December 3, 2010

If you think the Japanese come up with the strangest product ideas, it's because they do. The Fuvi Chocolate camera is designed for people who want to look like they're shooting with a chocolate bar, with dark, vanilla, and strawberry as the possible flavors. Sadly, what's gained in looks is lost in specs -- the camera only boasts a 0.3 megapixel sensor and is limited to onboard memory (i.e. it doesn't use a memory card). If you're a chocolate lover and need this camera on your keychain now …

Polaroid is sending out the above teaser, informing people of a special event the company will be holding at CES 2011 next month. While the teaser as-is isn't very revealing, enhancing the image brings out some interesting details.

Apparently this is what Pentax considers "legendary collaboration": a Korejanai robot edition (Korejanairobomoderu) of the K-r DSLR. It doesn't boast any spec upgrades from the stock version, but instead sports a wacky primary color paint job and a robot head attached to the hotshoe. You'll also get a matching special edition 35mm ƒ/2.4 prime lens to complete the horrifying awesome look. If only these were working DSLR cameras that also transformed into robot action figures.

Noah Kalina's famous "everyday" project spanned six years of his life, but began when he was 19 years old. "Natalie Time Lapse" is similar, but begins when the subject is born and ends when she is ten years old. Even though the pose and expression are far from being as precise as in Kalina's video, it's quite interesting watching someone go from newborn to ten-year-old.