Is This a Digital Camera?

[Honu-Hugger]

I hiked the ridge shown behind today to get some shots overlooking my little town and on the way up the hill I passed a couple that commented on my "lens," and wanted to know if this was a digital camera. Sorry for the poor picture, but the camera they were inquiring about is a 1934 Zeiss Contax I "Brick" with a similar era turret finder on top -- is this what digital cameras look like today?🙂 🙂 🙂

D2

 

[akalai]

Hey D2,

...wow looks like a great day weather wise....really looking forward to seeing those pics! 😀

AKALAI

PS. I think that lens hood and multi finder definitely make the camera look modern, if not futuristic!

 

[Kin Lau]

People have no clue what a "digital camera" looks like. All they know, is 1) "that's different" 2) "all film camera's either look like disposables or mega-SLR's", so if it doesn't look like a camera they recognize, then it "must be digital". If you want to mess with them 🙂, you can always say "it's a 2 phase digital". Phase 1 is analogue (film), phase 2 is when you scan the film.

I usually get funny looks when I'm out with the dslr & 500mm lense, but I _rarely_ get the "is it digital" question, because they recognize an slr.

 

[wlewisiii]

Well, all I know is that I think it's great to see it out doing its job after 71 years. I bet it really confuses people when you reach for the knob on front to advance the film 😀

William

 

[Solinar]

I've had a mother and son enquire what type of camera is my Voigtländer range finder that I use with an old Billy Record II. I don't think they were too interested in the camera itself, only the accessory RF. I did give the range finder to use for a bit to let him see how it worked and then showed him the focus ring on the front of the lens.

 

[Honu-Hugger]

Well, all I know is that I think it's great to see it out doing its job after 71 years. I bet it really confuses people when you reach for the knob on front to advance the film 😀

William

William,
It was an instant "ice-breaker" when I set the camera down at a Cowboy bar in rural Idaho; it helped facilitate a few shots taken inside (accompanied by the "don't let my parole officer/wife/boss see these..." jokes). The camera is on its way to RFF member Akalai with a half roll of exposed film -- another sort of "pass the camera" project. Akalai has agreed to break his longstanding abstention and self-imposed prohibition by snapping a few photos in the local Australian pubs😉. Afterwards, we may have to lobby as a group to get Akalai to share his fine photos with us in the gallery -- he is a superb photographer.