I didn’t feel threatened at all during the whole ordeal. he seemed to be fixated on the shiny metallic blue digital camera. the only confusing behavior was how he dashed off with it like a thief haha. cheeky octopus.
-via Metafilter
Filmmaker Vincent Laforet was asked to interpret the still frame seen in the video grab below using consumer-level HD cameras, and produced a vibrant, magnetic short film.
I wanted to create a dynamic film that took the audience on a journey and showed off the many strengths of this new breed of HD DSLR cameras, such as the Canon 7D, which we shot this film with. The camera’s low light capabilities and light weight allow you to do things you’d never think to try with traditional cameras. This has been an amazing experience and it’s just the beginning.
I hope you enjoy this short – we had a blast making it!
The Story Beyond The Still: The Cabbie from Vincent Laforet on Vimeo.
Police in Cheshire, England are investigating the case of a man who installed a camera in a fitting room at the Asda department store. Finding him should be easy as he left crucial evidence behind. A police spokesman said,
“The device was placed in a light fitting and was in place for 30 minutes before being discovered by staff.
“Unfortunately for the man he did not turn off the camera while placing it in situ and forensic examination of the data card shows an image of him while doing this.”
When trying to prevent the loss of your digital camera, a good practice is to take a photo of your name and contact info. That way, if someone finds it when you leave it in the planetarium, you at least have a chance of getting it back.
Andrew McDonald took that concept to the next level, with a whole stream of photos imploring the finder to return the camera. Even the criminally minded would have second thoughts about stealing this camera.
To illustrate just how you can safeguard your camera from the crippling effects of Camera Loss, here are the pics that I always keep on my camera.
