Maxim Grew is quite the tinkerer, after being inspired by wooden cameras, he decided to put together his own polaroid camera using popsicle sticks. The camera is complete with a lens, bellows, sticks, and a polaroid back holder where he is currently using Fuji 100C–one of my favorite films. After the jump is the video of how he put it together and sample images.
Via DIY Photography
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Kickstarter is a neverending source of awesomeness. The most brilliant and most insane minds of the world use the platform to raise funding for their daring projects. The latest bit of madness is a do-it-yourself twin lens reflex kit made of wood, two old Mamiya lenses and a Polaroid film back. Yes, that’s right. A Franken-TLR out of trees and spare parts of other (hopefully broken) cameras. The only catch: you have to provide most of it yourself. [click to continue…]
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We here at The Phoblographer hope you guys got your fix of photography news from CES 2013 this year as our Editor in Chief and News Team has been working around the clock to bring you guys everything you need to know about the latest and greatest camera news from the show. Perhaps you’ve missed a couple of announcements or first looks as they went live over the past few hectic days of the event, so here’s a quick round up of everything CES 2013.
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During CES 2013, we got a chance to stop by Polaroid’s booth and then over to Sakar’s. The cameras are being manufactured under the Polaroid name but is indeed being made by Sakar. Now, Sakar also owns Vivitar and has been known for creating some quirky and super cheap cameras.
And Polaroid’s latest entry into the mirrorless market doesn’t reflect the lovable American company that I grew up knowing: but instead a weird camera concept that doesn’t exactly know what it is. After reading the Verge’s coverage and PCMag’s coverage, I had to go over and talk to them myself.
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Well, the people who bought the rights to use Polaroid’s name continue to tarnish it. Today “Polaroid” announced three new cameras, two with interchangeable lenses and one bridge camera. Even though only three were announced, it seems like tech articles all around are confused by the model names (Gizmodo and The Verge are incorrect). As well as the abilities of them mixed up, most don’t even mention the third bridge model (but who really cares, anyway). The above model is the Polaroid iM1836 and it is the very first interchangeable-lens Android camera. It runs the latest flavor of the mobile OS (Jelly Bean) and will come in the shape of a Nikon J1. Polaroid was actually the very first company to announce am Android camera but they never released it, we shall see if this one makes it onto shelves. [click to continue…]
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I’m going to go out on a whim and bet that just about everybody has gigabyte upon gigabyte of stored photos just sitting there, confined to the dark storage space that is your hard drive(s). Polaroid wants to take that dark hole and make some prints out of them. They plan to open a chain of “Fotobars” which are essentially print shops designed specifically for our digital-obsessed age. Unfortunately, no alcohol, guys.
Instead of viewing your photos from a computer screen, you can take your collection of photos to a Fotobar where you can quickly transfer and edit them for print. The editing capabilities are of the simple and easy-to-fix variety, such as red-eye, brightness, contrast, and you can even slap on a filter to top it off. After that, you can choose from a variety materials on which to print your images, including wood, bamboo, or metal. Now, rather than going out to buy expensive art pieces or decor for your home, you can practically make your own.
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