Throwable camera

[Brad Rippe]

I think one of us inventor types might be able to apply this idea to a 4 by 5 camera. Check it out!
-Brad
http://www.fastcodesign.com/1665227/simple-genius-a-panoramic-camera-you-can-throw-sky-high

[johnielvis]

this reminds me of the old model rocketry movie camera and still cameras they had....I think they were called "cameroc".....estes model rockets I believe....

[E. von Hoegh]

this reminds me of the old model rocketry movie camera and still cameras they had....I think they were called "cameroc".....estes model rockets I believe....

Correct. They also had a setup with which one could launch a mouse. Pre p.e.t.a. days, of course.

I think this has already been posted, though.

edit: Yep. Here:http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?t=81850

[Robert Hughes]

I've got a Bell & Howell Eyemo 35mm motion picture camera that was originally used by newsreel journalists in the 1930's & 40's. Since then, Hollywood has used these durable boxes as "crash cameras", mounted in fast moving vehicles to get POV shots of awful car accidents. My Eyemo came to me all beat up - it had last been used as a POV camera in the "Cold Mountain" production - and needed some loving caresses with a pry bar and wrench to get it back to a semblance of focus.

http://www.intervalometers.com/bh/images/rc-eyemo.jpg

[E. von Hoegh]

There were car crashes in Cold Mountain?

[Robert Hughes]

D'oh! Hoisted on my own Pacer...

[E. von Hoegh]

D'oh! Hoisted on my own Pacer...

I read the book. Who knows what follywood added to the story....:)

[ROL]

Hmmm...

How disappointing. I thought the thread's title was referring to how I've felt about just about every camera I've used, at one time or another.

[E. von Hoegh]

Hmmm...

How disappointing. I thought the thread's title was referring to how I've felt about just about every camera I've used, at one time or another.

All cameras are throwable. But it appears that you can use this one afterwards.:)

[Robert Hughes]

Not all throwable cameras are catchable.

[E. von Hoegh]

Really. One of those big studio cameras would put you in the hospital for sure.

[Brian C. Miller]

I got it! Camera Dart! Put fins on it, and fling it up into the air. A radio remote could trip the shutter. It would be pre-focused for 30ft or so, and when it gets to its apex, just act cool and trip the shutter. Then run wildly to catch it and prevent that $1000 lens from smashing into the ground...

Or you could just put the camera up on a long pole, and save yourself a lot of grief.

[Bill Burk]

Pre-focus and tie a string that long to the shutter release.

Was thinking I could try this with the Nu-Vue but thought I might hurt myself.

[Two23]

Correct. They also had a setup with which one could launch a mouse. Pre p.e.t.a. days, of course.



I would bet that mouse capsule would be full of pee when you recovered it! :D

Mexican Space Program:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLrLIbqE8gY


Kent in SD