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Post by Berndt on Mar 9, 2012 23:17:01 GMT -5
I wonder, if somebody has gadget cameras in his collection. I recently saw a few quite interesting ones in a second hand camera shop ( very old and still based on film ). Didn't buy them though, coz I haven't had the money at the moment, but I have been surpised, that those exists at all. I just have two digital ones, the very first digital camera wrist watch, made by Casio and a pen cam, which I bought last year. The picture quality on the Casion has been more than poor ( just B/W and very tiny ), but I couldn't resist buying it at that time ... and it has been quite expensive  The pen cam is capable of recording movies in a higher resolution than HD. However, the quality is poor and the rolling shutter effect pretty annoying. Didn't really use it yet ... but it's a funny gadget and it hasn't been expensive too. So how about you ? Curious to see some 007 stuff from the last decades  |
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Post by daveh on Mar 10, 2012 0:26:39 GMT -5
No, I've not got anything of that sort, not even a Minox sub-miniature.
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Post by grenouille on Mar 10, 2012 14:06:14 GMT -5
If Minox can be considered a gadget, then I have a Minox TLX, have never used it yet, if I can get hold of a Developing tank, I'll give it a go for B & W
Will probably have to buy the film through the net c'ant find them in any photographic shop.
Hye
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Post by mickeyobe on Mar 10, 2012 14:15:54 GMT -5
Detective Camera. New Cossaque Senior by Pipon, Paris.Falling plate camera. Circa 1895. W4-1/4" x H 7" x L 9-1/4" Weight when loaded with twelve 3.5" x 4.5"glass plates - HEAVY. The photographer pointed the camera at the subject but had to stand at right angles to see the subject in the viewfinder thus deceiving the unsuspecting suspect. When he turned the key (upper left rear) to position a new plate the audible clunk could be heard in Marseilles. This was my first "collected camera. It was a mess and took me ages to get it going. I was baffled by the viewfinders until someone explained how they were used. Then things began to 'fall' into place.   Mickey |
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Post by Berndt on Mar 10, 2012 21:22:52 GMT -5
Wow Mickey ... that's a piece of technology !!!
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Post by mickeyobe on Mar 12, 2012 1:31:10 GMT -5
And then there is the true story of the Cheese Police. A large cheese producer was having trouble with mice in his plant. They would get in somehow and gorge on cheese. The CP's thought that if they could get pictures of the ingress and egress points of the vermin their access could be blocked. They figured a camera disguised as a mouse could best get the job done. So they came up with this .....  When the greedy mice with their mouths crammed with cheddar and emmenthal and gorgonzola saw it they laughed so hard that they choked to death. Problem solved. That, incidentally, put the pied piper of Hamlin out of business. He has discarded his pied clothes in favour of a tuxedo and he is now second flautist with the Hamlin Philharmonic Orchestra. He is especially popular at their semi annual chlidren's concerts. And that's a fact. Or One Step Beyond. Mickey |
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Post by Berndt on Mar 12, 2012 2:52:00 GMT -5
Great story, Mickey !!! Enjoyed that read  I think, I also need to go back to my favorite 2nd hand camera shop here. I hope, I can at least take a spy picture of the spy cameras, I saw. I have never seen those brands and some looked pretty old. Maybe I will get one of those some day ... but they have been all at about $100. Not so cheap stuff. Some are so small, that I can't even imagine, what type of film has been used. Need to check it again, but I think, there also has been a plate camera in the size of a matchbox ... incredible. Spys must have had a tough job, considering the capabilities of those ancient tools. |
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Post by daveh on Mar 12, 2012 4:08:14 GMT -5
More typical Mickey nonsense.
Brilliant.
(Berndt, of no real importance, but just a note on plurals of words ending in 'y'. Generally the plural is -ies and not -ys. Proper nouns are exceptions, e.g. the plural of the surname Alty is Altys. There are 'y' ending words that are -ys in the plural form: galleys for instance. The key is the letter before the 'y'. If a vowel the plural is -ys, if a consonant it is -ies. I can guarantee that most English writers get 'y' plurals wrong, In rugby circles most posters put trys when they mean tries. As far as I know all English follows this law, not just English English.)
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Post by mickeyobe on Mar 12, 2012 7:01:26 GMT -5
Dave,
"In rugby circles most posters put trys when they mean tries."
Could that have anything to do with them constantly batting the ball with their heads?
Mickey
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Post by Berndt on Mar 12, 2012 7:22:58 GMT -5
Thanks Dave !!! My English lessons are dated back 30 years ago and I have actually never been in any native English speaking country in my life However, I have been really lucky, that I had a very strict British lady as a school teacher for four years ( we even had to stand up when saying something, which was very unusual in Germany at that time ). I knew the basic rule about building plurals, but not that exactly (vowels/consonants). Much appreciated !!! BTW, most difficult for me are still prepositions, indicating locations ... in, at, on. Couldn't find a proper rule yet  And ... languages are changing. Even German has been simplified. When I went to school, it has been wrong to say "plurals" for example ( the German and English word is the same in this case ). It should have been "plurali", because it is a latin word ... but I don't know, if this rule ever existed in English. |
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Post by photax on Mar 12, 2012 14:43:00 GMT -5
Hi ! Here is the Minimax-Lite Camera from the early 1980`s, hidden in a working cigarette lighter. It was made in Japan by Nikoh and takes Minox-cassettes for 8x11mm pictures:   Also for Minox-cassettes is this Cam-Watch M-1 made by Chadt in Germany 1991 and sold under the "Revue"-brand:  And here is the real secret service-stuff: Krasnogorsk F-21 spy camera, used by the KGB. It has a spring motor for serial pictures like the Robot and takes 18x25mm film:  MIK |
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Post by daveh on Mar 12, 2012 15:04:40 GMT -5
Mickey, rugby is a game, played by men, with odd shaped balls.
Berndt, both you and MIK (Julio too) speak, or at least write, excellent English. You might be correct about the (Latin) origin of the word plural - I don't know from where it comes. One of the advantages of (and for) English is that its words have come in 'from all over the place'. It is also a big disadvantage as there are exceptions to every rule. Many things one just has to know - and unless you have a double 1st class honours degree (as our headmaster did) you are unlikely to get everything correct.
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Post by Berndt on Mar 13, 2012 6:19:06 GMT -5
Yep Mik, here we go ... interesting stuff !!!
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Post by daveh on Mar 13, 2012 7:22:19 GMT -5
I am constantly amazed by the variation that MIK has in his collection.
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Post by 33dollars on Mar 19, 2012 22:07:29 GMT -5
How about a 110 pocket, take anywhere camera  |
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The pen cam is capable of recording movies in a higher resolution than HD. However, the quality is poor and the rolling shutter effect pretty annoying. Didn't really use it yet ... but it's a funny gadget and it hasn't been expensive too.
