10/10/2013 Weekly Tech Article

The Turtle Cam

• Camera design is getting more and more interesting as its components get smaller, but there's one major limitation: cameras are always made out of cameras. Our friends over at Pop Photo put together a list of cameras made out of things that are not cameras--turtle shells, garbage cans, an egg, and more.
• Apparently the Turtle Camera does actually work. The camera itself places a large-format lens at the end of the shell where the head would normally be. There's a film holder cut into the shell in the middle. The shutter predictably works with a cable-release, so it seems safe to assume the Turtle Cam has a tripod socket in its belly. It would probably look just great sitting atop taxidermied flamingo monopod.
• http://www.popsci.com/gadgets/article/2012-07/making-camera-out-turtle-shell-egg-and-more-weird-casings