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The best worst cameras of all time
by David Lee
Total scrap: camera made from old computer parts
8.8.2019
Translation: machine translated
Iranian photographer Alireza Rostami has made a camera out of old computer parts. It looks pretty cool and the camera even works. But not in the way you would expect.
This is one of the strangest cameras I've ever seen. It consists largely of old computer electronics. Alireza Rostami bought his first computer in 1999. Over time, he didn't throw away the obsolete or broken parts, but saved them to create something new later. Now the time has come.
Somewhat disappointing: the electronics fulfil a purely decorative function. Apart from the fans, it doesn't run at all. It is a film camera with a large format back. An analogue camera in a circuit board housing? This is consistent in that old parts were also used for the camera. Rostami would like to build another camera that "also works as a computer". I'm looking forward to that.
On the photographer's Instagram account, there are a few selfies, taken on a 120 mm film with an expiry date of 1998. So bad that it's good again. The camera is therefore a hot candidate for my hit parade of the best bad cameras of all time.
By the way, the same guy turned an old camera into a functioning camera wristwatch.
David Lee
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David.Lee@digitecgalaxus.chMy interest in IT and writing landed me in tech journalism early on (2000). I want to know how we can use technology without being used. Outside of the office, I’m a keen musician who makes up for lacking talent with excessive enthusiasm.
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