Modern cameras have no soul
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stowpirate
skinflintish camera nut
It is one hell of an ugly looking beast
This one camera I want to own.
I have a Voightlander Brilliant with a Heliar lens that cost peanuts at a car boot sale
Johnny Canuck3
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stowpirate
skinflintish camera nut
My first camera was totally made out of plastic.
Nice colour at least it is not black plastic
Nobody picked up on the fact the 1930's Voightlander Brilliant TLR's and later Lubital both have plastic bodies.
The dogs bollock's Superb was an interesting TLR as it had parallax correction.
Johnny Canuck3
Well-Known Member
All I care about in a camera is that it can make the images I want, in the way I want. Tbh, I haven't got a digital camera to give me the images I want in exactly the right way, but that's because I haven't mastered them yet. My old Pentax gave me the best images, and it wasn't particularly pretty.
I like looking at these old cameras in the same way I like looking at an Edsel or a Studebaker. They look great as a piece of art, but I think I'd rather drive to work every day in a Toyota.
I like looking at these old cameras in the same way I like looking at an Edsel or a Studebaker. They look great as a piece of art, but I think I'd rather drive to work every day in a Toyota.
Johnny Canuck3
Well-Known Member
You think the Edsel was a great work of art?
To look at.
stowpirate
skinflintish camera nut
You think the Edsel was a great work of art?
It makes modern cars look ugly
A compact folding camera
http://photo.net/classic-cameras-forum/00PH48
I think you can see why the Edsel didn't sell.
As for the folding compact cameras, perhaps it is time someone came up with a modern digital version. With some of today's faster lenses and the space for a larger sensor instead of the old 127 or 120 film it could be a winner.
As for the folding compact cameras, perhaps it is time someone came up with a modern digital version. With some of today's faster lenses and the space for a larger sensor instead of the old 127 or 120 film it could be a winner.
stowpirate
skinflintish camera nut
Looks awesome now but compared to its pears an ugly duckling
Good idea should be based on this version with similar lens and controls
The camera was famous as a compact for use by the average soldiers in the trenches of WWI. Somewhere in the loft I have got one of these and a few negs. They are worthless now which is a shame.
http://flickr.com/photos/arkku/864912908/
clusterflux
Ham handed knee jerk
I don't know if I can say the new cameras are soulless, but I think the process is, comparatively speaking. Film is a more soulful medium in my opinion because it involves more rituals. The mixing of the chemicals, the development of the film, the making of a print. It also engages more of the senses. The smell of the chemicals, the weight and feel of the jugs the chemicals are kept in, and the sound of the chemicals being poured in and out of the tank. There is also the making of a print, which has its own set of tactile sensations. Plus it is not something that is easily decided, the end print with film. This makes it a thing of the soul, in my mind.
Paul Russell
Psychogeographer
Erm, I like to fantasize and speculate about cameras as much as the next person, but at the end of the day, the ideas and the resulting images are the main things, IMHO...
Edit: apologies for not reading the previous 100 posts.
Edit: apologies for not reading the previous 100 posts.
stowpirate
skinflintish camera nut
With its mixture of the old style rangefinder and digital I sometimes fantasize about one of these M8's but the cost brings me back to reality
Paul Russell
Psychogeographer
With its mixture of the old style rangefinder and digital I sometimes fantasize about one of these M8's but the cost brings me back to reality
Hmm, a mere three grand!
stowpirate
skinflintish camera nut
Then there is the cost for a set of lenses
I have an adapter to fit screw mount LTM lenses which includes all the Soviet Zeiss Ikon clones but cannot afford the initial investment to get a camera body!
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