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Post by drako on Nov 18, 2009 14:05:07 GMT -5
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Post by aceroadholder on Nov 18, 2009 21:02:49 GMT -5
Did you notice that the camera is mainly intended for the Japanese home market... all the adjustments are in Japanese.
If you look at the sample pictures with the magnifier, note that the ship pictured is Japan's new aircraft carrier.
Would be fun to have one... but the white plastic is a bit much... Italian Ferrari red would have been better!
Orlin in SC/USA
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dmk955
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There's no such thing as junk cameras, only unimaginative photographers!
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Post by dmk955 on Nov 23, 2009 22:40:40 GMT -5
My local camera shop has them in gray and blue for 50 bucks...looks like fun!
Dana
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mickeyobe
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Post by mickeyobe on Nov 24, 2009 11:34:24 GMT -5
I must have a badly warped sense of values.
A camera that produces photos 2-1/8"x3-3/8" at $1.50 per picture?
A camera that looks like it could be a bathroom fixture at $130.00 and it is plastic not porcelain?
The words "Wipe Clean" in the ad with no explanation, reinforces the bathroom fixture speculation.
I hear Polaroid may be making a comeback. I think I'll hold it in, thank you.
Mickey
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Mark Vaughan
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I STILL have a pile of Nikons. Considering starting a collection of Ricoh SLRs and RFs.
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Post by Mark Vaughan on Nov 24, 2009 11:35:08 GMT -5
This might be a fun Christmas present. Has anyone heard any updates about that possible European Polaroid revival?
Mark
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Post by aceroadholder on Nov 24, 2009 22:06:38 GMT -5
It seems pricey. If you could make 3" x 4" (75mm x 100mm) prints for 75 cents (US) a shot... and had a decent piece of glass in front of it.. now that would be the hit of the party.
Wait.... I actually know how to use a camera... it couldn't possibly be a good idea.
Well, you could put a three position control switch on the beastie... Off, Manual, and Stupid.
If I were King of the World of Instant Photography... I'd make a folder with a good lens and shutter... then a dry cell operated light meter with an EV scale.. then an EV scale with the speed and f-stop on the lens.. and a range finder. Then instead of snapshots you could take photographs.... naaaaah.. it would never sell.
Orlin inSC/USA
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mickeyobe
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Post by mickeyobe on Nov 25, 2009 1:18:48 GMT -5
"If I were King of the World of Instant Photography... I'd make a folder with a good lens and shutter... then a dry cell operated light meter with an EV scale.. then an EV scale with the speed and f-stop on the lens.. and a range finder. Then instead of snapshots you could take photographs.... naaaaah.. it would never sell."
Orlin inSC/USA
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May I suggest a catchy name? How about -----------
Pathfinder 111
I might buy your invention.
Mickey
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Post by aceroadholder on Nov 25, 2009 23:47:49 GMT -5
Mickey, I have reached that unfortunate age where I can see that my wonderful ideas would be financial investment black holes!
The really sad part is that if I had more energy and/or didn't have to work till my dying day (thank you Wall Street & Washington D.C.) I have the skills and workshop to build such a camera... getting the film pack would be a chore.. but perhaps test film could be made from available instant film. I think Fuji would be anxious for a new outlet for their film.
The reality though is that making any film product of any kind these days is a daunting task.
Orlin in SC/USA
ps: "... well then it couldn't possibly be a good idea!"... Groucho Marx, 'Animal Crackers' ca.1932
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Post by drako on Dec 14, 2009 15:24:34 GMT -5
It is interesting that the company selling these, Urban Outfitters, is a sort of "lifestyle" retailer, more interested in style than substance. Mostly sell clothes, but if a product falls into their "funky urban chic" demographic then they will put it up for sale. They would not be selling cameras at all if these contraptions didn't have a sort of gritty urbanity about them.
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