Old Dog, New Pics: This New Nikon Camera Case Let’s Your Pup Snap Photos

By Kim Lachance Shandrow May 30, 2015
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Picture your dog taking pictures. Then picture yourself taking pictures of your dog taking pictures. You know you want to.

Thanks to the canine-friendly engineers at Nikon Asia, your pup could one day become a flashy #dogarazzi, without even knowing it. No joke. The Japanese camera maker is teasing a strap-on “smart” camera case that lets man’s best friend snap pics.

Related: 7 Lessons in Leadership From the Dogs of the Westminster Dog Show

Just imagine the reams of riveting action shots of fire hydrants, food bowls, tennis balls and, yup, other pups’ hind quarters to come. Well, what do you expect? We’re talking dogs here, people.

Related: Want to Be a Better Manager? Get a Dog.

Dying to get your paws on your own Heartography? Sorry, fur baby mamas and papas. The poochy case — which of course is made to hold (and promote) a Nikon COOLpix L31 — isn’t on the market yet. No official word yet on when it will be either.

Hmmm. Maybe GoPro’s dog camera harness Fetch got Nikon’s tail wagging for a bite of the budding dogographer market. We blame Lady Gaga’s snap-happy French bulldog Asia.

Instagram, prepare thyself. Photography has gone to the dogs.

Related: Forget Cat Cafes, It’s Time for a Coffee Joint for Dogs

Picture your dog taking pictures. Then picture yourself taking pictures of your dog taking pictures. You know you want to.

Thanks to the canine-friendly engineers at Nikon Asia, your pup could one day become a flashy #dogarazzi, without even knowing it. No joke. The Japanese camera maker is teasing a strap-on “smart” camera case that lets man’s best friend snap pics.

Related: 7 Lessons in Leadership From the Dogs of the Westminster Dog Show

Just imagine the reams of riveting action shots of fire hydrants, food bowls, tennis balls and, yup, other pups’ hind quarters to come. Well, what do you expect? We’re talking dogs here, people.

Related: Want to Be a Better Manager? Get a Dog.

Dying to get your paws on your own Heartography? Sorry, fur baby mamas and papas. The poochy case — which of course is made to hold (and promote) a Nikon COOLpix L31 — isn’t on the market yet. No official word yet on when it will be either.

Hmmm. Maybe GoPro’s dog camera harness Fetch got Nikon’s tail wagging for a bite of the budding dogographer market. We blame Lady Gaga’s snap-happy French bulldog Asia.

Instagram, prepare thyself. Photography has gone to the dogs.

Related: Forget Cat Cafes, It’s Time for a Coffee Joint for Dogs

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Kim Lachance Shandrow

Former West Coast Editor
Kim Lachance Shandrow is the former West Coast editor at Entrepreneur.com. Previously, she was a commerce columnist at Los Angeles CityBeat, a news producer at MSNBC and KNBC in Los Angeles and a frequent contributor to the Los Angeles Times. She has also written for Government Technology magazine, LA Yoga magazine, the Lowell Sun newspaper,...

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