What kind of weird camera is this?

Canon EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS

01/31/2010 10:04:13 PM · #1

I was at the Australian Open Tennis Finals when I spotted this guy with this contraption. He had another Canon with what looked like a 300mm f2.8, but he also used this quite a bit. It looks home made and looks like he taped it together, but I was intrigued at what could be going on here...any ideas?

Here, he looks like he has the box opened to see he shots...(sorry about the focus, but I was using a 70-200 f2.8 with a 2X teleconverter, handheld at night under lights).

CEJ

Canon EOS-40D

01/31/2010 10:11:27 PM · #2

So, let me get this straight...you are at the Australian Open, a major Tennis event, and you are photographing other photographers?

MattO

Nikon D4

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II

01/31/2010 10:13:29 PM · #3

That isn't a weird camera, its a 1 Series Canon camera inside a housing that keeps the shutter noise from being heard. I'll think of the name of it in a few minutes.

Matt

Sound blimp

Message edited by author 2010-01-31 22:14:56.

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

01/31/2010 10:23:09 PM · #4

Originally posted by CEJ:

So, let me get this straight...you are at the Australian Open, a major Tennis event, and you are photographing other photographers?

I just happened to see this guy, but yes, I photograph everything :) drives my wife nuts!!!

ShutterPug

Canon EOS-6D

01/31/2010 10:23:56 PM · #5

what's funny is the two in the bottom corner - both chimping at a shot the gal had taken. lol

Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5- 5.6G ED DX

01/31/2010 10:27:51 PM · #6

Originally posted by MattO:

That isn't a weird camera, its a 1 Series Canon camera inside a housing that keeps the shutter noise from being heard. I'll think of the name of it in a few minutes.

Matt

Sound blimp

Why would he want to keep it quiet when a hunderd others did not...???

JeffryZ

Nikon D80

01/31/2010 10:29:21 PM · #7

I saw a guy with one of those boxes at the Buick Invitational at Torrey Pines in San Diego and he said that was what it was. I haven't made it up to the tournament the past couple of years (you can bring in cameras for the pro/am tournament during the week but not the actual tournament).

MattO

Nikon D4

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II

01/31/2010 10:30:21 PM · #8

Originally posted by hotpasta:

Originally posted by MattO:
That isn't a weird camera, its a 1 Series Canon camera inside a housing that keeps the shutter noise from being heard. I'll think of the name of it in a few minutes.

Matt

Sound blimp

Why would he want to keep it quiet when a hunderd others did not...???

Probably because there are certain times when you can't click the camera if it's audible. And he can get shots when others can't click the shutter. Kinda of like on the backswing of a tee shot.

Matt