This award-winning music video for the song "Squeeze Me" by Kraak & Smaak features creative photo flip book animations. Rather than use special effects, actual still frames were printed as photos and assembled into the flip books that overlay the scenes.
The Gizmon Half D is a digital toy camera by that mimics the look of the Olympus PEN F half frame 35mm camera. The 2 megapixel camera has a 1.5-inch LCD screen, ISO ranging from 100-400, VGA video mode, three aspect ratios (standard, half, and square), and 10 different color modes. Like the Chobi Cam One, the Half D has a number of lenses that can be used for different looks. You can buy one for $120 through the Gizmon store.
Getting an infant or toddler to stare into your camera lens can be a challenge, and you're forced to compete with all kinds of sights and sounds that easily steal their gaze and attention. Camera Creatures are hand-stitched toys that attach to the front of your camera lens to give your tiny subjects something cute to look at while you photograph them. They cost $10 in this Etsy store.
We're waiting for the day when someone makes this kind of video for how DSLRs are made, but in the meantime, here's a neat "How It's Made" episode by the Discovery Channel showing how Arri movie cameras are manufactured.
The October 27, 1972 issue of LIFE read "A Genius and His Magic Camera: Dr. Edwin Land of Polaroid demonstrates his new invention". The invention was the Polaroid SX-70 instant camera.
