Category: Cameras

Share Although film and TV markets are being shaken up by the low cost and high quality of DSLR cameras, many of the accessories still leave a bit to be desired. Cinema 5D reader Jonathan Clifford Berqvist worked with his father Erik to build a custom wooden shoulder rig from a single piece of wood. (Check out the video after the break.) The ingenious, handle-controlled follow focus allows the ...

King of the World James Cameron has simply become a force for 3-D. According to the AP, James Cameron fought for the inclusion of a 3-D camera on the Mars rover Curiosity, which launches next year. Cameron told the Pasadena Star-News, "[The scientists are] going to answer a lot of really important questions about the previous and potential future habitability of Mars." This is the second ...

When Polaroid ditched the instant photo business in 2008, fans of the snap-and-shake method of photography were left in a lurch. This left an opening for Impossible Project to step in and offer overpriced cameras and film that banked more on cool design and nostalgia than on actual innovation. Clearly this caught the attention of the marketing team at Polaroid, who thought, "Hey, we can overcharge ...

We're all more or less aware that we exist in a world that is largely invisible to the human eye. The machinations of physiology are too small to perceive, and the vast majority of the electromagnetic spectrum simply doesn't register with our peepers. But we're quite literally surrounded by electromagnetic waves, with radiation emitted by the sun and naturally-occurring radioactive particles from ...

Two brothers have discovered a way to get close-up photos of African wildlife without risking life or limb. According to Wired, Will and Matthew Burrard-Lucas rigged a Canon EOS 400D camera to a remote-control buggy, and cruised it around Tanzania. The boys have even chronicled the adventure, which saw its share of excitement, on their blog. Will and Matthew took a basic four-wheeled robotic ...

On Tuesday, the new Flip Slide HD camera finally (and officially) hit stores and the Web. We haven't got our hands on one yet, but according to Engadget, the feature that's creating the most (and really, the only) buzz is the three-inch touchscreen that pops-up when you want to play back footage. Other than that, it's not a whole lot different than the Flip Mino HD -- as far as filming goes. It ...

Since its launch in 2004, the video-sharing site Vimeo has chosen a very different path from the YouTubes and Hulus of the world. Cleaner and calmer, Vimeo puts its focus on ease of use, creativity and community. We dropped by its headquarters in New York City to speak with Blake Whitman, Director of Community and Product, about the site and its role in nurturing the explosion of HD content on ...

Last week, we told you about how Nintendo's next DS model will feature 3-D technology without those dorky glasses. However, details were pretty scarce. Today, one more piece of the puzzle might have fallen into place. According to an Associated Press report, Sharp has unveiled a 3-D mobile device display that works without glasses. While nobody will confirm it, we figure it's inevitable that ...

For some time, businesses have used digital video surveillance for security and other purposes. But there's been a problem with this system; the footage is often cumbersome to search. Now, a company has developed a search engine for archived digital video surveillance footage, making it much easier to peruse. According to Scientific American, the tool, which was developed by 3VR Security, Inc., ...

Share Canon's elegantly executed Digital Rebel T2i is one of those rare gadgets that inspire admiration and affection in a way usually reserved for humans. The T2i is a big upgrade from its predecessor, the Rebel T1i, which lost out to Nikon's D5000 when Switched recommended a beginner SLR (single-lens reflex) last summer. The new T2i incorporates a sensor nearly identical to Canon's popular ...

Last week, we told you about an 'anonymous' guy named 'Merton' who was serenading folks on Chatroulette with hilarious piano improvisation. Now, his true identity has been revealed. This video from Gizmodo shows piano man Ben Folds, a.k.a. Merton, using Chatroulette live onstage at a recent show in Charlotte, North Carolina. Don't worry, Folds (and his audience of about 2,000 people) didn't run ...

After a teenage girl from Pennsylvania was caught sending topless photos of herself to her fellow classmates, then-District Attorney George Skumanick offered her the chance to avoid court time by taking a class on sexual harassment. When the 16-year old called his bluff, Skumanick threatened her with felony charges. The student, in turn, filed her own lawsuit against the D.A.'s office, eventually ...

Hey, Google Books, get a load of this! Masatoshi Ishikawa, a professor at the University of Tokyo, has developed a system that can scan books simply by flipping pages under its camera eye. Professor Ishikawa claims that a 200-page book could be rendered by the machine in under a minute. Details are a bit scarce (and the dear professor's accent rather thick), so you'll just have to watch the ...

Perhaps it's this type of automation that Lady Gaga is talking about when she sings of obsessive adoration. Ken Rinaldo, Ohio State University teacher and artist, has taken the persistence of a paparazzo and teamed it with the unflagging devotion of a robot, making a moving, wheeling, and turning cameraman. A few Paparazzi Bots appeared at the Winter Olympics as commissioned pieces of art by ...

Timekeeping has moved past the simple stopwatch and thumb, and this year's Winter Games makes no exception. According to Wired, over 650 Omega employees and volunteers ensure that times and measurements are as accurate as possible, and the timing company spent six years prepping for Vancouver, refining and setting up the complex network of clocks and cameras essential to the competition. (Check ...