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Blur Out Blemishes With These Lensbaby Portrait Kits

9:00AM July 22, 2011 | Kelly Hodgkins

Lensbaby’s Portrait Kits are filled with camera accessories that can make any blemished-faced teen beautiful. They’re perfect for portrait photographers tasked with the difficult job of photographing people’s not-so-perfect faces. More »

Cameras

Canon Camera Porn: Deep Inside The Mechanics Of Image Stabilisation

4:00AM June 20, 2011 | Jack Loftus

Curious as to how a Canon 18-55mm IS lens manages to make your shaky-handed videos smoother and more watchable? Check out this brief video, which does exactly that. More »

Cameras

Guide: Carefully Disassemble And Fix That Broken Canon 50mm Lens

12:00AM May 30, 2011 | Jack Loftus

So there’s Memorial Day weekend BBQ in your Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II lens and it’s ruined—shit happens! But instead of crying or buying another lens, you might take a stab at this disassembly guide for a (careful) fix. More »

Cameras

What’s The Difference Between The Human Eye And A Camera?

1:00PM January 30, 2011 | Casey Chan

Pixiq has a great write up on the similarities and differences between the human eye and a camera. Apparently, we’re the same in image focusing and light adjustment but different in lens focus and sensitivity to light. What else? More »

Gadgets

How To Give Your Canon DSLR Owning Friends A Heart Attack

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1:00PM September 14, 2010 | Alex Kidman

Looks like a lens… right up until you pour coffee all over it. More »

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Nyko’s Zoom Lens For The DSi Just Seems Like Overkill

9:56PM October 29, 2009 | Danny Allen

Not to sound phallic, but things keep growing bigger on the DSi. Nintendo confirmed the new 4.2-inch screen DSi LL earlier today, and now Nyko’s 8x optical Zoom Case is finally getting pushed out the door. More »

Cameras

Microscope dSLR Lens Captures Both The Beautiful And The Ugly

1:10AM October 9, 2009 | Mark Wilson

I thought this photo was of pollen. It’s not. Really, those are the protrusions on a starfish at 66x magnification, captured on a dSLR. More »

Cameras

Bokeh Filter Turns Blurry Lights Into Distinct Shapes

10:00AM August 30, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

Bokeh, which is the out-of-focus light distortion in the background of a photo, is more and more seen as an aesthetic element of photography. This lens brings it more attention by shaping those blurs into stars, hearts and more. More »

Cameras

Make A Mobile Phone Macro Lens From An Old DVD Player

9:41AM August 26, 2009 | Jason Chen

Here’s a potentially cheap, but ugly, way to make a macro lens for your mobile phone camera. Step 1: take your DVD player apart. More »

Cameras

How To: Make A Fisheye DSLR Lens For $US16

10:00AM July 10, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

Over at Instructables, user Banjomaster shows how to make a fisheye lens for his Nikon D90 for just $US16, with the help of one of those wide-angle doorway peephole lenses. More »