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== Camera Features ==
== Camera Features ==
* cost  
* cost  
* weight, dimension, mobility, maneuverability  
* weight, dimension, mobility, maneuverability  
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* durability (environment, temperature etc.)
* durability (environment, temperature etc.)
* cinematographer
* cinematographer
== Challenge ==
* Which camera feature would you like to question?
* What's the method of experimentation?
* How do you plan on documenting?
Give a brief 1 minute presentation proposing your research idea and process.

Revision as of 20:55, 5 October 2021

Camera

'You hear the dollars running through the camera' (David Fincher)

Etymology: 'In Camera' (in private) (a rounded chamber)

A proxy-audience.

Something I’m not supposed to drop.

A weapon. ‘I shoot people for a living’

A box that documents and fictionalises at the same time.

A mysterious box that I’m not supposed to touch with greasy fingers.

A memory sharing (or archiving) device.

A way of interpretating reality.

'Just a tool' but maybe not. Maybe it's very important.

Extension of one's body.

A proof-maker of crime and insurance issues.

A behavior-changer. As a spotlight.

An energy taking device, that changes it to information or other energy.

A selector.

An image conservator.

Camera Features

  • cost
  • weight, dimension, mobility, maneuverability
  • connectivity, connectedness
  • sealedness (water / air / sand)
  • resolution
  • sensor size
  • lens quality and (inter)changeability
  • focal length (angle of view, all the way to 360)
  • noisee-ness
  • battery
  • recording capacity
  • sensitivity (light)
  • dynamic range
  • compression/RAW
  • sound record
  • frame-rate
  • digital/analogue
  • spectrum of light
  • modulability or modularity
  • stabilisation
  • shutter speed (no rolling shutter)
  • durability (environment, temperature etc.)
  • cinematographer

Challenge

  • Which camera feature would you like to question?
  • What's the method of experimentation?
  • How do you plan on documenting?

Give a brief 1 minute presentation proposing your research idea and process.