Want to take your own 1,474-megapixel photos? Now you can with the Gigapan Epic. The device was recently used to create a huge picture of the inauguration, and now you can purchase one of your own and create mega-sized pictures at home.

Macro photography is always seen as being too complicated for the average amateur. It is nothing of the sort. What you need most is a tripod. The rest is simply not very difficult.