Canon CanoScan 9000F color image scanner does film scanning as well
Have you made the jump to the world of digital photography that you have forgotten your collection of film-based photos captured all those years ago? Just in case you still have rolls of negatives sitting in a box somewhere, why not capture those for posterity in a digital format thanks to the Canon CanoScan 9000F [...]
Canon 60D looks set to replace 50D
The rumored Canon 60D looks set to be a replacement for the 50D, where that DSLR is currently in its final checking phase and is on the verge of being mass produced from a manufacturing line. We could be looking at a summer or early fall release, but you can be certain that it ought [...]
Hacked 1981 Canon AE-1 Program SLR comes with digital display
Check out that interesting modification of the Canon AE-1 Program SLR that hails all the way back from 1981 – it was originally designed to handle film back in the day, but that day round it is a digital shooter thanks to the brilliance and brains of a hacker. It would be nice to see [...]
Canon DSLR Attached To RC Helicopter For Aerial Photography
Aerial photography doesn’t have to be an expensive affair, as proven by Eric Austin. What that Texas-based videographer did was hook up his Canon 7D DSLR camera to a custom-built radio controlled helicopter via a tripod screw mount. The aftermath is a cheap way to get some aerial photography, and it can even record videos [...]
Canon 550D DSLR Gets The Jackie Chan Treatment
Canon’s 550D is one great entry level camera, but how do you manufacture something cool even cooler? Well, you could try coming up with a Jackie Chan (the famous Kung Fu guy) edition. The poor news is that there will only be 2,010 of these produced, an obvious reference to the year 2010, and they [...]
iNto64 Mod Turns Your N64 Console Into A Portable Device
Want to create your own portable Nintendo 64 gaming console, but can’t figure out how to do so? Well, a user called John Grayson has put up a good 20 videos that supply a step-by-step guide to turn your N64 into a portable console. The modded console uses two Canon BP-915 camcorder batteries to offer [...]
RC Helicopter equipped with DSLR camera
Check out that remote controlled helicopter that comes with a DSLR camera attached to it, letting you shoot High Definition video from above, thanks to Texas-based videographer and RC pilot Eric Austin. The digital camera in question is a Canon 7D, where it has been rigged to be hooked to a hobbyist RC helicopter to [...]