I'd much rather just use my cell phone at this point. The IQ is far better (beyond decent really) and the whole phone was cheaper than this device. This is a solution in search of a problem. Same goes for the new Yashica toy camera. Like WTF is really the point of that? The camera in my cell phone is literally a $12 part, sensor and lens. This has an even smaller sensor. Where is all the money going really?
On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 5:59 PM, Mark Roberts <postmas...@robertstech.com> wrote: > Larry Colen wrote: > >>Mark Roberts wrote: >>> This device replaces the back of your old film camera and lets you >>> take 16-megapixel photos. >>> https://petapixel.com/2017/10/17/im-back-new-digital-back-old-35mm-cameras/ >>> >>> It's currently on Kickstarter so there's no telling if it ever makes >>> it to market. >> >>That's a clever idea, but there are two problems, first it's not very >>clever, and second, as I often either point out or demonstrate, there >>can be a huge disparity between clever ideas and good ideas. > > I think it's neither "clever" nor "good". No, the word to describe > this is "hipster". It's basically high-tech lomography. Lo-fi > photography that lets you be seen using a "vintage" film camera. (And > make no mistake, being seen taking photos this way is at least as > important as the photos you get. Probably more. > > That said, if it inspires people to try something new then I say they > should go for it. Whatever the pros and cons of the thing I wouldn't > be surprised if some people make some good art with it and have fun to > boot. > > -- > Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia > www.robertstech.com > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
