comedy archives (79 posts)
Oddities: Giant Chair for Humans that looks like a Canon 8-15mm f4L lens, June 5, 2013
From the Oddities department... We are all taught at an early photographic age not to sit on our camera gear. But, but, but, what if the camera gear is actually a chair? A chair that looks like a lens? A...
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Superzooms now have the Majority of New Fixed Lens Cameras in 2013, January 29, 2013
With today's crazy wave of new camera announcements, the Superzooms have claimed a very thin majority among new fixed lens digital cameras announced in 2013. They can now form a government and rule over the world of P&S cameras without...
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Pretty Fly for a DSLR Guy (Sony Australia viral videos of proudly mis-informed DSLR fauxtographers), November 14, 2012
Sony Australia decided to try something different to get the attention of potential Sony camera buyers. They developed a series of short parody+satire videos featuring over-zealous and proudly-misinformed DSLR fauxtographers making the most of their cluelessness. You can find them...
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Presidential Debate 2012: Mr. DSLR vs Mr. Mirrorless, October 16, 2012
Moderator: We would like to welcome our in-studio and online audiences to the Annenberg Space for Photography in beautiful Los Angeles for the Republic of Camera Presidential Debate 2012, featuring Mr. DSLR and Mr. Mirrorless. Our studio audience is comprised...
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iPhone 5 users discover Lens Flare and Deep Purple, October 7, 2012
With millions of new iPhone 5 users all around the world, it was only a matter of time before some of them pointed the camera outside on a sunny day, and they discovered, the hard way, lens flare and deep...
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Fun Times: megapixel wars on Dilbert (20mp iPhone camera), September 6, 2012
The megapixel wars have not escaped Dilbert! The Sunday September 2, 2012 comic strip opens with a rumor of a 20-megapixel iPhone camera, leapfrogging the current 16 and 18 megapixels of existing 1/2.x" digital cameras and smartphones. The strip also...
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Self-Serving Myth-Information, KR-style, August 20, 2012
A certain politician from the great state of Missouri was not the only one to jump the shark this week. "Super guru" Ken Rockwell posted a self-serving myth-information post, suggesting something along the lines of camera manufacturers sending the good...
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LOLcameras: Leica M9 Monochrome review (Palin style), May 21, 2012
And now, it is LOLcameras, with a 4-minute YouTube review of the Leica M Monochrom(e), which you can also find embedded below. The matter of fact style of the "reviewer" masks some of the zingers. Pay close attention! If you...
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From the Joan Collins department: Hasselblad celebrates Leica adapter, May 14, 2012
If this was a cartoon, it would have a giant Meow! bubble at the end. Hasselblad is celebrating with a press release the launch of a Leica adapter for S-series Leica bodies to use Hasselblad H-series lenses. You don't have...
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Viral Oddities: Stock Photography subjects get their 15 minutes, April 8, 2012
The human subjects of stock photography photos are getting their 15 minutes (or perhaps 15 seconds) of fame in a round-about way this week thanks to comedian-politician Al Franken who decided to "humanize" stock photo subjects as part of a...
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Space Oddity: Olympus E-PL3 Mirror Lockup option, January 25, 2012
Here is yet another example of the unintended consequences of releasing waves upon waves of new camera models without setting aside enough time to finalize the releases. @PhotoLari (of Quesabesde) has spotted a "Raise Mirror" option in the Olympus E-PL3...
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Using photographer pictures without permission: members of Congress who support SOPA/PIPA, January 19, 2012
You can't even script these things. Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. A handful of members of Congress who support the SOPA/PIPA legislation have been caught using other people's intellectual property without permission on their Twitter profile background pages, including...
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Comedy: Professional Photography is So Easy, Watch & Learn!, December 7, 2011
And now time for something fun, perhaps worthy of Webby nomination consideration, a new video tutorial series on YouTube helping everyone become a "professional photographer". I don't want to spoil it, so here are the four episodes so far: +...
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Irony: Olympus launches "Treasure Recovery'" marketing promotion for the E-Pens, December 5, 2011
You can't even script something like this. In the middle of the on-going scandal of $1.7 billion in hidden losses, Olympus marketing is launching a new marketing campaign to promote the E-Pen series, a ...Treasure Recovery series (via Imaging Insider)......
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DIY Fun: A Nikon D3 Halloween Outfit (you can do it too!), October 25, 2011
And now something fun and DIY-fun! Looking for Halloween Outfit ideas? How about a "Nikon D3" DIY outfit? That's what photographer Tyler Card did. He created his own "Nikon D3" full-body Halloween costume and he also posted a "Making Of"...
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