Photographers are known for taking their gear seriously. Sometimes a little too seriously: we round up an array of eccentric, bizarre and some cute camera themed collectibles and gift items.

So, at the beginning of the year at the Winter Olympics, Canon scored a massive PR hit by launching a range of Canon mugs in the shape of their L lenses. Photographers loved the well-made souvenir and literally, a whole industry of lens shaped mugs has spawned as a result. There is a website called canonmugs.com that sells, yes - you guessed it: Canon mugs!! Nikon lovers also lobbied mug manufacturers and thre have been some Nikon mugs on the market as well but it was Canon who scored the win in coming up with this first!

The next item on our list is the focal length bracelets which we think are pretty cool. Who says you cant wear your love of photography on your sleeve?! Made by the talented duo of Betsy and Iya, these bracelets feature camera lens focal length ring parts.   

And for photographers who live and breathe photography, surely they need to be reminded of their craft when washing up which is where camera shaped soap comes in. The mini cotton-candy styled cameras are made by Loveleesoaps and the point and shoot camera is made by Stinkybomb, also at the Etsy store.

And of course you need to save all your images on a Canon 5D complete with lens USB drive which you can find all over Ebay for around $60 - $80.

And, finally a camera that brings a whole new meaning to fish eye cameras, the Charlie Tuna Cam; a film camera that uses 126 cartridge and also has a hotshoe on his head. The tuna cam was produced for tuna manufacturer, Starkist  as a promotional item back in the 70s has resurfaced on EBay.

Any guesses on what next?

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