A while ago now I bought a Aiptek GO-HD 720p from Amazon for cheap. The FotoRamp review was helpful; links to actual raw video convinced me; but this video review was absolutely no help at all.
You can’t track the brand on Flickr; but a search reveals a few photos (one, two), a video, and even [...]

Posted January 2, 2009 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Dispatches, Photoblog. Tags: aiptek, aiptek go-hd, camera, cheap, video, video camera. 2 Comments.

Flickr blog I discovered the Peephole fish eye group. The idea is simple: us a $5 door peephole to give your camera a fisheye lens. Here are the instructions:

Hold peephole against rim of camera lens.
Set camera to “macro”. (the image is actually displayed on the inside face of the convex lens of the peephole. The [...]

Posted December 1, 2008 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Photoblog, Technology. Tags: camera, cheap, diy, fisheye, lens, peephole, photography. 3 Comments.

I’m looking for a new car, but I’m finding that the market for cheap and fuel efficient cars is no better now than it was in 2005.
I drive about 140 miles round trip to work (all highway), so I’m looking for the best available highway fuel economy. I can drive a standard, but Sandee can’t, [...]

Posted August 14, 2007 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Planes, Trains, & Automobiles. Tags: car, cars, cheap, econo box, fuel economy, fuel efficient, Honda Fit, Toyota Yaris. 15 Comments.

Above, one of Sandge’s contributions to the The Toy Cameras Pool reminds us that good photography is something that often happens despite the equipment, not because of it.
Of course, no sweeping generalization can go without argument, and in this case I think the toy camera enthusiasts would be joined by the glitch art aficionados, like [...]

Posted October 15, 2006 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Books, Movies, Music, Photoblog. Tags: art, broken, cheap, glitch, glitch art, photography, toy camera. Be the first one.