Horseman press release:

Direct Source Marketing (DSM), the sole U.S. distributor of Horseman photo products for professionals and high-end consumers, today announced unique multi-coated conversion lenses for DSLR cameras. [Of course they should work on any film body, too. — ed]
"What makes the Horseman lenses unique is that they provide wide-angle and macro photography easily and [...]

Zeiss are [finally] releasing Canon EF mount versions of their Z series manual focus 35mm/digital SLR lenses! First out will be the Planar T* f/1.4 50mm (SRP of 579 euros) and the Planar T* f/1.4 85mm (SRP of 999 euros (both prices include 19% German VAT)).
From the current "issue" of Carl Zeiss Camera Lens News:

Carl [...]

Check out Rob’s DIY 555-based remote timer for Canon SLRs! He says:

Canon makes a SLR camera remote timer that sells for a couple hundred dollars. Using inspiration from various web sites I built one for myself using about $15 worth of parts from RadioShack.
First, it is a simple wired camera remote control. Just plug the [...]

The title pretty much says it all! More info: Web page, PDF data sheet, and PDF user manual.

Australian Polaroid-to-4×5-rangefinder camera modifier Razzledog built a prototype 4×5 SLR! He says:

I have long had dreams of building a 4×5 SLR……so this prototype is currently under review. The advantages are finally the image is right side up, so I no longer have to stand on my head….. I don’t have to worry about [...]

Check out this insane home-built paper cardboard SLR with interchangeable lenses and waist-level finder by Alexander Domotenko! There are heaps of videos at the main project page and photos he’s made with in in this set on Flickr.
Too cool!

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Canon Inc. said on Thursday that it would halt development of new film cameras to focus resources on digital models, the latest sign of the rapidly fading role of film in photography.
A spokesman at Canon, the world’s largest maker of digital cameras, said it made the decision to freeze development of [...]

Zeiss’ Camera/Cine Lenses page says that they’re releasing new lenses for SLRs (see previous posts 1 and 2). After a few hints over the last few weeks, it now says, "The solution will be revealed on 01/18/06. Until then, you will find out a little more each week from our images.".
So far, they’ve said "ZF", [...]

Zeiss promised “More” today about the “Millions of SLR Photographers Will Soon Discover a New Dimension in Photography” hint on their Camera/Cine Lenses page (see previous post). Teases that they are, all they’ve done is say “Carl Zeiss Presents ZF!” and cover the previous message with a “Top Secret” folder. Which is to say that [...]

The main Zeiss Camera/Cine Lenses page has an image that says “Millions of SLR Photographers Will Soon Discover a New Dimension in Photography”. Innnnteresting!
Is the excellent Zeiss 45mm for Contax G too much to hope for in an EF mount with FTM (Full-Time Manual focus)? (Both of Canon’s 50mm offerings exhibit severe barrel distortion are [...]