What happens when you have too much time on your hands, not to mention your brains are itching to get some its creative juices flowing? Well, this is where you marry ingenuity with action, and Ben Krasnow knows this magic formula is going to bring him places the older he gets, with his latest creation ...
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March 24th, 2011 | Posted in Microscopes | Comments Off

The guys over at PetaPixel have a great DIY guide on how to build a foot switch for your camera, so you can take photos with the press of a... foot! Check out the full project here, which requires parts that are easily found at local electronics shops and RadioShack.
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January 24th, 2011 | Posted in Accessories | Comments Off

When you're dealing with photography now a days the physical obstacles you are faced with on the field are bountiful. When you couple these physical obstacles with an expensive DSLR, you can see how there may be a problem.
Luckily, some case manufacturers do have shock-resistant models on the market but if you're not looking to ...
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July 15th, 2010 | Posted in compact digital camera, dslr | Comments Off

Ever since the Nintendo DSi hit the market the handheld console has had 2 camera, one front facing and one rear facing. However, owners of the DS lite or the original DS model have been left in the dust. Luckily, HDRLabs has gotten their hands on a tutorial that will show you how you can ...
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March 16th, 2010 | Posted in dslr | Comments Off

It takes a lot of creativity and some resources to produce DIY stuff and here is one you don’t get to see everyday. This DIY Steampunk camera is homemade and though the external design may not necessarily be appealing, you have to give the guy credit for effort and creativity. The components of this DIY ...
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December 17th, 2009 | Posted in Other Brands | Comments Off

Do you take lots of pictures with your iPhone? Would you like some accessories for that camera until Apple decides to upgrade it? Well here’s an idea, why not mount a DSLR lens on that iPhone? Can it be done? Yes! Do we need it? Not really! Does it look cool? Hardly!
The point is that ...
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December 4th, 2009 | Posted in comic | 3 Comments

The best way to appreciate cameras is to know how they are made. This of course doesn’t mean you need a crash course in engineering their framework. You can start from the basic. Fortunately the Computer Vision Lab has come up with a BigShot DIY digital camera kit which can be assembled by kids themselves ...
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November 14th, 2009 | Posted in Other Brands | 4 Comments

If you want to pimp your camera phone and start using a DIY macro lens then all you need to achieve that is an old DVD player. Simply remove the lens out of the DVD player and duct tape it over the camera of your phone. And voila, you have an upgraded camera phone. Sure ...
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August 25th, 2009 | Posted in Camera Phone | Comments Off

There's a new iPhone in town which I'm sure you've all heard about. The iPhone 3GS has a better 3-megapixel camera and, most importantly, a video recording capability. With all that in mind, would you make a tripod for the iPhone? You know, to capture better videos and stuff? Well it looks like someone has ...
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June 25th, 2009 | Posted in Camera Phone, Other Brands | 1 Comment

Ok folks, this does it, how many megapixel should one's camera have for one to be happy? 10? 12? 60? The more the merrier right? But what would one do with a 130-megapixel camera if one was given one?
The camera I am talking about is made out of a scanner and some good-old lens. ...
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June 9th, 2009 | Posted in Canon, Cool Pictures, Cool Products, Epson | Comments Off