INSTAPRINT
As much fun as Instagram can be, it’s still missing something: actual prints. Instaprint ($400) aims to fix this problem by hooking up to your Wi-Fi network and printing out any image it comes across containing a specific location or hashtag. This means your friends can get in on the action as well, turning the Instaprint into a focal point of your next party, gathering, or beer bash.
Throwable panoramic ball.
Pretty mental!
Lytro Camera - a new type of camera?
I’m intrigued by these, they are called light field cameras and they capture the colour, intensity and direction of the light. This means you can focus and re-focus at any time you feel.
All of this give you an 11 megarays image (maybe this is the equivalent of 11 megapixel?)
Its a bizarre thought but a great way to take a fresh look at photography.
Also I have no idea if this is an old technology being made new, but I;ve never heard of it.
Finally, one thing that worries me… None of the images in the gallery have a sharp focus on anything! A bit worrying.
Olloclip - iPhone lens
A recent success on Kickstarter the Olloclip has arrived and turns your phone camera into Fisheye, Macro, Wide-Angle lens.
Fits in your pocket and its yours for $70 dollars.
Red Pop
Red Pop is an attachment for iPhone that brings the speed and enjoyment of a shutter release button to the phone’s camera function. UK design firm Beep Industries is currently developing Red Pop for commercial release, and raising funds for the project on Kickstarter.
We are huge iPhone fans and love the iPhoneography culture that has grown around the product – so much so that, like many others, we’ve stopped carrying our digital cameras with us and now use our iPhones to capture and share photos of our everyday lives as well as big events like birthdays, bake-offs and baby Joe-Joe’s first steps.
However, the experience of using a camera phone isn’t perfect. It feels like something’s missing from the photo taking experience and it’s frustrating that shots are missed when you have to play ‘hunt the fire button’. In our experience, and from what people we have told us, this is a real frustration of taking photos on the otherwise awesome iPhone 4.
So we had an idea – let’s bring the button back! To us, buttons are beautiful, an invitation that screams out ‘c’mon press me’. Red Pop’s design is rooted in the now but with a subtle and respectful nod to the beautiful and iconic cameras of the past.
Via Laughing Squid.
UPDATE:
In recent light of the new iOS5 this to me seems a little defunct. However, put a power pack in it and it seems worth it again.
The awesome Minox DCC 5.1 is a Leice look-a-like with a difference - it fits cutely in the palm of your hand! Seriously, it’s tiny.
With its longest side only being 7.4cm this little beauty still packs a punch with 5.1 mega-pixel, video capabilities, an attachable flash and lens components.
I WANT ONE!
Designed in fascinating detail and with a sophisticated stylish format the new Digital Classic Camera MINOX DCC 5.1 is a true example of first-class German engineering from the fifties. Devotees of timeless elegance and precision mechanics will find it hard to resist the amazing look and feel of the camera. This small ingenious masterpiece in a scale of 1:3 is no ordinary digital camera and quietly reflects its owner’s confidence in style.
More information here.
Camera of the future
A gorgeous concept taking the Leica i9 below one step further. Mating mobile with a body and wireless lens. I want one.
