Mr Standfast Posted June 8, 2023 Share Posted June 8, 2023 Saw this on Petapixel. I think I'd run if I saw this in Bristol. https://petapixel.com/2023/06/07/stockcam-is-a-camera-cage-that-takes-shooting-pretty-literally/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve F Posted June 8, 2023 Share Posted June 8, 2023 lmao. 3 minutes out on the UK streets with that and the armed police would get called out by 'concerned' members of the public...! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Morrison Posted June 8, 2023 Share Posted June 8, 2023 Eek! That's wrong... for a dozen different reasons... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geogphotos Posted June 8, 2023 Share Posted June 8, 2023 Apart from getting yourself shot what is the point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Morrison Posted June 8, 2023 Share Posted June 8, 2023 32 minutes ago, geogphotos said: what is the point? A re-enactment of The Gunfight at the OK Corral… or this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Normspics Posted June 8, 2023 Share Posted June 8, 2023 I remember them from the sixties with a Zenit SLR camera. http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Zenit_Photosniper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Ventura Posted June 8, 2023 Share Posted June 8, 2023 Working in Washington DC, this would NOT be a good idea 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb photos Posted June 8, 2023 Share Posted June 8, 2023 I remember the Zent and Tair 300mm from long ago. For anyone to carry one or a similar setup they would need some serious counselling. As a youngster I carried a collapsed tripod under my arm while walking on a public footpath (now closed or diverted) across the grounds of Chequers. No way would I even do anything like that now as a Londoner was shot dead for carrying a chair leg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted June 8, 2023 Share Posted June 8, 2023 6 hours ago, Michael Ventura said: Working in Washington DC, this would NOT be a good idea There is so much one could say, but one won't. 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Ramsay Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 Anyone here old enough to remember the Novoflex? - https://kamerastore.com/products/novoflex-40cm-f5-6-noflexar-1 I had one of these once Alex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Ventura Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 2 hours ago, Alex Ramsay said: Anyone here old enough to remember the Novoflex? - https://kamerastore.com/products/novoflex-40cm-f5-6-noflexar-1 I had one of these once Alex Yep sure do remember those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marianne Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 I guess if you live in an open carry state... Nah, it's just wrong for so many reasons. I've got goosebumps just looking at it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiskerke Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 2 hours ago, Alex Ramsay said: Anyone here old enough to remember the Novoflex? - https://kamerastore.com/products/novoflex-40cm-f5-6-noflexar-1 I had one of these once Alex I still have both the 400 and 600. And even the 2x converter making it a 1200mm: 2,435 ft (740 m) from the camera to the windmill and 4,000 ft (1.22 km) to the clock. Why would you want to do this? Andreas Feininger explained this in BBC Master Photographers (1983). wim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nacke Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 BAD IDEA DOT COM..... That is sick and sad at the same time. Disgusting. Chuck 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKuzmin Posted June 10, 2023 Share Posted June 10, 2023 http://scihi.org/etienne-jules-marey-chronophotographic-gun/ Anybody wants to repeat this instead of shooting stock? I did have a Photosniper during 1990s. What was the reason for this construction? Camera with shutter speeds between 1/30-1/500, lens wide open at F4.5, films ISO 50-150, no image stabilization, and strong shock from the jumping mirror on camera body. Still, from my experience nearly all motion blur results I was getting not from my stability issues but from movement of the subject. For this reason, I only used the camera+lens, without the bulky and heavy grip. BTW, focusing on this lens was much faster than the regular telescopic ring on conventional lenses which again aided for moving subjects, given that everything was manual. And it was durable for taking into field expeditions which we had many and tough. With modern equipment I see as the minimum the same reasons that had Étienne-Jules Marey: [improved] stabilization for taking video with tele lenses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted June 10, 2023 Share Posted June 10, 2023 Has a lethal vertical forward grip and is painted black - must be a dreaded much maligned "assault camera". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted June 10, 2023 Share Posted June 10, 2023 1 hour ago, Phil said: Has a lethal vertical forward grip and is painted black - must be a dreaded much maligned "assault camera". Thankfully it doesn't shoot real bullets, at least I don't think it does. 😱 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert M Estall Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 (edited) Yup, I had a Novoflex long ago. It seemed a really good idea but it wasn't impressive in sharpness. It was OK but not great and as it turned out, professionally, 200 mm was enough for my predominantly landscape work. The Novoflex was very noticeable and that isn't the way I like to work. Edited June 25, 2023 by Robert M Estall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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