I think I have found the ugliest camera on earth

[Pfreddee]

Maybe it doubles as an ocarina?😕

With best regards,

Pfreddee(Stephen)

 

[iamzip]

I feel strangely compelled... I want one.

 

[arunrajmohan]

I saw OP's title and I murmured to myself, how can a camera be ugly.
No way such a simple concept as a camera can be made to look ugly.
I clicked on the link and... jeez, that is hideous.
Good job Canon.

 

[Trooper]

So, I think it isn't that ugly, just a huge departure from the norm and our perceptions. If most cameras looked like this, we might thing Leicas were less aesthetically pleasing. But, if form follows function, what is the purpose of this camera? This is probably why our favorite cameras look like they do, and not like the Canon Orange.

 

[andredossantos]

Looks like a cyborg Mr. PotatoHead. WTF!

 

[smiling gecko]

oh...

oh...

oh my. i don't know what to say...
i definitely, absolutely do not grok this 'un...

breathe, relax and enjoy.
sg, aka smiling gecko, aka kenneth

 

[gb hill]

It was an APS camera targeted toward kids. It is ugly but kool.
http://www.3106.net/photo/cam1035.htm

 

[menos]

The problem with this camera is, that as long, as I looked at it, there is no deeper meaning, no logic in it's shapes.

It is … it is nothing - it makes no sense.
It's forms have no reasoning, they are neither functional (far from it), nor good look, or resembling a known shape.

What surprises me the most, is that at some point somebody must have made the decision for this project and has given the go for making tools, fixtures, …

Somebody dumped money into this thing?

 

[rxmd]

It has a 23mm lens... interesting.

Nothing special on APS.

 

[menos]

You would all sing a different tune if it was an expensive collector's item! 😉

Chris

It still would be ugly.

 

[Ezzie]

I saw OP's title and I murmured to myself, how can a camera be ugly.
No way such a simple concept as a camera can be made to look ugly.
I clicked on the link and... jeez, that is hideous.
Good job Canon.

I agree. I've seen many strange cameras, but none ugly as such. This one however hit the mark. Maybe because it doesn't resemble a camera at all.

 

[shadowfox]

The problem with this camera is, that as long, as I looked at it, there is no deeper meaning, no logic in it's shapes.

It is … it is nothing - it makes no sense.
It's forms have no reasoning, they are neither functional (far from it), nor good look, or resembling a known shape.

What surprises me the most, is that at some point somebody must have made the decision for this project and has given the go for making tools, fixtures, …

That's exactly what I thought.

If we make a triangle from Beautiful, Practical, and Ergonomic, this camera would be about one mile (in any direction) *outside* of the triangle.

 

[berlincontemporary]

If we make a triangle from Beautiful, Practical, and Ergonomic, this camera would be about one mile (in any direction) *outside* of the triangle.

LOL

Canon also did another concept model. Less ugly but still... 😱

http://cgi.ebay.ch/Canon-IXUS-Concept-gruen-Kamera-APS-Camera-/260574245121

 

[berlincontemporary]

Still available new! Throw away your boxed M3. This is the real thing:

http://cgi.ebay.de/Canon-Ixus-Conce...o_Camcorder_Analogkameras&hash=item2eb22005a5

 

[sepiareverb]

Looks like a football (american). I'd kick it.

 

[kuvvy]

Some of you may have seen my X100 shots taken at Manchesters Museum of Science & Industry this week. Well, look what else was there in a display case in the 'Collected Cameras' exhibit right opposite the other camera shown.

 

[Prest_400]

Still available new! Throw away your boxed M3. This is the real thing:

http://cgi.ebay.de/Canon-Ixus-Conce...o_Camcorder_Analogkameras&hash=item2eb22005a5

Look at the box, it has fruit store camouflage!

On the bright side, you can use that even in the most dangerous parts of a city... Muggers and robbers won't even try to steal it, I guess!

 

[freeranger]

I hope that the designer of that abomination gets savaged by his own guide dog!

 

[ChrisPlatt]

It's beautiful.

Chris

 

[pvdhaar]

So, I think it isn't that ugly, just a huge departure from the norm ..

Now there's a politically correct way of saying that something's hideous..

I can almost imagine it:

- No, you're not ugly at all, you're just a huge departure from the norm.. 😀