From a remote control for your digital SLR, to a depth of field calculator, to a program that turns your iPhone screen into a light source, I picked my top ten favorite photo apps for the iPhone. Rather than just choose iPhone apps that use the phone's built-in camera, I tried to pick a variety of programs you can use with your regular digital camera or digital SLR to improve your photography. You can check out the "Top Ten iPhone Apps for Photographers" list and review by clicking here.

One of the most wonderful things about digital photography is how easy it is for anyone to take pictures. A cat in Seattle though has taken the simplicity of digital cameras to the extreme. Each week, the owners of Cooper, a four-year-old American shorthair cat, strap a "lighweight" camera to the feline's collar which automatically snaps a photo every two minutes. The best of the photos are then sold on the website, Cooper: Photographer Cat. While this idea, on face value, sounds absurd, people love their cats (and their digital cameras) and the site seems to be doing a brisk business...

Ever wish you could build your own camera? Ricoh seems to have just the imaging system for you. Called the Ricoh GXR, the product apparently uses one of two interchangeable small black blocks as the centerpiece of the system. The blocks contain the sensor, a lens, and an LCD screen. Other parts of the Ricoh camera are then added on almost like accessories. (UPDATE: Details on the new GXR were sketchy when we first posted this but Ricoh has since officially launched the camera. See the press release below.) According to 1001 Noisy Cameras, the Ricoh camera units come in two...

When the Samsung DualView digital camera was announced back in August, I found the concept of putting an LCD on both the front and back of the device to be an intriguing idea in this this age of Internet narcissism. At the time, I called the DualView the "ultimate vanity camera." Now that DualView is officially out -- the camera comes in two models, the TL225 and TL220 -- it's getting some decidedly mixed reviews. A review this week in Wired magazine, gives it 4 out of 10 and describes the camera as offering "a double dose of dumb." Ouch. Their complaints?...