NASA Urged to Offer Its ‘Advanced Imaging System’ in Search for Loch Ness Monster
NASA has been urged to offer its "advanced imaging technology" to help in a new search for the Loch Ness Monster.
From Bombs to Bubbles: Repurposing a 610mm Spy Plane Lens for Macro Photos
You didn’t ask to learn about bellows extension factors, but we're going to cover it with the most absurd camera that you may ever see!
This Camera Was Used for Aerial Photos During WWII
Check out this absolute unit of a camera that was used to do aerial photography during World War II. Mounted on the front of the camera is a massive 2-foot long 610mm f/6 lens.
For Sale: A Monster 350lb Soviet Spy Satellite Lens for $18,500
If your mantra in life is "bigger is better," then here's a lens for you. Over in Ukraine, someone is selling a gigantic lens from a Soviet spy satellite on the country's "craigslist".
This Monstrous 6-Camera Rig Captures 360° Imagery for Virtual Reality and Costs $200,000
Check out this beast of a camera rig. It's a camera system that captures footage in 360 degrees for virtual reality playback. Its cost? More than $200,000.
This 870-Megapixel Monster Camera Has 116 Sensors and Weighs 3 Tons
If Optimus Prime ever decided to retire from saving Earth and take up photography as a hobby, this is one camera he might consider using. Called the Hyper Suprime-Cam, it's a 870-megapixel ultra-wide-field camera that stands 3 meters (~10 feet) high and weighs in at 3 tons. The comparison illustration above shows what the camera looks like next to a 5.2-foot-tall girl.
This May Be the Biggest Lens Ever Used on a Mirrorless Camera
Check out this photo of a gigantic Canon 9.3-930mm broadcast lens mounted to a tiny Panasonic GH2 mirrorless camera. The size difference is so great that it might be more accurate to say that the camera is mounted to the lens.
Monsters: Photographs of People Making Silhouettes in a Museum
In December 2012, the Museum of Modern Art in New York City featured an interactive art installation by Philip Worthington called "Shadow Monsters". The exhibit was created using a computer, a camera, two projectors, a light box, and some clever software. When visitors stepped in front of the light box, their shadows were magically transformed into creatures that were brought to life through sound and animation.
Photographer Joseph O. Holmes saw the unique exhibition as a photo project opportunity. However, instead of photographing the resulting monsters, he decided to turn the camera on the participants themselves, capturing their monster-making activities as a series of silhouettes.