In the early 1960s, the Diana, an inexpensive and odd-looking plastic camera manufactured in Hong Kong, made its way to the United States and England, soon spawning a fad with photographers, amateur ...

Most of our smartphones contain digital cameras that rival the best that money could buy less than a decade ago. We often pay hundreds of dollars for these devices. And what do we do with them? Filter ...

Film photography may now be something so outdated as to be unknown to our younger readers, but as an analogue medium it has enjoyed a steady enthusiast revival. There is still a bonanza of second-hand ...

Disposable cameras are a fun way to get into classical photography. However, they can also be a valuable source of interesting parts that can be put to other uses. For example, as [Billt] ...

Polaroid's just-announced Pop camera could be the most basic digital distillation of its iconic instant cameras we've seen thus far -- but unfortunately, all the company had to show at CES was a ...

* Photo: Todd Tankersley * In a world of precision-engineered digital cameras, the colorfully analog Blackbird fly is a strange bird—one that took almost 15 years to hatch. Back in 1995, Hideki Ohmori ...

Never underestimate the power and pleasures of a cheap toy camera. The humble hunks of plastic have a magic, mystery and whimsy that cannot be duplicated, not even by tech-savvy iPhone app ...

Recessions can be as tough on museums as they are on the rest of us. Economic woes took a bite out of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston’s endowment, and in March the Chronicle reported that the MFAH ...

A project by artists Michael Farrell and Cliff Haynes shows that you don’t need complex optics and electronics to build a working camera. With 32,000 plastic straws arranged in honeycomb fashion ...

Losing a camera lens cap is no fun; not only are you temporarily without protection for your lens, but they're surprisingly expensive to replace. This DIY cap holder will keep your cap close at hand.

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