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The Manfrotto: Weird Name, Seriously Small Tripod

If a semi-permanent tripod mounted to your camera and built in with a case wasn't your style (you already have a case you like, maybe), and a water bottle tripod is juts not profesh enough for you (yo...

Two in One: Camera Case and Comapct Tripod

More effective than sliding your digital camera out of its sock and trying to find a level surface at just the right height and angle to take a photo of you and your significant other on a special tri...

The Future is Here: Robot Sentries and Webcams

We've always thought that when robots would truly arrive, life would get better. Being a fan of Asimov and robots, we've been waiting for a long time. The wait isn't really over, but more and more, ar...

Japanese Instamatic Import Captures Thanksgiving Hijinx

Polaroid fans rejoice! You can still get instant gratification, this time from Fuji. The Instax, imported from Japan and available at Urban Outfitters, produces instant prints similar to Polaroid's ol...

Compass 35 The Ultimate Tool: The iPhone of Multitools

We all know that the iPhone is ubiquitous of our modern times. You can't walk a few paces before you see one. Everyone has one or wants one. This makes you wonder. What was the iPhone of the past? Wha...

Take Your Own Focal-Point Worthy Photos with Flipbac

It's really easy to take bad pictures. Having taken a few photography classes in school and learning rules about perspective and composition, we'd like to think that we make less mistakes than most am...

Parrot Specchio: A Digital Photo Frame That Looks Good Without a Picture

Finally. A digital picture frame that we could actually see in our home. For starters, it mimics the mirror integrated TV's and even the Reflect iPod case we have seen before, definitely a good thing...

Sanyo ALBO: A Digital Picture Frame With Retro Looks

Modern televisions look better when they are housed in retro styled cases. Forget the black or silver shiny plastic frames, they all just end up looking the same. When you see something like the Brio...

How To: Make Your Digital Photos Look Like Polaroids

Who said that Polaroid is dead? Ok, we did, but even though you can't get the film or the cameras anymore doesn't mean you can't replicate the unique polaroid look. If you are looking for another opti...

Black Bird, Fly [BBF] Twin Lens Reflex Camera

We're all for retro cameras. The Olympus vintage-bodied camera piqued our interest. And the Lomo Retro Camera takes some really cool shots so that even a novice can make art. Now there's a camera tha...

Analog Digital Photo Frame: Your .jpg in Wood

The digital world continues to blend seamlessly into the real world. Continuing on the same theme as the Windows window we brought you earlier, designer Irina Block makes the familiar .jpg window phy...

Hot Posts 10.07.08:This Week's Hot Posts

What a week. The stocks plunged, the senate and the house couldn't agree on a bailout until Friday, and Biden and Palin went head to head in one of the most watched veep debates in history. Well goll...

Update: Olympus' Retro-Camera Out in 2009

We told you we'd keep you posted (in our first post) on any new news about the Olympus Micro Four Thirds, the modern camera with the retro styling. Well now Olympus has confirmed that it will be launc...

Olympus Adds Retro Style to Modern Cameras

Call it the Jekyll and Hyde of digital cameras. A model of the Micro Four Thirds from Olympus was unveiled at a press conference in Germany, and we're in awe of its design. They've has managed to take...

Small Wonder: The Perfect Way of Capturing HD

Camcorders keep changing formats and size. However, most of us don't need a big video camera. We just need something small to capture our memories, our kids, our dogs, and life in our homes. The RCA S...

Kodak Unveils World's First OLED Picture Frame

After Sony unveiled its OLED HDTV, we knew that digital picture frames weren't far behind. Kodak just unveiled their brand new 7.6-inch OLED digital picture frame. ...

Look! Fun Goods from Charles & Marie

Ok, so we've made a call on vintage tech becoming a new décor trend, but what about using vintage tech as a modding trend? Above you'll see the ear and mouth piece of an old school telephone receive...

Green Idea: Kinetically Powered Camera

In an age where a digital camera's megapixel count keep climbing, the power demands of these devices keeps getting more significant. If you take a lot of photographs and are worried about the environm...

Flickr Bikes: Picture Assignments by Users for Users

So picture this, you are out on a purple bike and as soon as you start riding it, the camera phone mounted to your handlebars snaps a picture every 60 seconds. Stop moving for more than three minutes ...

Sony DSC-T500 Shoots HD Video

If you are looking for a point-and-shoot camera that does it all and comes in a sleek package, look no further because Sony's latest offering will most probably do everything you want, and more! Not o...

Digital Frame from Transcend Needs a Better Description

Not sure why, but we haven't really gotten into the whole digital picture frame thing. We still make a point of burning our photos on CD and printing them out for use in our old-school frames. Maybe i...

News: Eye-Fi SD Card Gets Better

We have talked about the Eye-fi wireless SD card before, and a quick Google search shows that it has quickly caught on with the digital photography crowd. Even better is the fact that the new Niko D9...

Rollei X-8 Sports: The Chuck Norris of Digital Cameras

Some of the best times to take pictures are times when you don't want to bring your expensive and frgaile CyberShot along. But if you ever find yourself with a potentially great shot at the beach or p...

Casio's New Exilim Camera Has Built-In Photoshop

This definitely has an audience of ready and waiting consumers: Casio's next release of compact digital cameras, the Exilim Zoom Z300 and Z250 will both come with a "makeup function to beautifully cap...

The People Behind Your iPhone

Ever wonder who built your phone, computer, digital camera? Well, one guy who recently picked up an iPhone in the UK got a glimpse of one of the factory workers who made his mobile. When he turned it ...