While many of us today use our cell phones as cameras, "point and shoot" had a very different effect when your camera was shaped like a handgun. Here are some of the weirdest vintages cameras, from cameras shaped like pistols and watches to one that could photograph an entire train at once.
Curious cameras made from stuffed armadillos and turtle shells
Cameras are usually the instruments of art creation, but in their Camera Collection, artists Taiyo Onorato and Nico Krebs turn cameras into objects of art themselves. They remove the devices from their usual metal and plastic shells, replacing them with unexpected, and sometimes natural, coverings.
The incredible devices that made motion pictures before there were…
Long before Hollywood and Bollywood, people wanted to watch movies. The weird part is that they were watching them. Even without cameras, people from the Cro Magnons to the Victorians invented ways to make pictures move. They even made movies in the genres that we recognize today. You could find everything from horror …
Breathtaking SLR photos show life aboard the ISS
Yes, that's an apple floating in zero gravity. This is just one of a bunch of arresting images that just went online. Nikon sent a high-res SLR camera aboard the International Space Station with NASA's astronauts. More pics below.
A $150 Space Camera Took This Photo Of The Earth
Two MIT students managed to snap this incredible picture of our planet by spending just $150 on a Canon camera, a weather balloon full of helium, and a styrofoam cooler. The camera reached 93,000 feet before crashing to Earth. [CNET]
