Back in their hay day, Polaroid was unstoppable. The instant camera provided pictures on-the-fly, leading many to believe that photographers of the future would just print as they shoot without needing to visit another photo center or dark room again. My how times change. Even today, dark rooms and those old printing centers are still there, not as strong as they used to be though. Through it all however, after the Polaroid camera’s decline and the dawn of digital...

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,...

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...

As any true photographer knows, at the end of the day it doesn’t matter how big your lens is, how expensive your camera is, or how many extra attachments you have. It’s the ability for the person operating the camera to “find the shot”. You may or may not actually have that gift but at least you can wear it on your chest, fooling the world and pretending you do. For that, we have the “Still Need the Vision” T-Shirt. Wear it with...

Taking low light and no light pictures with a flash often ruins pictures with a harsh flash, demon-esque red eyes, and other unfavorable effects because of the direct light. To remedy such a situation, you can cover the flash with some object or fiddle with your camera until the undesired effect is reduced. Such things however are a pain and take away from you spending time on what matters — taking a picture. The LightScoop by Professor Kobre is a neat little...