Lens

Giz Explains: Why You Look Different in Photos Than You Do in the Mirror

Yesterday morning, you looked good. Yesterday evening, before you went out, you’re pretty sure you looked real good. So who the hell is this schlub in the Facebook album from last night, tagged with your name? It’s a phenomenon nestled somewhere between universal annoyance and urban legend: People see something different in the mirror than…

Television John Herrman Oct 12

Scratched Glasses Give Perfect Vision For Any Eyesight

Ditch those bifocals. You might soon wearing spectacles whose lenses allow you to see clearly regardless of how long or short-sighted you are. With age, the lenses in our eyes often lose the ability to change shape enough to focus light from near objects onto the retina – a condition called presbyopia. This leaves people…

Tech News Christina Bonnington Oct 5

Video Shot With 102-Year-Old Lens Makes Lingerie Shots Look Oh So Tasteful

Remember that 102-year-old lens that photographer Timur Civan fit on his Canon 5D mkII? After many requests for video shot with the lens, he’s obeyed—and with a beautiful, slightly-NSFW video, to boot. The 35mm Wollensak Cine-Velostigmat F5 may be difficult to shoot with, Civan claims, but as you can see in the video below the…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Oct 4

Olympus’ Camera Lacks Interchangeable Lenses, But Will Be New Compact Flagship

Early next year Olympus will be selling a new flagship compact camera, their first with an inbuilt Zuiko lens. While details are scarce (there’s nary a name to wishlist yet!), it looks something like this… Their claim about it being their new flagship compact camera seems a little strange when you consider their PEN series,…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Sep 20

Polaroid Partners with RealD for New 3D Glasses Line

Polaroid is looking to get a piece of the three dimensional pie, inking a deal with 3D tech firm RealD. This means the next pair of 3D frames you pick up in a movie theater could be Polaroid’s curved-lens design. Polaroid claims the curved surfaces provide a superior viewing area for large, theater-caliber screens, and…

Movies Sam Biddle Aug 18

Pocket Filters Splash Some Color Onto Your Photos

Are your Facebook photos of the same boring friends standing around drinking beer getting a bit drab? Photojojo’s pocket-sized lens and flash color filters should jazz things up, letting you saturate your scenes with one of eight sturdy acrylic chips. The filters can either be placed over either your camera’s lens or flash, providing a…

Tech News Sam Biddle Aug 5

You’ve Got Your Canon Lens Thermos Already, Now Get a Matching Mug

Whatever you do, don’t pour coffee from your Nikon lens thermos into the Canon lens mug. You know those lenses aren’t compatible without an adapter. Just $24, a few notes less than the Canon lens thermos. [PhotoJoJo via RedFerret] https://gizmodo.com/nikon-thermos-is-go-i-repeat-nikon-thermos-is-go-5599651

Tech News Kat Hannaford Aug 3

Nikon Thermos Is Go, I Repeat, Nikon Thermos IS GO

Available only on pre-order up until now, the Nikon thermos joins its biggest rival, the Canon thermos, in the hallowed hall of camera-lens thermoses that are actually up for purchase. Just $23. [100milligrams via NPR via TWBE] https://gizmodo.com/begun-the-camera-lens-thermos-wars-have-5554479

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jul 29

How to Make a DIY Macro iPhone Lens

As great as the iPhone 4 camera is, it’s not exactly ideal for macro situations. Luckily, you can build your own iPhone macro lens—with wire, glue and a disposable camera—so that it can be. Instructable user RVogel decided to create his own macro lens for the iPhone and came up with a pretty nifty solution.…

Tech News Casey Chan Jul 27

Show Them More of Your Naked Body With the Wide-Angle Webcam Mod

If you have a face or body that’s wider than the national average due to some ongoing “glandular” issues, you might want to modify your webcam to help fit it all into one wide-angle shot. Here’s how. A DIY guide over on Instructables tells you what to do—and it’s not the most challenging piece of…

Tech News Gary Cutlack Jul 5

Why Should I Get Closer When I’ve Got This Lens?

Quick! Close your curtains! This guy can probably take a picture of you from where ever he is with that thing. [Reddit] Whoops! Missed that this was posted before. Sorry, about that.

Tech News Rosa Golijan Apr 5

Canon Lens Thermos Now Available for Preorder

Remember this amazing travel mug shaped like a camera lens that Canon handed out to press at the Olympics? Well, now you can pre-order one for yourself for a mere $30 CAD. Sweet! [Vistek via DoobyBrain via The Daily What] https://gizmodo.com/greatest-swag-in-the-history-of-swagginess-the-canon-l-5485401

Tech News Adam Frucci Mar 10

Greatest Swag In The History of Swagginess: The Canon Lens Thermos

Those press covering the Olympics sure do have a plum life. They bundle off to Vancouver for 16 days of watching ice-skaters embarrassing themselves, and ruthless Russian bobsledders showing their dark sides. Oh, and they get lens-shaped thermoses. UPDATE http://tv.gawker.com/5472578/the-olympic-night-of-figure-skating-fail The story goes that a Microsoft employee by the name of Josh Weisberg wandered into…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Mar 4

Bokeh Filter Turns Blurry Lights Into Distinct Shapes

Bokeh, which is the out-of-focus light distortion in the background of a photo, is more and more seen as an aesthetic element of photography. This lens brings it more attention by shaping those blurs into stars, hearts, and more. The Bokeh Filter is a physical lens that attaches to any mainstream DSLR and blocks out…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz Aug 29

Make a Cellphone Macro Lens From An Old DVD Player

Here’s a potentially cheap, but ugly, way to make a macro lens for your cellphone camera. Step 1: take your DVD player apart. You’ll want to use the lens in there, along with some kind of cardboard holder, and mount it onto your cellphone camera. It won’t be pretty, but the shots that come out…

Tech News Jason Chen Aug 25

Sony’s 24.6MP a850 DSLR Leaked, May Be Pricier Than Expected

Sony’s a850 DSLR, which looks exactly like the a900, was found lurking in a European online shop both by itself and with a lens kit. The bad part? It might be quite a bit more than the suspected $2,000. Photorumors, who caught the camera, isn’t releasing the name of the shop in hopes of wringing…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz Aug 15

How to: Make a Fisheye DSLR Lens for $16

Over at Instructables, user Banjomaster shows how to make a fisheye lens for his Nikon D90 for just $16, with the help of one of those wide-angle doorway peephole lenses. It looks like a pretty simple mod, both in materials required and construction method: It only needs a couple pieces of particle board, the aforementioned…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz Jul 9

DIY Macro Lens From Old Binoculars

Tired of peeping at your neighbors? Combine the lenses from your old pair of binoculars with a bit of electrical tape and you’ve got yourself a cheap DIY macro lens. Is this as good as a real macro lens? Of course not. But this costs a few bucks for the tape whereas the real lens…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 29

The Things You Have to Do for Money—and a Good Photo

“OK, I’m ready for everything! EVERYSINGLETHING!” Dark Roasted Blend has a nice collection of strange photos of professional and amateur photographers ridiculously trying to get that elusive Perfect Shot. Here you have a few of them. Check the rest of the series here. [Flickr via Dark Roasted Blend]

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jun 18

I Could Spend All Day at the Canon Camera Museum

I wish every company who made gadgets did this: The Canon Camera Museum is a comprehensive virtual tour of Canon’s camera history. Every DSLR, film camera and point-and-shoot, the history of Canon design and technology, random trivia, it’s all there. [Canon via Retro Thing via Wired]

Tech News Matt Buchanan May 29

Giz Explains: Why You Look Different in Photos Than You Do in the Mirror

Scratched Glasses Give Perfect Vision For Any Eyesight

Video Shot With 102-Year-Old Lens Makes Lingerie Shots Look Oh So Tasteful

Olympus’ Camera Lacks Interchangeable Lenses, But Will Be New Compact Flagship

Polaroid Partners with RealD for New 3D Glasses Line

Pocket Filters Splash Some Color Onto Your Photos

You’ve Got Your Canon Lens Thermos Already, Now Get a Matching Mug

Nikon Thermos Is Go, I Repeat, Nikon Thermos IS GO

How to Make a DIY Macro iPhone Lens

Show Them More of Your Naked Body With the Wide-Angle Webcam Mod

Why Should I Get Closer When I’ve Got This Lens?

Canon Lens Thermos Now Available for Preorder

Greatest Swag In The History of Swagginess: The Canon Lens Thermos

Bokeh Filter Turns Blurry Lights Into Distinct Shapes

Make a Cellphone Macro Lens From An Old DVD Player

Sony’s 24.6MP a850 DSLR Leaked, May Be Pricier Than Expected

How to: Make a Fisheye DSLR Lens for $16

DIY Macro Lens From Old Binoculars

The Things You Have to Do for Money—and a Good Photo

I Could Spend All Day at the Canon Camera Museum

Ryan Coogler Is Shifting ‘Animorphs’ Into a Disney+ Show

No Fooling, ‘Spaceballs 2’ Will Hit Theaters April 2027

I Regret to Inform You That the Artemis II Astronauts Are Having Lots of Screen Time

The First ‘Maul: Shadow Lord’ Reactions Are Most Solid

‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Season 3 Is Doing What You Hoped

Wearables Are Getting Very Messy

Trump Wants to Start Privatizing TSA in Latest Budget Proposal

Lost Warship From Battle of Copenhagen Found After 225 Years

AirPods Max 2 vs. Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones (2nd Gen): Which ANC Headphones Win?

The Best Gadgets of March 2026

AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Let us help find what you are looking for...