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 01/24/2011 10:12:54 PM · #1
If you could own any specialized camera...what would it be and why? What I mean by specialized: a camera that functions differently than your typical DSLR.

Example Camera of Choice: Linhof Panoramic Camera
 01/25/2011 01:56:18 AM · #2
one that prints money.
 01/25/2011 05:37:10 AM · #3
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
one that prints money.

And if the leprechaun on the bar stool beside me granted me three wishes, I would take three of those. Wait a minute!... I would rather have a beer mug that always had cold, fresh beer and never got empty. And if that worked I would take three of those instead! Who needs money when you have beer? Damn, I'm smart.
 01/25/2011 06:46:33 AM · #4
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
one that prints money.


That would be the printer...wish I had one of those. So, you get the money camera first and then the money printer...:)
01/25/2011 07:52:40 AM · #5
A 360 deg revolving panoramic camera of my own design.
 01/25/2011 09:18:54 AM · #6
Does a camera modified to do IR photography, as opposed to regular visible light count?

If so, got it!
 01/25/2011 09:37:35 AM · #7
I don't know exactly what "specialized" means, but if I had the money I'd be shooting with a Leaf Aptus 80MP back on a Sinar arTec HY-C :-)

R.
 01/25/2011 09:54:45 AM · #8
I want one of those ones that winds time back and resurrects the scene if you miss a shot. And prints money.
 01/25/2011 09:58:24 AM · #9
Originally posted by raish:
I want one of those ones that winds time back and resurrects the scene if you miss a shot. And prints money.

When I was a kid I used watch a show called "James Bond Junior" (nephew of James Bond) and the equivalent character of Q (name of IQ, grandson or something of Q) in this cartoon invented a video camera that would record something that happened in the past.

Message edited by author 2011-01-25 10:00:09.
 01/25/2011 10:25:37 AM · #10
Originally posted by raish:
I want one of those ones that winds time back and resurrects the scene if you miss a shot.

I know of an old sci-fi story based on this concept -- I'll see if I can track down the title/author. Such technology can have some unforeseen consequences ...
 01/25/2011 11:08:23 AM · #11
I want a camera that captures the image in my head rather than the one in front of me.

Actually, one of those super-duper high speed ones would be fun (although it's video/film, not still). But I've started dreaming of large format cameras...
 01/26/2011 09:19:39 PM · #12
I think this would be a fun camera to play around with.

//sigma-dp.com/DP1x/

fixed lens point and shoot.
 01/26/2011 09:31:05 PM · #13
Originally posted by Zeissman:
I think this would be a fun camera to play around with.

//sigma-dp.com/DP1x/

fixed lens point and shoot.


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 01/26/2011 10:04:16 PM · #14
Originally posted by Zeissman:
I think this would be a fun camera to play around with.

//sigma-dp.com/DP1x/

fixed lens point and shoot.


Here's the link to the main page for the DP1x, so you don't have to watch the animation.
DP1x
You also also might be interested in this.
//www.finepix-x100.com/

I'm not really sure what I would choose, but that Linhof posted looks like it could be pretty cool.
 01/27/2011 10:13:19 PM · #15
Not your run of the mill camera is it.
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
I don't know exactly what "specialized" means, but if I had the money I'd be shooting with a Leaf Aptus 80MP back on a Sinar arTec HY-C :-)

R.
01/27/2011 10:16:41 PM · #16
Originally posted by Zeissman:
I think this would be a fun camera to play around with.

//sigma-dp.com/DP1x/

fixed lens point and shoot.


I'm real close to ordering one. I just sold my DP1 to fund the purchase. I have a DP2. What makes these cameras special is the Foveon sensor. Once you see the imagery it produces, it's hard to shoot with anything else.
 01/27/2011 10:53:43 PM · #17
Originally posted by Carlo21:

Originally posted by Bear_Music:
I don't know exactly what "specialized" means, but if I had the money I'd be shooting with a Leaf Aptus 80MP back on a Sinar arTec HY-C :-)
Not your run of the mill camera is it.


Nope... Back when I was working, my weapon of choice was the Sinar-P 4x5 View Camera. I have an abiding fondness for the precision of Sinar products :-)

R.
 01/27/2011 10:55:13 PM · #18
Originally posted by bvy:

I'm real close to ordering one. I just sold my DP1 to fund the purchase. I have a DP2. What makes these cameras special is the Foveon sensor. Once you see the imagery it produces, it's hard to shoot with anything else.


I've heard that... but I've also heard the DP series is infuriating in practice. Thoughts?
 01/27/2011 11:14:57 PM · #19
//www.betterlight.com/products4X5.html

Message edited by author 2011-01-27 23:15:13.
 01/28/2011 12:37:41 AM · #20
Very nice.
Originally posted by apercep:
//www.betterlight.com/products4X5.html
01/28/2011 08:36:23 AM · #21
Originally posted by spiritualspatula:
Originally posted by bvy:

I'm real close to ordering one. I just sold my DP1 to fund the purchase. I have a DP2. What makes these cameras special is the Foveon sensor. Once you see the imagery it produces, it's hard to shoot with anything else.


I've heard that... but I've also heard the DP series is infuriating in practice. Thoughts?


Very slow processing times. Apparently vastly improved with the DP1x 2nd-generation engine.

R.
 01/28/2011 08:41:19 AM · #22
Originally posted by apercep:
//www.betterlight.com/products4X5.html


Interesting: that's a scanning back for view cameras, as opposed to a CMOS sensor for view cameras. Primarily designed for reprographics-type work. Takes several minutes per exposure. Something we would have used when we photographed art for museum exhibition catalogs and stuff like that.

R.
 01/28/2011 08:43:31 AM · #23
Hasselblad X-PAN with three lenses. The X-PAN is the coolest panoramic camera ever designed and built in the world. Amazing ground-breaking features, incredible resolution, easy to use, and ultra cool to own. When the film is scanned into a computer at 4,000 dpi, the results are mind-boggling to see. Especially when stitching together two or three pictures into one extreme composite image. Just stunning.

No wait, I own it already! Priceless.

Message edited by author 2011-01-28 08:43:50.
 01/28/2011 08:46:16 AM · #24
Originally posted by spiritualspatula:
I've heard that... but I've also heard the DP series is infuriating in practice. Thoughts?

They have their quirks: strange ergonomics, slow performance (AF, read/write), short battery life, etc. Infuriating might be an overstatement -- depends on your expectations and maybe your temperament. If you're shooting a landscape, do you really need AF in nanoseconds? For faster action, the manual focus (with dial!) is very usable.

If you don't fall in love with the images, there's no reason to use the camera. View the RAW files at 100% to get a feel for what it's capable of.

ETA: To Bear's point, the processing times are improved in the newer models.

Message edited by author 2011-01-28 08:48:19.
 01/28/2011 09:50:34 AM · #25
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