Eazzzy! photo camera

Designer Sungwoo Park's prototype Eazzzy! photo camera consists of a USB stick with a lens and one button, and offers "the feeling of not knowing how your shots turned out à la analog film" with the convenience of USB transfer; not to mention a groovily ironic, retro-styled shape in several bright colours. And you can undoubtedly expect the images to turn out fashionably lo-fi, as you'd get that with anything of that size.
Though I wonder if it'd be just standard cameraphone lo-fi or whether they'd put an artfully crappy lens on the thing (as with cult film cameras such as the Lomo and Diana). They could, of course, program the firmware to oversaturate the colours, or overexpose the centre of the image and vignette the edges, though that would run against the cult of authenticity from which the lo-fi fad stems, thus being the photographic equivalent of alternative rock recorded for major labels in expensive studios, with special ProTools plug-ins thrown in to make it sound grungier.)

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3D photo maker

Even with the most expensive photo camera there’s a detail that always escapes and that’s called immersion. No matter how god a photo is, you’ll always know it’s just a picture, there’s not a feeling of being there, if you know what I mean. But things doesn’t have to be the same, and 3DWorld tries to prove that with the help of TL120-1, a digital photo camera meant to take 3D pictures.
First read on and find out what 3D means in 3DWorld’s vision. TL120-1 is a modified film camera, fitted with three lenses, specially positioned so that the three resulting pictures are interpolated and then combined together when used with a special projector, that 3DWorld also provides.

Now the specs, which are not that special, if you don’t take into consideration the three lenses:

• Camera Type: Medium Format Tri-lens Stereo Camera (Reflex Viewing Lens)
• Lenses: Anti-reflection coated glass optics, seven elements in six groups. f/2.8, 80mm focal length
• Lens Separation: 63.5mm
• Focusing: manual adjustment, 0.8m – infinity
• Shutter Type: metal focal plane shutter
• Aperture: F2.8, 4, 5.6, 8, 11, 16, 22 and six half stops
• Shutter Speeds: B, 1,1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/15, 1/30, 1/60, 1/125, 1/250, 1/500Sec.
• Light Metering: consists of two of SPD’s (silicon photo diodes) for light measurement; aperture and shutter speeds are matched according to the LED display.
• Viewfinder: consists of a viewfinder hood and lens, Eye-level pentaprism type with .0.7 X magnification
• Focusing Screen: Split-image micro-prism type surrounded by a Fresnel screen. 3 LEDs in 5 exposure graduations display overexposure (+), correct exposure (O) & underexposure (-)
• Flash Synchronization: X-contact only, sync speed 1/30 sec. or slower
• Film Advance: Lever provided; 16O standoff angle and 128O winding angle, aligning film numbers through window on camera back
• Power Source: Choice of two 1.5V alkaline-manganese batteries or two 1.55V silver-oxide batteries.
• Film: One roll of 120 reversal film for a pair of 58mm x 56mm stereo images. 6 pairs per roll.
• Dimensions: Approx. 207mm x 205mm x 134mm (8.15" x 8.07"x 5.28"), camera body only
• Weight: 1960g or 69oz (camera body only)

A more complete user manual can be downloaded from here. My opinion is that this kind of product is only suited for some purposes, it can’t fulfill a typical photographer, and depending on how you define "some purposes" it might prove a very bad investment.

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Nikon MILLENNIUM limited

Nikon rangefinder S3 2000 ("Y2K") model

Amidst taking off in the digital imaging sector in SLR and P&S market as well as an upgrade of LEICA M6 TTL which has brought TTL flash to their evergreen line of M6 series, not many people would had the slightest imagination to relate the Japanese camera which had found its recognition in the photographic equipment market via their S-mount rangefinder series cameras back in the '50 would reintroduce a remake of the old time classic. Yes. indeed it had stunned many observers and sprung surprises to Nikon enthusiasts worldwide when it was released in February, 2000 with the original intention of 2000 limited edition units for Year 2000. The "idea" was so well received that before it was officially shipped that back order was already piling up domestically as well as international request that eventually it had exceeded the original target production unit of 2000 units.

I guess the last two generation of Nikon users probably had no idea what and how the Nikon rangefinder era was. You may just browse around in a simplest way to get an idea in the sequential events via the pages of the pictorial history. Basically, the Nikon S3 (1958~1967) was a simplified version based on the professional grade Nikon SP, where some selected features in the Nikon SP had been removed. The bright line frames in the S3 was not switchable but there were three fixed frame lines for popular focal length such as 35mm, 50mm and 105mm (the SP offers extended range of 28~135mm*). The S3 can / will accept / share the many accessories designed for the SP such as S36, S250 Motor Drives etc. Two known versions of the Nikon S3 exist, one with cloth shutter and another with a Titanium shutter curtain. Besides, there was a special edition which was being produced to commemorate the XVIII Tokyo Summer Olympic Games in 1964 - a few years after its discontinuation. Approx. 14,000 of the Nikon S3 were being produced throughout its entire product cycle. In the market place, the S3 was Nikon direct answer to the highly successful continuation of the Leica M3 single stroke models as well as Contax II/III.

Nikon had also took the opportunity to refine some minor areas in the S3 remake model's external appearance but none are significant to conclude it is a new model. There are a few which deserve a mention. The film reminder has been corrected as 24 or 36 instead of 20/36 as used on the original S3; the film advance lever has been improved. The serial number which was intended to separate the new and original has been re-categorized with a starting S/N S3 20xxxx to as high as 21xxxx for chrome; S3 30xxxx for black paint version. There are some change in the choice of materials at non critical areas such as neck strap eyelet are using stainless steel now (from brass) and the finishing metallic coating is just chromed instead of the old nickel chrome. The old "Nippon Kogaku TOKYO" logo was retained, if not it would have been degrading its original intentive purpose.

Along with the release. Nikon had also tailored produced a matching Nikkor-S 1:1.4 f=50mm standard lens for the camera. Naturally, older original RF-Nikkor lenses can still be used on this new S3. As one can recall, the last RF 50/1.4 was the Olympic black in 1964 where it makes a great companion along with the original Nikon S3 black paint. The new Y2K RF-50mm f/1.4 Nikkor-S here has some similarity but internally, it has been redesigned with a new composition bearing 7 elements in 5 groups optical construction and weighs overall just only 175g. The lens has a starting S/N that begin with 20xxxxx, since the last of the Black 50/1.4 Olympic used 14xxxxx, it shouldn't be easily mixed with the reissued Nikkor-S 1.4/50mm.

Focusing scales: Unified to meters (m) scales from the original; distance range ring uses dual scales units, in m and ft
Automated frame counter dial: numeric has changed to a new “ 24” from “ 20” used in original S3
Film Sensitivity Dial: changed to ISO from older ASA
Strap lugs: Materials were changed to stainless steel from brass, and to chrome finish from nickel-chrome finish.
Film rewind crank: Slightly changed in its external design
Film rewind knob: Slightly changed in its external design  

Lens: Nikkor-S 1:1.4 f=50mm Black. “Nikon” and “MADE IN JAPAN” inscribed, and multi-coating on the lens surfaces
Lens Cap: Changed to aluminum from plastic (with “Nikon” word inscribed on the back section)
Lens hood: Pitch 0.75 mm, “Nikon” inscribed 

source mir.com.my