User:Aitantv/Camera
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