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11/18/2025 03:05:06 PM · #1 |
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Is it possible to use a camera here that doesn't record any EXIF data with the image? I have been having a good bit of fun with this little guy that I just picked up on Amazon for $34. Many moons ago when I used to participate here, winning images had to have the original submitted so EXIF data could validate the image as being taken during the required timeframe for the challenge.
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11/18/2025 03:18:01 PM · #2 |
Can you please send us an original file so we can see what it looks like?
Then we could give you a definitive answer. Looks like a nice toy!!
Send to Help/contact us/administrative - general inquiry.
Message edited by author 2025-11-18 15:18:47. |
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11/18/2025 03:22:20 PM · #3 |
It is a fun toy but you don't get any bells land whistles for $35 on a camera like this :) I sorta doubt that it could be eligible. |
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11/18/2025 03:45:03 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by jmsetzler:
...winning images had to have the original submitted so EXIF data could validate the image as being taken during the required timeframe for the challenge. |
Many things never change. That's one of 'em. |
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11/18/2025 04:07:59 PM · #5 |
And nobody went like “WHAT?! Who is this guy?”!
Long time no see! Find a camera that DOES have valid exit and jump back in. :-) |
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11/18/2025 04:30:36 PM · #6 |
| I took a quick look at the original you sent. It seems pretty thin on any exif data at all. Not enough to be valid for a challenge entry anyway. I'll let someone else take a peek as well (left the ticket open). |
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11/18/2025 04:30:41 PM · #7 |
| That is one cool little gadget! |
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11/18/2025 05:05:43 PM · #8 |
Looks like the very definition of a "funk-buster," as they say. :-)
SC members could chime in here...but one way you COULD legally incorporate images from it into a challenge entry is by capturing things with it that you would specifically use as a textural overlay to something captured with a "valid" digital camera within the challenge timeframe. Like images of clouds or concrete and such. Am I right?
Just a thought...
Message edited by author 2025-11-18 17:07:25. |
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11/18/2025 05:31:50 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by glad2badad:
And nobody went like “WHAT?! Who is this guy?”!
Long time no see! Find a camera that DOES have valid exit and jump back in. :-) |
I dunno if I'm up for DPC contests again or not :) I thought it might be fun to compete with a $34 camera but I don't think this one is gonna be legal here. I 'could' compete with it as long as I didn't finish in the top 3.. lol
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11/18/2025 05:55:19 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by kanaj:
Looks like the very definition of a "funk-buster," as they say. :-)
SC members could chime in here...but one way you COULD legally incorporate images from it into a challenge entry is by capturing things with it that you would specifically use as a textural overlay to something captured with a "valid" digital camera within the challenge timeframe. Like images of clouds or concrete and such. Am I right?
Just a thought... |
Correct. Under Standard editing rules ...
You May: "use images that do not meet the source or date requirements as textures in your entry if they function specifically as textures and not to circumvent other rules." |
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11/18/2025 06:10:44 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by jmsetzler:
Originally posted by glad2badad:
And nobody went like “WHAT?! Who is this guy?”!
Long time no see! Find a camera that DOES have valid exit and jump back in. :-) |
I dunno if I'm up for DPC contests again or not :) I thought it might be fun to compete with a $34 camera but I don't think this one is gonna be legal here. I 'could' compete with it as long as I didn't finish in the top 3.. lol |
I don't have a "toy" camera but I like "toy" effects. Side challenges require no exif. |
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11/18/2025 06:47:26 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by jmsetzler:
Originally posted by glad2badad:
And nobody went like “WHAT?! Who is this guy?”!
Long time no see! Find a camera that DOES have valid exit and jump back in. :-) |
I dunno if I'm up for DPC contests again or not :) I thought it might be fun to compete with a $34 camera but I don't think this one is gonna be legal here. I 'could' compete with it as long as I didn't finish in the top 3.. lol |
well in that case I could be in. (send the camera to me). |
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11/18/2025 10:27:12 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by jmsetzler:
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Is it possible to use a camera here that doesn't record any EXIF data with the image? I have been having a good bit of fun with this little guy that I just picked up on Amazon for $34. Many moons ago when I used to participate here, winning images had to have the original submitted so EXIF data could validate the image as being taken during the required timeframe for the challenge. |
Whoa! Now this looks so cool! Where do I get one? I'll do some research! :-) |
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11/19/2025 12:56:37 AM · #14 |
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11/19/2025 03:08:39 PM · #15 |
I guess I'll get my Sony back up and running....
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11/19/2025 03:21:16 PM · #16 |
I guess I'll get my Sony back up and running....
That is one great idea! Welcome to the group! |
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11/19/2025 04:23:03 PM · #17 |
Originally posted by Barroness:
I guess I'll get my Sony back up and running....
That is one great idea! Welcome to the group! |
Um, that would be welcome back -- he was one of the charter members of what became the Site Council ... ;-) |
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11/27/2025 10:19:23 AM · #18 |
Originally posted by jmsetzler:
I guess I'll get my Sony back up and running.... |
Welcome home John! It would be great to have one of the "framers" back in the game
Message edited by author 2025-11-27 10:19:48. |
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11/27/2025 10:36:34 AM · #19 |
Originally posted by LevT:
Originally posted by jmsetzler:
I guess I'll get my Sony back up and running.... |
Welcome home John! It would be great to have one of the "framers" back in the game |
I am gonna hang around a while... not sure if challenges are my thing any more...
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11/27/2025 12:53:05 PM · #20 |
Originally posted by jmsetzler:
Originally posted by LevT:
Originally posted by jmsetzler:
I guess I'll get my Sony back up and running.... |
Welcome home John! It would be great to have one of the "framers" back in the game |
I am gonna hang around a while... not sure if challenges are my thing any more... |
Side challenges are sill a thing. |
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12/02/2025 05:47:40 PM · #21 |
 Chuzhao by John Setzler, on Flickr
My wife got me the red version of this camera as an early christmas gift :)
I bought an iphone lens kit that I have modified to work with this camera also. I installed that adapter ring on the original CHUZHAO where I can screw those filters on over the lens.... I played with the fisheye briefly yesterday...
 Jack-O-Lantern - Fisheye - Chuzhao Toy Camera by John Setzler, on Flickr
 Lilly - Fisheye - Chuzhao Toy Camera by John Setzler, on Flickr |
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12/05/2025 11:27:49 AM · #22 |
Playing with an add-on macro lens... these were made with one of the add-on lens kits you can get cheaply for the iPhones.... just a very minor modification allows those to work beautifully on the CHUZHAO.....
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12/05/2025 12:39:15 PM · #23 |
| intriguing. (love playing). |
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12/05/2025 01:54:08 PM · #24 |
| Look mighty good for a toy ... more evidence that it's the photographer not the camera ... :-) |
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12/05/2025 03:56:04 PM · #25 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Look mighty good for a toy ... more evidence that it's the photographer not the camera ... :-) |
Maybe.. or maybe knowing how to work within the limits of the tools... This camera has some weaknesses, one of which shows up in that photo of the lock. It does not meter the scenes very well. When you have a scene with a lot of left and right on the histogram, the highs are gonna lose out... |
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