Stupid things Camera Companies leave out...

To a large degree the features a camera has is decided by the advertising agency the manufacturers use to promote their products, because it may be the best camera ever made , but the most important thing about it is that it sells in sufficient numbers to justify the development and manufacturing costs the makers have incurred and turns a profit, they have to think about how many knobs and whistles they put on it to compete with their industry rivals and to make it desirable to potential buyers.

Marketing departments might determine what features a product has, but not advertising agencies.

So I came upon my first camera bag (box actually) and was going through my old Canon extras and found this...

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/12/11/23/ygu8ute6.jpg

Now I got all my equipment from my dad when I was 12, and I've NEVER known what this was, it obviously went on the camera strap but I could never figure out what it was for, it didn't fit on the viewfinder so it wasn't for blacking out the viewfinder for long exposures, besides It already had a rubber piece for that...

If it weren't for an APUG member complaint here that they never give you a place to store an extra battery, I would never have realized that's just what this is!!

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/12/11/23/6a3uvahu.jpg

The battery goes inside, and then the camera strap cloth sort of keeps it from falling out. Now in practice I can't be sure it's very secure, but it's kind of neat to discover this 18 years later...

Thanks APUG!


~Stone

The Noteworthy Ones - Mamiya: 7 II, RZ67 Pro II / Canon: 1V, AE-1 / Kodak: No 1 Pocket Autographic, No 1A Pocket Autographic

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Obviously, many, many cameras should have a Decisive Moment Indicator, judging from what I see on the Internet.

None of my film cameras seem to have the (rather useful) LCD on the back that my digital cameras all feature, so I can't preview my shots. It's a bit annoying really.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by pdeeh

None of my film cameras seem to have the (rather useful) LCD on the back that my digital cameras all feature, so I can't preview my shots. It's a bit annoying really.

---

There's no need to be annoyed, if you get enough experience of shooting film you don't need the chimping window at back of the camera, you can visualize what the shot you have just taken will look like in your head.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by pdeeh

None of my film cameras seem to have the (rather useful) LCD on the back that my digital cameras all feature, so I can't preview my shots. It's a bit annoying really.

---

I always thought they should have had a hybrid like that... I can't believe they never did, the movie industry did that, have a double mirror that does both film and sends a low quality signal for checking purposes


~Stone

The Noteworthy Ones - Mamiya: 7 II, RZ67 Pro II / Canon: 1V, AE-1 / Kodak: No 1 Pocket Autographic, No 1A Pocket Autographic

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by pdeeh

None of my film cameras seem to have the (rather useful) LCD on the back that my digital cameras all feature, so I can't preview my shots. It's a bit annoying really.

---

Some Polaroid cameras had that function, I think. You got an immediate (sort of) small preview, the instant picture. And you had a printable negative with certain kind of instant film, hadn't you? So you had both the preview and the real stuff to enlarge. Waaaaay before digital :D

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Diapositivo

Some Polaroid cameras had that function, I think. You got an immediate (sort of) small preview, the instant picture. And you had a printable negative with certain kind of instant film, hadn't you? So you had both the preview and the real stuff to enlarge. Waaaaay before digital :D

---

Type 55

Yup

Some guys Massachusetts USA are working on replicating it but it doesn't seem to be very fine from the few nude images I saw taken with it. But I would like some anyway :)


~Stone

The Noteworthy Ones - Mamiya: 7 II, RZ67 Pro II / Canon: 1V, AE-1 / Kodak: No 1 Pocket Autographic, No 1A Pocket Autographic

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

A filter that automatically photographs all beautiful young women without clothes on. It has a switch so that female owners can do the same with men.