Bespoke Camera
Sep 13, 2018 06:01:07 #
Do you have one? I know many folks who have bespoke shoes, boots, suits, etc. I don’t know a soul who has a bespoke camera. Do you?
Sep 13, 2018 08:17:05 #
Given the definition of bespoke, I guess my pockets aren’t nearly deep enough. After all, who can afford a custom made camera or lens? We are all pretty much stuck with buying the best we can afford and let the camera and lens manufacturers take our money and use it to do the heavy up-front design and manufacturing.
Sep 13, 2018 08:18:03 #
Shutterbug57 wrote:
Do you have one? I know many folks who have bespoke shoes, boots, suits, etc. I don’t know a soul who has a bespoke camera. Do you?
Obviously, you're from England. : ) "Bespoke" is seldom used on these shores.
There was a post a few days ago about custom-made cameras, and the general opinion was that it ain't gonna happen. Of course, many people have built their own cameras, often very large.
https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS716US717&ei=VlWaW86UFdKJggfm3KSwDQ&q=homemade+camera&oq=homemade+camera&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0i67k1j0l9.9397.9397.0.10029.1.1.0.0.0.0.76.76.1.1.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..0.1.74....0.hRL2k6-APYQ
Sep 13, 2018 09:00:52 #
How about all the UHH members who have found an older camera or body, refurbished it themselves and adapted it, including making parts as needed to use other old lenses? Not exactly the definition of ‘bespoke’ but seems close.
Sep 13, 2018 09:29:11 #
Shutterbug57 wrote:
Do you have one? I know many folks who have bespoke shoes, boots, suits, etc. I don’t know a soul who has a bespoke camera. Do you?
Many pin hole cameras are designed and made by the users. So they are custom made to the users specifications.
Sep 13, 2018 10:24:19 #
wrangler5
Loc: Missouri
Back in my youth I knew folks who had and used bespoke cameras. They stuck 'em in the SR-71 and flew 'em over countries that didn't really want 'em there but couldn't do anything about it. The owners would admit they had cameras, and that they used film (I had a friend who worked in the big windowless building and could say that their job was to look at film, which was the only viable option for cameras in the late 60s) but anybody who said much more ran the risk of visiting me in the legal office, where I would decide whether to recommend they be court martialed or not.
I think that's basically the case today. Most of the people who have serious bespoke cameras aren't talking about them. And are in a position to make nasty things happen to you if you find about 'em and talk.
I think that's basically the case today. Most of the people who have serious bespoke cameras aren't talking about them. And are in a position to make nasty things happen to you if you find about 'em and talk.
Sep 13, 2018 18:34:43 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Obviously, you're from England. : ) "Bespok... (show quote)
Nope, I am a citizen, not a subject. Thanks for the link.
Sep 13, 2018 18:35:17 #
wrangler5 wrote:
Back in my youth I knew folks who had and used bes... (show quote)
That would be a fun camera to use. Better than the Cobra Ball.
Sep 13, 2018 18:39:38 #
This is not exactly bespoke, but it is as close as I will get. I do like the options.
https://intrepidcamera.co.uk/products/intrepid-camera
https://intrepidcamera.co.uk/products/intrepid-camera
Sep 13, 2018 18:46:58 #
It doesn’t get much more American than custom boot makers & Texas Traditions is at the top of the heap. They make bespoke boots according to Forbes.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/larryolmsted/2011/06/21/the-best-handmade-cowboy-boots-you-can-buy-right-now/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/larryolmsted/2011/06/21/the-best-handmade-cowboy-boots-you-can-buy-right-now/
Sep 13, 2018 19:12:37 #
wrangler5
Loc: Missouri
Shutterbug57 wrote:
That would be a fun camera to use. Better than the Cobra Ball.
Apparently had pretty good resolution, too - rumor was that under good atmospheric conditions they could identify the country of origin of hand weapons held by soldiers on the ground. I saw an image (many years later) in some national magazine that was said to have been taken under "normal" conditions (i.e., 80,000 ft, so slant range of maybe 20 miles, and camera moving ~3000 ft/sec) of a beach on Catalina Island, CA. Of the two men walking together it was pretty clear from the profile (nose) that one of 'em was Richard Nixon. If there had been pixel peepers back then, they would have loved it.
Sep 14, 2018 12:36:41 #
I don't know if this is the correct place but I continue.
Years ago I wanted a 4x5 monorail view camera and could not afford one.
So I made one! Yes and It worked jusy fine.
It took me a couple of months and I had to cannibalize the ground glass and lense from my speed graphic.
It is now dismanteled and stored because I finally was able to aquire a Sinar F 4x5.
My point is a question. How bad do you want it?
Years ago I wanted a 4x5 monorail view camera and could not afford one.
So I made one! Yes and It worked jusy fine.
It took me a couple of months and I had to cannibalize the ground glass and lense from my speed graphic.
It is now dismanteled and stored because I finally was able to aquire a Sinar F 4x5.
My point is a question. How bad do you want it?
Sep 14, 2018 13:27:29 #
Shutterbug57 wrote:
Do you have one? I know many folks who have bespoke shoes, boots, suits, etc. I don’t know a soul who has a bespoke camera. Do you?
Sheesh. I had to look that up to "remember" the definition. I haven't seen or heard that word since leaving college, 41 years ago! Its only common use seems to be outside of the USA, or among VERY rarefied circles.
bespoke | bəˈspōk |
adjective, chiefly British
made for a particular customer or user: a bespoke suit | bespoke kitchens | bespoke software systems | group tours and bespoke itineraries.
• making or selling bespoke goods, especially clothing: bespoke tailors.
Judging by the definition, I know of no individual who has a bespoke camera. Custom cameras are made for companies and government agencies, but the R&D and one-off fabrication would be too expensive for all but billionaires.
I don't think a home brew view camera or pin-hole camera exactly counts.
Sep 14, 2018 13:59:38 #
Shutterbug57 wrote:
Do you have one? I know many folks who have bespoke shoes, boots, suits, etc. I don’t know a soul who has a bespoke camera. Do you?
I stopped building pinhole cameras when I realized I could make a pinhole body cap
for any camera (the larger the format, the better--less diffraction).
Digital cameras are like jet fighters--only Pentagon can afford a bespoke one. But you could
build your own if you happen to be an optical engineer, mechanical engineer, electronic engineer,
firmware programmer and quality assurance technician.
The next steps for digital cameras: artifiicial intelligence, an Internet connection, and
nuclear power. :-)
Sep 14, 2018 21:53:19 #
Shutterbug57 wrote:
Do you have one? I know many folks who have bespoke shoes, boots, suits, etc. I don’t know a soul who has a bespoke camera. Do you?
Don't some Alpas or Leicas come close to bespoke?
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