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The Art of Photography => The Coffee Corner => Topic started by: feppe on May 24, 2010, 02:51:08 pm

Title: Identify the frankencamera
Post by: feppe on May 24, 2010, 02:51:08 pm

What on earth is this still camera?

Title: Identify the frankencamera
Post by: capital on May 24, 2010, 03:27:27 pm

That appears to be a specially designed camera enclosure to silence camera sound especially when shooting on a tv or movie set where extraneous noises are undesirable.

See here for another example:

http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/content_p...cid=7-3408-3436 (http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/content_page.asp?cid=7-3408-3436)

Title: Identify the frankencamera
Post by: RSL on May 24, 2010, 03:57:16 pm

You sure that's not the Leica M10?

Title: Identify the frankencamera
Post by: Rob C on May 24, 2010, 04:08:15 pm

Just an ordinary, upside down one.

Rob C

Title: Identify the frankencamera
Post by: Ken Bennett on May 24, 2010, 04:09:46 pm

It's a blimp box. Silent shooting. Required on film sets.

http://www.soundblimp.com/ (http://www.soundblimp.com/)

Title: Identify the frankencamera
Post by: feppe on May 24, 2010, 04:55:16 pm

And I was hoping I came upon a sighting of some prototype 300 megapixel monstrosity

Title: Identify the frankencamera
Post by: Kirk Gittings on May 24, 2010, 04:57:05 pm

Its the "Cone of Silence" camera.......