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Re: Roc Camera

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Post by MarcelOlsz »

asimovDev wrote: post #197
MarcelOlsz wrote: post #182

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Why not live a little and get a film camera? It's more time for sure but are you not tired of optimizing everything in life?

I found our childhood film camera last year and I took it to a couple trips. price of scanners/getting your film scanned and needing to buy 10eur film rolls for like 20 photos turned me off. I still haven't scanned my first and only roll I shot last year.

I bought a Gralab timer and hooked it up to an old shitty enlarger in my tiny dark wine cellar, along with a red bulb. A few chemicals and tools and you're golden. The only thing that screws me is having to cut up film and spool it but I can get more frames out of it that way since I use mini spy cameras. Yes the film being expensive isn't great but it also makes you choose your shots carefully. Get a cheap darkroom film changing tent and start there.

Re: Roc Camera

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Post by anonymous908213 »

dghlsakjg wrote: post #333
anonymous908213 wrote: post #161

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Most countries, including Japan, India, Canada, and nearly the entire EU, have completely stopped shipping packages to US consumers. This is not because of the tariffs themselves, but because the US apparently has no system in place for actually handling the tariffs on goods that previously qualified for the de minimis exemption. Two months and counting with no information on when shipping might resume.

Some merchants in those countries have stopped. There isn’t a general stoppage of everything. I just checked and you can still send goods between Japan and the US. There are still merchants selling the exact mentioned camera on eBay that will ship to the US. Here is the exact camera mentioned, offered by a Japanese seller, that will ship to the United States: https://www.ebay.com/itm/317445808304 Can you source your…

I see, that was my mistake then. I was unaware that services like FedEx were still accepting packages. My personal experience was that I have been unable to ship to the US for months because the carrier I use stopped accepting packages, and was under the impression they all had given the number of countries for which this was true and the news coverage I had seen. I wonder why so many countries' postal services have stopped while some couriers like FedEx continue to operate.

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Post by dcchambers »

peteforde wrote: post #62

I used to be really (really really) into photography. I respect anyone working hard on a physical product, but this misses the mark on every front I can think of. The real issue that photographers grapple with, emotionally and financially, is that pictures have become so thoroughly commodified that nobody assigns them cultural value anymore. They are the thumbnail you see before the short video clip starts playing. N…

The value here is not in a product used to make art.

The value is for documenting history and being able to *prove* something happened (eg for lawsuits, criminal cases, security, etc).

Re: Roc Camera

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Post by marssaxman »

peteforde wrote: post #62

I used to be really (really really) into photography. I respect anyone working hard on a physical product, but this misses the mark on every front I can think of. The real issue that photographers grapple with, emotionally and financially, is that pictures have become so thoroughly commodified that nobody assigns them cultural value anymore. They are the thumbnail you see before the short video clip starts playing. N…

Funny you mention the C330. I have not done any photography in well over a decade, and long ago sold all my gear, but just a week ago decided to take my grandfather's old Rolleicord in for cleaning & service. I am looking forward to shooting with it again, just for the sake of practicing the art. I might even learn to develop my own film this time around!

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Post by JKCalhoun »

ekianjo wrote: post #65
seg_lol wrote: post #61

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With the tariffs this is no longer possible for US persons.

Do the tariffs apply on used items as well? In any case such cameras are fairly cheap nowadays

They use to fall under de-minimus? But no longer. So there are duties to pay.

Re: Roc Camera

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Post by JKCalhoun »

anonymous908213 wrote: post #161
dghlsakjg wrote: post #71

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Huh? Tariffs shouldn’t prevent buying stuff, you just have to, y’know, pay a tariff on import. In this case, a Japanese made camera will incur a 15% tariff.

Most countries, including Japan, India, Canada, and nearly the entire EU, have completely stopped shipping packages to US consumers. This is not because of the tariffs themselves, but because the US apparently has no system in place for actually handling the tariffs on goods that previously qualified for the de minimis exemption. Two months and counting with no information on when shipping might resume.

Talk to the seller. I just ordered a used light meter from Japan. Shipper just wants the duties paid up-front.

Re: Roc Camera

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Post by Retr0id »

_def wrote: post #41
a-dub wrote: post #30

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it would. it would just require pki and a secure enclave that lives directly on the imaging chip to support it.

Is that possible with the chip used here? > What are the camera's specs? > The camera has a 16MP resolution, 4656 x 3496 pixels. It uses a Sony IMX519 CMOS sensor.

Seems like a pretty generic part available as a module https://thepihut.com/products/arducam-imx519-autofocus-camer...

Uses the standard MIPI/CSI interface, which is not authenticated or anything of the sort.

You can also buy HDMI-to-CSI adapters https://thepihut.com/products/hdmi-to-csi-adapter-for-raspbe... - should be easy enough to pipe your own video feed in as a substitute.

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Post by peteforde »

BeFlatXIII wrote: post #400
etrautmann wrote: post #282

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That’s kind of the point though. The scarcity focuses you n taking more deliberate and intentional photos.

The parable of the pottery classes that were graded on their best work and total volume of work springs to mind. I never would've bothered with photography if I didn't have the ability to be shameless with burst mode and pick the winners later.

What you are describing isn't photography.

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Post by tasuki »

SoftTalker wrote: post #409
tasuki wrote: post #200

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> Everyone, me more than most, doesn’t want their picture taken, or to be in the background of other photos. I used to be a little into photography. No one ever protested about me taking a picture of them. Just recently I was photographing an event and thought: I just come there, take photos of everyone, upload them to the internet, and all I get is thanks. I haven't asked anyone for permission. Yes I was invited by…

Normally, somwhere in the long dense legalese they "agree" to when spectators buy tickets to the event, is a release for photography.

This event had no tickets.
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