The folks over at Lensbaby have just announced the Lensbaby Macro kit. It retails for a mere $29 dollars US and allows you to get even closer to your subject, lensbaby style. The kit will fit both the original lensbaby and the lensbaby 2.0.

A Lensbaby without a macro lens has a minimum focus of 16 inches. With a +4 lens attached the focus range is from 6" to 13". With the +10 macro lens attached, the focus range is from 3.5" to 5". With the +4 and +10 stacked on each other and mounted to the front of a Lensbaby, the focus range is 2" to 3".


Sample image by Sam Pardue and provided by lensbabies.com

Hurry over to lensbabies.com or call 877-536-7222. to reserve your today. The kits will start shipping out on October 22nd.

Sometimes the world of DIY (Do It Yourself) amazes me. And then sometimes I wonder if some people have too much time on their hands. Maybe I'm just jealous and wished that I thought of such tricks myself. Check out Digihack. It's a site devoted to DIY projects for the frugal digital photographer. [via Jon]

So you don't own an SLR camera and you hate the fact that you can't zoom in on your unsuspecting subjects. What would you think if I told you you could attach a 12x zoom lens to your compact digital or 35mm camera. Sounds too good to be true doesn't it. As long as your camera's got a threaded tripod hole undernesth it, I may have the product for you. Zoom-X is a separate 12x lens that you can add to virtually any compact camera.

It works with your camera's existing zoom; a fast thumbscrew mechanism lets it slide to and fro. No circuitry is involved; integral solid state technology gives amazingly clear results every time. Includes mini tripod mounting, ideal for long exposure shots and astronomical photography.

In no way do I endorse this product, but if anyone ends up purchasing it, I would love to see photo samples of what it can do. If this thing actually works properly, it might have been good to use the night of the lunar eclipse.

(link via gizmondo)

Apple today finally released its long-anticipated Photo iPod, capably of showing up to 5 hours of slideshows along with holding its requisite thousands upon thousands of songs. I personally have been waiting for just this little beastie to finally arrive!

Oh, and for those U2 fans, you can get a special edition model as well, black with a nifty little red scrollwheel. Nice, but not as nice as the Photo iPod.

This is being reposted here for Kendall. This info was originally posted by me on the photoblogs.org blog

Just wanted to share info on my most recent ebay purchase.

A travel charger and battery plus a pair of two batteries for my Canon 10D

So now I have 3 extra batteries for my 10D (which is more than enough backup) and a car charger, all for 25 dollars US plus shipping... which came out to less than 50 bucks Canadian (which is way less than half the price of a replacement/extra battery in retail stores).

Try going to your local Best Buy for a deal like that. It can't be beat and the batteries work perfectly fine. I got my shipment in the post earlier this week.

All this can be found at the following ebay store: Eforcity although I think it is a tad cheaper if you search for one of the auctions.

I highly recommend them and they have all sorts of other supplies and batteries for an assortment of techie toys.

I've had my batteries for a number of weeks now and I have had no problems using them. They are fantastic.

Look it's a photo frame. It's wifi enabled, and you can add a 40 gig hard drive. All this for only $1,600 US fully loaded (Yes, you can go surfing to another page now that I have lost your interest).



Not sure how economical this is for the average person, but with the right sponsorship, this would be the perfect medium for a public photoblogger exhibit.

You could set up half a dozen of these photoframes in the gallery and each photoblogger in the group exhibit could have their own screen with their photos in rotation. The beauty of course is the ability to come into the gallery and upload any fresh new shots, even after the exhibit has opened. Wouldn't that be cool.

Yes I'm dreaming, but I like to dream BIG.

So there is much talk about the rumoured 60 gig photo enabled iPod that may be released in the next month or two (possibly in time for the Xmas rush). It's exciting news, but will it live up to all the hype?

Here are some of the supposed features.

It will be the top of the line model of Apple's fourth-generation line-up.

It will be loaded with Toshiba's new 60GB 1.8-inch hard drive.

It will feature a 2-inch color liquid crystal display.

iPhoto synchronization.

audio/video-out capabilities

$499US retail.

The main draw back in terms of it's impact on digital photography is the inability for this new iPod to read memory cards or download images straight from the camera. A firewire or USB 2.0 port would be very handy if it were built into the iPod. We shall have to wait and see how things pan out.

[link via the digital photography weblog]

Have you heard of Crumpler Bags? I recently found out about them.  They are the makers of very cool, very stylish laptop, camera and messenger bags.  The have various lines to fit your personal needs, regardless if you are toting around a point and shoot digital camera, or if you are shooting with a couple of SLR's and carrying 4 or 5 lens along with your laptop. The best part is that these wonderful bags come in a variety of different colours and they don't even look like camera bags. Very Sweet indeed.

You can order Crumpler Bags in Canada from  Store OS located in Oakville (No retail outlet, but you can contact him) or you can place an order online from Henry's (not that Henry's does not stock these items).