Camera phones and smartphones geared towards mobile photographers always boast over who has the most megapixels. Though any self respecting photographer worth his weight in camera gear will know that megapixels don’t really mean anything anymore. It has more-so to do with lens quality, zoom, and censor size/quality. The Altek Leo however, is looking to change things up with a 14megapixel censor and 3x optical lens… Other rumors have Android powering this photo...

I’m not a photographer. Even still, I enjoy getting a few hours here and there to play around with my Nikon D90. Not a pro model by any means, but certainly better that all of those dinky little point-and-shoots. So far I haven’t upgraded anything on my D90. Still, I have my sights set on a bigger lens at some point. How big of a lens is only limited by my wallet. (Damn, short leash there…) For those with a bit more monetary breathing room,...

Ever find yourself looking at the $500 lens on your $5800 camera, wishing you could poor liquid goodness deep down inside and carry it around as a “custom” mug, showing off the true nerd lifestyle you long to live? Ya, not so much, do ya? But what if someone went through the trouble of making a mug that looked like some expensive photography equipment? Might be a little more welcoming huh? Apparently photographers shooting it up at the Olympics in Vancouver...

The cost for building a 158-lens uber camera: $331.80. The chance to get your name in the Guinness World Record books for your creation: priceless. Ok, so the 158-lens camera costs a tad more than $331 as there is more to a camera than just lenses. But hearing that you can make a 158-lens camera for *roughly* $330 catches your eye doesn’t it? The camera is the end result of a project headed by Nagoya Institute of Technology Associate professor, Yojiro Ishino and...

All good things in life come to an end. That shiny new gadget that wowed you 8 months ago has somehow lost its luster this morning. It isn’t that hot blondshell babe that it once was. Instead, it is a 45 year old middle aged women with smokers cough and rotting teeth. While not quite as nasty or extreme, gadgets to lose their luster and over time become yet another thing that eventually gets tossed in the garbage set out into the open world to spend the rest of...