| (The notion of a $10 digital
camera, no matter how
crappy, can boggle the mind, if you stop to think about it...) I'm obsessed with imagery. When I'm not shooting with a LOMO, a digital SLR, or a plastic-lensed toy camera, I'm shooting with old 640x480 CMOS-based cams like the AipTek pencam SD, the Sipix Blink, or any number of $10 cameras. Or my Blackberry Pearl - if I'm going to be on call, I'm going to find a way to enjoy being tied to a phone. Shooting with these cams divorces me from the techno-babble and fixation with details, technical specs and capturing perfect moments. A cheap cam inspires me to say "why not", and shoot away. I rediscover my creativity every time I shoot with a cheap cam. Pencam Links: My take on Tinycams from my blog/photo site Aiptek and 2Fidelity, sources for Aiptek Pencams Charles Islas' tinycams site Charles has also started a Yahoo! group ...And a Flickr group! And he was profiled in ePhotoZine. Elvisthefish.com, another pencam enthusiast Pencam.org, hasn't been updated in a while, but GREAT photos 640x480.net, a site composed entirely of pix shot with a PDA Pencams are great for Bike Trips Submin.com's guide to tinycams A page entitled Tinycam Advocacy (that links to me!) One of my favorite cameras, the Stylecam Blink Mediachance Digital Camera Enhancer, a great free image tweaking tool -- Kurt Weiske |