little red planet » shuttercal http://www.littleredplanet.com Wed, 07 Jul 2010 11:52:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Introducing the BigShot .00 http://www.littleredplanet.com/2010/01/introducing-the-bigshot-00/ http://www.littleredplanet.com/2010/01/introducing-the-bigshot-00/#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2010 04:41:18 +0000 dale http://www.littleredplanet.com/?p=501 My friends over at Shuttercal.com are having a contest all through January. The winners recieve a XShot2.0. The XShot is a nifty little gadget that allows you take take photos of yourself from a nice distance. It’s a small telescoping device that puts your camera a good ways in front of ya so that you can [...]]]> My friends over at Shuttercal.com are having a contest all through January. The winners recieve a XShot2.0. The XShot is a nifty little gadget that allows you take take photos of yourself from a nice distance. It’s a small telescoping device that puts your camera a good ways in front of ya so that you can either get a good background shot or get a shot of yourself with a group of others. In order to win one of these babies at Shuttercal you must upload a self portrait. I really really want a XShot but I’ve seen my competition over there and don’t like my changes of winning.

However, I realised that the XShot2.0 is really for wimps. It’s long and flimsy and looks like it belongs nestled in a pocket protector alongside a calculator and half a dozen leaking pens. I decided that I’d make a better camera extender thing meself.

So, without fanfare or any pomp and circumstance nonsense, here’s the BigShot .00.
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It’s chunky and rugged. It can hold a REAL camera and lens.
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It allows you to take nice pictures of yourself.
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But, I got to thinking that my BigShot can do a lot more than the little XShot2.0.
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It can be used as a club to fight off man eating bears or dive bombing magpies.
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It makes a nice walking stick or just a good ol place to rest your noggin.
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I’m pretty proud of the BigStick.
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So, I’m off into them there hills and gonna take a few panoramics of meself from the ridge.
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BTW, I’d recommend you drop on around to Shuttercal and check out the photo a day projects and their really cool prints + shoeboxes. Also, even though you might really want a BigShot .00, I’ve decided to keep it a one-of-a-kind so you’ll have to settle for a XShot2.0.

But, Shuttercal, I still wouldn’t mind a XShot2.0, just to compare of course …

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