Sitting here at the bottom of Brooklyn bridge in the sunshine I fell in love with the Hipstamatic iPhone app. Therefore it seemed like a good moment to write my first post here. The app allows you to take pictures with your iPhone and give them a magnificent ‘Lomo‘ look. With this app, everybody (even I) can be a great photographer. Just check out the result above.
The app comes with three standard lenses and film-types, and two different flash effects. The cool thing is that you can buy extension pack with additional lenses, flashes and film variations. All these options will surely will allow you a ton of variation, and a lot of nice pictures. Go get it, and shoot away!
As my birthday is coming up this thursday I thought I’d give you a suggestion for a present: The Leica MP Golden. This 24 carat gold-plated shooter is built to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China. Production is limited to only 60 pieces, each hallmarked with a year between 1949 and 2009. The camera is encased in red calfskin, bears an inscription of Mao Zedong’s favorite slogan and you also get a wooden box to store your equipment in. Sold exclusively in China, it will only set you back 199,900 Chinese Yuan ($29,300) each. Don’t show up empty handed this thursday!
If you are like me, and always make an incredible mess out of all the cables and other peripherals that come with all the fantastic technology we use today, Cocoon Innovations has come up with a nice solution. Their Grid-it systems allows you to organize all your cables and the likes in your own smart way, because of the many elastic bands on it. Put all your iPhone stuff together, and get one for your camera stuff as well. Available in multiple sizes, it can be applied much wider than technologic products of course. Now that’s what we call a welcome innovation. Expect my order to come through soon guys!
Meet the new Olympus E-P1. Isn’t she a beauty? I won’t be bothering you with the technical specs of this new 12,3 megapix camera, which are pretty impressive if I may believe all the bloggers out there. For me the great retro looks alone are enough to want to drop about €700 for it… For all you techies, check out the specs here.
Meet Layar, the worlds first augmented reality browser. This browser, developed by SPRXmobile, ads a live layer to the image that comes through the camera of the mobile phone. This application tracks your location trough GPS and built in compass, and allows you to see in real time what is in your surroundings by pointing your camera to it. Point your camera to a restaurant, and it will show you reviews and ratings on your screen. Is this next level or not? Thinks of all the applications you could build through this… Amazing. Currently available only on Android phones, but I expect it’s only a matter of time before it reaches other platforms. Check out the video below and be amazed!
