Concept Bicycle Doubles as a Tripod
The T-Bike is a concept bicycle by designer Reza Rachmat Sumirat that’s inspired by the camera tripod. In addition to having three sliding bars that can help riders easily adjust the bike to their desired size, the bike also doubles as a tripod for active outdoor photographers. The handlebars provide a tripod mount, and the...
Canon 500D DSLR Promotional Handbag
Singapore-based design agency One Paradox came up with this nifty idea for a promotional handbag for the Canon 500D DSLR. The camera strap handles make it the perfect bag for any photographers’ trip to the grocery store.
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Apple iCam: A Modular Concept Camera That Uses an iPhone for Brains
The Apple iCam is a concept camera by Italian designer Antonio DeRosa that imagines a future where cameras are modular and powered by smartphones. Smartphones have already invaded the compact camera market in recent years, but their small lenses and sensors keep them from being seen as suitable alternatives to more advanced cameras. The iCam...
Air Camera Concept Shoots When You Pretend to Take a Picture
What if framing a scene with your fingers actually caused photos to be created? Air Camera is a clever camera concept by designer Yeon Su Kim that would make that idea a reality. It consists of two components: a ring-like camera worn on the thumb, and a tension-sensing device worn on the forefinger. If the...
Chevy Commercial Uses Photos to Tug at Heartstrings, ‘Dear Photograph’-style
During the World Series last month, Chevrolet aired a new commercial that might have felt familiar to many of you. Featuring old photographs overlaid on their modern day locations, the concept is identical to the images found on the website Dear Photograph, which we featured back in June. Dear Photograph‘s owner, Taylor Jones, says that...
Rotor: A Concept Camera That Uses a Stack of Mode Dials
If for some reason you hate both buttons and touchscreens, then Rotor is a camera for you. It’s a concept camera designed by Charlie Nghiem that bases its entire user interface around a stack of physical mode dials. Rotate any of the dials, and the corresponding settings appear on the screen. charlie nghiem: rotor digital...
Designer Creates “Touchband” Interface to Make Cameras More Usable
Designer Miha Feuš doesn’t think the user interfaces on low-end compact cameras are very useable for the average consumer, so earlier this year he set out to create a better camera interface. After a good amount of thinking, building, and testing, Feuš made this video to share his ideas, show off his prototype, and report...
Sling Shot: A Camera That Only Captures Expressions of Fear
Sling Shot is a concept camera that’s designed to capture expressions of fear on people’s faces. It’s shaped like a slingshot, and the camera’s shutter release is the elastic band: pretend like you’re about to shoot the slingshot and the camera snaps a photo. It could make for a fun gag camera, and luckily it’s...
Spray Can Light Makes Light Painting Fun for Graffiti Artists
Light painting is sometimes called light graffiti, but who does graffiti with flashlights? Halo is a neat light-painting tool designed by Aïssa Logerot that makes painting with light feel much more natural for people accustomed to creating… less-legal forms of art. Shaped like an aerosol can of spray paint, the tool includes interchangeable LED lights...
Brilliant Photo Printer Concept Lets You See What You Print
If Apple ever got into the photo printer business, this SWYP (“See What You Print”) printer might be similar to what they’d come up with. It’s a brilliant concept photo printer design by Artefact, the same design group that dreamed up the WVIL concept camera. Instead of having to send photos to the printer from...
podcast #49 Kevin Shahinian now on the planet5D podcast page
Kevin is a master wedding videographer who’s making some amazing movies from not only the weddings but the proposals and more… we talk about making movies, one man band movies and much more! The Podcast Of course, you can now see this on the new planet5D podcast section of the planet5D site with all of...
100 Years of East London Fashion, Dance, and Music in 100 Seconds
Here’s a super creative video that attempts to capture 100 years of East London fashion, dance, and music in just 100 seconds. Reminds me of Rick Mereki’s amazing “Move” short that we featured earlier this month, except this vid...
