Draconian new Olympic camera rules
Posted 03/08/2012 - 14:16
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steven9761 wrote:
Seriously?? I guess you failed to grasp the irony of the opening ceremony which was proudly boasting to the world that GB revolutionised industry. Where are those industries now?
You can't blame the Olympics on that though can you? The damage was done years ago. I wouldn't want to over-claim, but there have been UK businesses which have benefited from the Olympics over the last few years - construction firms, cement works, manufacturers... I wouldn't be surprised if it has kept a few companies ticking over, it's just a shame that it's only temporary.Seriously?? I guess you failed to grasp the irony of the opening ceremony which was proudly boasting to the world that GB revolutionised industry. Where are those industries now?
steven9761 wrote:
The money should have been spent on buying every citizen of GB a DSLR - Pentax, of course!!
That's right - the Japanese economy also needs propping up, not just ours!
The money should have been spent on buying every citizen of GB a DSLR - Pentax, of course!!
Posted 03/08/2012 - 14:43
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Here is an astonishingly long list of British defunct camera manufacturers link
Ken
“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -
“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -
Posted 03/08/2012 - 14:48
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I havent a clue what a list of defunct British Camera manufacturers has to do with Draconian Olympic rules, but Will's suggestion would be far more cost effective and sensible - I will wait for the new issue later in the Year. We may as well be taxpayers for the next 30 years for something that lasts.........
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Photography is an index for measuring futility and pride.......
Paul
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http://s743.photobucket.com/home/pg20_photos/index
https://www.flickr.com/photos/pg20
Posted 03/08/2012 - 14:54
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Thanks Ken. Batty Cameras it is!
Battyuser.co.uk hasn't been claimed so well be OK for a forum.
I've decided to outsource the sensors.
(Anybody know how to make a shutter?)
Battyuser.co.uk hasn't been claimed so well be OK for a forum.
I've decided to outsource the sensors.
(Anybody know how to make a shutter?)
paulgee20 wrote:
I havent a clue what a list of defunct British Camera manufacturers has to do with Draconian Olympic rule
Not a thing. Just trying to lighten the mood.
I havent a clue what a list of defunct British Camera manufacturers has to do with Draconian Olympic rule
Posted 03/08/2012 - 14:56
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I am going to tennis tomorrow, looks like I will be up past midnight on this one, if there is no official clarification, then I will take the 135 and pass it if as a 35mm! Doubt security will have a clue!
I think the pros are running scared that amateurs will produce better images!
At least my tennis playing 8year old has the I10! So he will be able to prove he was there when he inherits the Olympic tax bill!
I think the pros are running scared that amateurs will produce better images!
At least my tennis playing 8year old has the I10! So he will be able to prove he was there when he inherits the Olympic tax bill!
Bodies: K5IIs, K7, MZ5n, LX, MV
Lenses: DA*16-50, DA18-55WR, DA18-135, DAL35, M50 F2, A50 f1.4, FA50 f1.4, DA*50-135, DA55-300, Tamron 70-300, DFA 100 WR Macro, M135 f3.5, Sigma 120-400 APO DG HSM, Tokina 500 f8.0
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Flash: Metz 58, Metz 48
Accessories: BG4, Pentax right angle finder, Pentax mirror adaptor lens, O-ME53 Viewfinder Loupe
Auto 110 System: Auto 110, Winder, 18mm, 24mm, 50mm, 70mm, 20-40mm, AF100P, 1.7x telecon
Posted 03/08/2012 - 15:00
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cabstar wrote:
We still live in unequal times...
Yup, old boys network still exists
dougf8 wrote:
Like most things in life, music, entertainment, sport, business, politics your more likely to succeed if you where privately educated...1stEverPentax wrote:
It's getting beyond a joke, this whole commercial Olympic monster needs putting down. Perhaps the time is right for somebody to introduce an alternative Global Games designed for the benefit of ordinary people not the multinational corporations.
One where only 7% of the contestants have been to public school? Currently 50% have! Sport is so democratic, but a rich daddy helps.It's getting beyond a joke, this whole commercial Olympic monster needs putting down. Perhaps the time is right for somebody to introduce an alternative Global Games designed for the benefit of ordinary people not the multinational corporations.
We still live in unequal times...
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Flash: AF-540FGZ, Vivitar 283
Posted 03/08/2012 - 15:01
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greynolds999 wrote:
(Anybody know how to make a shutter?)
Step 1:(Anybody know how to make a shutter?)
I did some woodwork at school!
How about a new rotery shutter, a bit like a fan, it will have 3 functions - a sensor cleanor (blow the dust off), a sensor cooler and a twin leaf shutter!
Bodies: K5IIs, K7, MZ5n, LX, MV
Lenses: DA*16-50, DA18-55WR, DA18-135, DAL35, M50 F2, A50 f1.4, FA50 f1.4, DA*50-135, DA55-300, Tamron 70-300, DFA 100 WR Macro, M135 f3.5, Sigma 120-400 APO DG HSM, Tokina 500 f8.0
Flash: Metz 58, Metz 48
Accessories: BG4, Pentax right angle finder, Pentax mirror adaptor lens, O-ME53 Viewfinder Loupe
Auto 110 System: Auto 110, Winder, 18mm, 24mm, 50mm, 70mm, 20-40mm, AF100P, 1.7x telecon
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Flash: Metz 58, Metz 48
Accessories: BG4, Pentax right angle finder, Pentax mirror adaptor lens, O-ME53 Viewfinder Loupe
Auto 110 System: Auto 110, Winder, 18mm, 24mm, 50mm, 70mm, 20-40mm, AF100P, 1.7x telecon
Posted 03/08/2012 - 15:07
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Brilliant. What next. Lenses!
Why don't we just make it a K mount? Simples.
I think we're ready for Dragons' Den! I'll get on to the BBC.
Why don't we just make it a K mount? Simples.
I think we're ready for Dragons' Den! I'll get on to the BBC.
Posted 03/08/2012 - 15:28
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What about the controller? I can do a little programming so the processing engin could be up an runing in a few months (unless I am arrested trying to get into Wimbledon with my non-pro, 'that looks like a pro camera Sir.' camera!)
Now, all we need is a good quality USB cable to attach my smart phone as the new 'DigiPRIME' processor.
Now, all we need is a good quality USB cable to attach my smart phone as the new 'DigiPRIME' processor.
Bodies: K5IIs, K7, MZ5n, LX, MV
Lenses: DA*16-50, DA18-55WR, DA18-135, DAL35, M50 F2, A50 f1.4, FA50 f1.4, DA*50-135, DA55-300, Tamron 70-300, DFA 100 WR Macro, M135 f3.5, Sigma 120-400 APO DG HSM, Tokina 500 f8.0
Flash: Metz 58, Metz 48
Accessories: BG4, Pentax right angle finder, Pentax mirror adaptor lens, O-ME53 Viewfinder Loupe
Auto 110 System: Auto 110, Winder, 18mm, 24mm, 50mm, 70mm, 20-40mm, AF100P, 1.7x telecon
Lenses: DA*16-50, DA18-55WR, DA18-135, DAL35, M50 F2, A50 f1.4, FA50 f1.4, DA*50-135, DA55-300, Tamron 70-300, DFA 100 WR Macro, M135 f3.5, Sigma 120-400 APO DG HSM, Tokina 500 f8.0
Flash: Metz 58, Metz 48
Accessories: BG4, Pentax right angle finder, Pentax mirror adaptor lens, O-ME53 Viewfinder Loupe
Auto 110 System: Auto 110, Winder, 18mm, 24mm, 50mm, 70mm, 20-40mm, AF100P, 1.7x telecon
Posted 03/08/2012 - 15:31
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I have just had an idea!
I could take my film camera! They won't understand what it is!
Or, I can take my DSLR camera with my 35mm lens attached and my 18-135 lens with my Kelco telescope adaptor attached and say its my telescope because I have very poor eyesight!
I could take my film camera! They won't understand what it is!
Or, I can take my DSLR camera with my 35mm lens attached and my 18-135 lens with my Kelco telescope adaptor attached and say its my telescope because I have very poor eyesight!
Bodies: K5IIs, K7, MZ5n, LX, MV
Lenses: DA*16-50, DA18-55WR, DA18-135, DAL35, M50 F2, A50 f1.4, FA50 f1.4, DA*50-135, DA55-300, Tamron 70-300, DFA 100 WR Macro, M135 f3.5, Sigma 120-400 APO DG HSM, Tokina 500 f8.0
Flash: Metz 58, Metz 48
Accessories: BG4, Pentax right angle finder, Pentax mirror adaptor lens, O-ME53 Viewfinder Loupe
Auto 110 System: Auto 110, Winder, 18mm, 24mm, 50mm, 70mm, 20-40mm, AF100P, 1.7x telecon
Lenses: DA*16-50, DA18-55WR, DA18-135, DAL35, M50 F2, A50 f1.4, FA50 f1.4, DA*50-135, DA55-300, Tamron 70-300, DFA 100 WR Macro, M135 f3.5, Sigma 120-400 APO DG HSM, Tokina 500 f8.0
Flash: Metz 58, Metz 48
Accessories: BG4, Pentax right angle finder, Pentax mirror adaptor lens, O-ME53 Viewfinder Loupe
Auto 110 System: Auto 110, Winder, 18mm, 24mm, 50mm, 70mm, 20-40mm, AF100P, 1.7x telecon
Posted 03/08/2012 - 16:20
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There is a project for this back in about 2000 that I signed up for as a potential tester. However the project never progressed. The prototype was a FF sensor that actually went where the film did and the equilivent of the film spool housed the electronics, processing engin (JPG only) and a USB port.
Looked like a great idea at the time, think it was about a 2MP sensor!
Looked like a great idea at the time, think it was about a 2MP sensor!
Bodies: K5IIs, K7, MZ5n, LX, MV
Lenses: DA*16-50, DA18-55WR, DA18-135, DAL35, M50 F2, A50 f1.4, FA50 f1.4, DA*50-135, DA55-300, Tamron 70-300, DFA 100 WR Macro, M135 f3.5, Sigma 120-400 APO DG HSM, Tokina 500 f8.0
Flash: Metz 58, Metz 48
Accessories: BG4, Pentax right angle finder, Pentax mirror adaptor lens, O-ME53 Viewfinder Loupe
Auto 110 System: Auto 110, Winder, 18mm, 24mm, 50mm, 70mm, 20-40mm, AF100P, 1.7x telecon
Lenses: DA*16-50, DA18-55WR, DA18-135, DAL35, M50 F2, A50 f1.4, FA50 f1.4, DA*50-135, DA55-300, Tamron 70-300, DFA 100 WR Macro, M135 f3.5, Sigma 120-400 APO DG HSM, Tokina 500 f8.0
Flash: Metz 58, Metz 48
Accessories: BG4, Pentax right angle finder, Pentax mirror adaptor lens, O-ME53 Viewfinder Loupe
Auto 110 System: Auto 110, Winder, 18mm, 24mm, 50mm, 70mm, 20-40mm, AF100P, 1.7x telecon
Posted 03/08/2012 - 16:25
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greynolds999 wrote:
Brilliant. What next. Lenses!
Why don't we just make it a K mount? Simples.
I think we're ready for Dragons' Den! I'll get on to the BBC.
There's a huge stack of bottle bottoms locally now that they've started using cans - would they do?Brilliant. What next. Lenses!
Why don't we just make it a K mount? Simples.
I think we're ready for Dragons' Den! I'll get on to the BBC.
regards
Bernard
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OK, that does it. I'm going to start a British camera company. The first thing we need is a name.
(Anybody know how to make a sensor?)
Step 2: give up and buy a company who already holds the paintents required;
Step 3: give up and buy a company that produces sensors;
Step 4: outsource manufacturing to a camera company who will outsource manufacturing to a manufacturing company who will steal your design and make it cheaper.
Lenses: DA*16-50, DA18-55WR, DA18-135, DAL35, M50 F2, A50 f1.4, FA50 f1.4, DA*50-135, DA55-300, Tamron 70-300, DFA 100 WR Macro, M135 f3.5, Sigma 120-400 APO DG HSM, Tokina 500 f8.0
Flash: Metz 58, Metz 48
Accessories: BG4, Pentax right angle finder, Pentax mirror adaptor lens, O-ME53 Viewfinder Loupe
Auto 110 System: Auto 110, Winder, 18mm, 24mm, 50mm, 70mm, 20-40mm, AF100P, 1.7x telecon