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On Monday, we told you about this pepper mill grinder designed like a camera lens, and wondered what lens-shaped product the designers would think of next. Well, we asked and they've answered.
Monoculo Design Studio is offering the DSLR Paparazzi Lamp, an extra large wooden lamp that looks like a 14-24mm f/2.8 Nikkor...
What lens-shaped product will they think of next? Recently, we told you about a small, USB powered humidifier shaped like a Canon lens and before that there was this portable speaker designed like a Nikon zoom.
Add to that faux lens arsenal this Camera Lens Pepper Mill Grinder, available via Amazon.com for $18.99....
We don't know about you but the radiator in our office keeps it crazy dry during the long winter months. Not only is it unpleasant -- cracked skin, anyone? -- the dry air can cause the nozzles in an inkjet photo printer to clog up.
Here's a fun solution with a photography theme: the USB Camera Lens Humidifier (also...
There are two things photographers simply can't get enough of: great lenses and great coffee. Leica photographers now have a chance to get the best of both worlds with these new ceramic lens mugs designed like classic Leica lenses.
Ok, they actually look more like ceramic versions of those familiar Starbucks take-out...
This Nikon AF-S 55-200mm F/4-5.6 zoom lens is not a lens all. It's actually a small portable speaker you can use to add volume to your laptop, iPhone, iPad or smart phone.
The "Portable Lens USB Speaker" has a built-in battery that's charged via a USB line. When fully charged, it can crank your tunes for up to four...
Want to really light up a room? If you're as photo gear obsessed as we are, you can't do much better than these old cameras that have been retrofitted to become lamps.
Called the Vintage Camera Lamp and made by Tinker & Tailor, each lamp is one of a kind. "Once it's sold, we may not have another one like it," according to the website.
Think your Leica rangefinder looks a bit dowdy? What about your fancy Nikon DSLR or your Fuji X-Pro1? Well, a Japanese artist is selling silver jewelry that you can use to spruce up your favorite shooters.
The artist, Jay Tsijimura, makes ornate hot shoe covers and soft release buttons out of sterling silver (aka 925 silver) that you can adorn your cameras with. The designs on...
It may look like one of those annoying smiley face buttons you still see from time to time but this "happy" pin actually has a more subversive purpose: it's a secret spy camera.
Called the "Chobi Cam Smile Smiley Pin Button Camera (Secret badge spy cam)," -- yes, that's a mouthful -- this camouflaged gadget can record 3-megapixel (2048 x 1536 pixel) JPEG still photos or shoot...
Yesterday, we shared one photographer's rough memories about covering the Olympics in the age of film, now here's another film product that's going down the drain. It's a toilet paper dispenser/tissue box that's designed like a film canister.
We're told the "Fun Film Canister Toilet Paper/Tissue Dispenser" from HDE holds "a normal size toilet paper roll" and "makes a great gift...
The Cocoagraph Company of Philadelphia has come up with a product that is sure to appeal to every sweet-toothed photographer on the planet. For as little as $8.50 a photo, they will turn your plain old vanilla images into tasty, chocolate bars that look just like old-fashioned Polaroids.
Last month, we told you about photos printed on scented paper that can be made to smell...
How often have you heard someone say that one of the pleasures of photography is it lets you stop and smell the roses? But what if you could actually smell those roses in your photos? Or how about a shot of your new baby that smells just like a new baby?
Think that photographs that smell like their subjects sounds too good to be true? Or like something out of a science fiction...
While the others at Imaging Resource get to review exciting new digital cameras, I try out things like the $29.99 “Spy Camera Sunglasses with MP3.” Receiving a press release from a Chinese company announcing its new Spy Camera Sunglasses, it fell to me to “field test” them.
I had, after all, written about Lady Gaga’s non-existent camera sunglasses and the equally unavailable...
Like most photographers, we love our Apple products, which is probably why we dig these two functional, Apple novelties.
First up is a miniature replica of a MacBook Air that opens up to reveal a small mirror. Yes, if the model you're photographing wants to check him or herself out before a big shoot, pop out this mini MacBook mirror and earn some major geek point in the...
Back in April we told you about stylish bracelets, called "cuffs," created by photographer Craig Arnold from actual recycled camera lenses. While those fashion accessories were pretty cool, they were also pretty expensive, selling for over $200.
If you want a lower-rent but still cool looking lens bracelet, check out these rubberized rings created by photographer Adam Elmakias...
Hasselblad fans now have a way to show off their love of these classic cameras thanks to a trio of new t-shirts designed by illustrator Yujio Miyamoto. Each shirt comes emblazoned with vectored drawings by Miyamoto of Hasselblad cameras.
The shirts, which are offered in white, grey, and off-white "apple" versions, also have illustrations of Hasselblads on the back and...
The pioneering sci-fi blockbuster movie Star Wars celebrated its 35th Anniversary on Friday (May 25th was the day it premiered in 1977) and fans still can't get enough of product tie-ins from the original trilogy. In that vein, here are two Star Wars-themed digital cameras: a Darth Vader camera and a Storm Trooper camera.
As digital cameras, they aren't much: both have only 1.3...
For the photographer who has everything, how about a snazzy bracelet made out of an actual recycled camera lens?
The creation of photographer Craig Arnold, the bracelets -- Arnold calls them "cuffs" -- are made from camera lenses he recycles in South Australia and sells under his re:vision brand.
Arnold also makes original sterling silver pieces modeled on real lenses and...
We've seen lots of miniaturized digital SLRs in our day but most of them are for looks only. This mini Canon 5D Mark III clone can actually shoot images and HD video.
Made in Japan by Thanko and available via GeekStuff4U for $185.88, the shrunken Canon 5D III look-a-like can shoot 5MP still images (2560x1920 resolution) and 720p HD video at 30p.
(We're not sure about image...
Earlier this week, we told you about these cool cocktail coasters shaped like old floppy disks. Now, here's something else you can add to your novelty timber collection: a wooden camera necklace.
No, you can't actually shoot photos with it but people will probably shoot you some sly glances when they they see this attractive little camera around your neck. Designed like a...
If you remember floppy disks -- or even if you don't -- you'll dig these snazzy coasters designed like those once ubiquitous storage disks.
Though "floppies" could hold only a few kilobytes of data back in the day, these wooden coasters provide ample room for a cup of coffee, cold drink, or cocktail of your choice. The coasters are 3.25 x 3.25 inches and made of laser engraved...
