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/...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.in...ad.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.

[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.