Japan Camera

Sun 2007/10/28 19:10 JST
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Carrying around the SLR camera can be a pain at times due to the size. I'd rather carry my Ixy Digital 900 IS but the lens is kinda crap compared to the SLR. I was thinking that there must be some sort of adapter available for digital cameras which allowed a better lens to be attached and came across these.

None of the official maker seem to make lens adapters for their digital cameras. These adapters are custom built for each model and Naojiro seems to have a ton of these for a load of different models. Will probably contact them soon for a fish-eye adapter. Some of these adapters are huge and look a bit crap though ^^;

I pretty much carry the 900 everywhere I go - you will notice I post random photos around Tokyo in the News Items section.
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  • Dead Snake
    Dead Snake in Ngayogyakarto Hadiningrat (Registered on 2007/05/11)
    writing mini thesises
    http://kazenomise.net/

    hey..isn't that to hardcore

    btw, the first image was a Canon Power Shot S45 like mine ^^
    well, it sucks now due to the aging and the camera unable to deliver the right exposure ^^; right now I'm on an EOS350D

    Sun 2007/10/28 19:35:58 JST (ID #61306)
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  • Joshua
    Joshua in singapore (Registered on 2007/08/26)
    student
    http://jk-pictureaweek.blogspot.com/

    Dude are you sure you want to get those? its looks so Odd and weired.

    Sun 2007/10/28 19:59:31 JST (ID #61309)
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  • DRAGUN
    DRAGUN in Arizona, USA (Registered on 2007/08/22)
    Design Consultant

    Some of these look really sleek, and some of them look like 1920's technology. Can you imagine carrying some of these around? Maybe if I was in reconnaissance for he military. James Bond would be ashamed at some of these. I noticed its a pain to find stuff for digital cameras. I have a Canon.

    Sun 2007/10/28 20:03:36 JST (ID #61310)
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  • syrix
    syrix in U.S. (Registered on 2007/03/21)
    student
    http://animesugoi.animeblogger.net/

    Taking your camera everywhere is bound to get tiresome, but a great way to come up with topics. Sometimes you just see something and want to take a picture but don't have a camera, happens a few times for me but at least I have a phone camera for that lol.

    Sun 2007/10/28 20:09:30 JST (ID #61311)
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  • Dead Snake
    Dead Snake in Ngayogyakarto Hadiningrat (Registered on 2007/05/11)
    writing mini thesises
    http://kazenomise.net/

    IMHO,
    I think simple pocket digicam are for easy and fast shots usage. and if you add on some plug-in like those into your digi cam wouldn't it be tiresome as if you were carrying a DSLR. might as well carry a real DSLR instead

    Sun 2007/10/28 21:24:55 JST (ID #61317)
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  • oliphant
    oliphant in Sydney (Registered on 2007/01/10)
    Design Student
    http://totoro88.vox.com

    That's a lot of artillery for a single impromptu shot.. any danger of being accused of a sniper when you're rigging up?

    Sun 2007/10/28 23:04:21 JST (ID #61321)
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  • Chaos 3L337
    Chaos 3L337 in California (Registered on 2007/09/18)
    CSU student/accountant
    http://rantingsofadiehardharuhiist.blogspot.com/

    I carry my digital camera everywhere I go just in case. Thanks to the fact that it can capture video I've been able to catch my friends in funny situations.

    Sun 2007/10/28 23:12:51 JST (ID #61322)
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  • Kyle
    Kyle in Seattle, Washington (Registered on 2007/10/08)
    Student/Part-timer

    Wow, those cameras are pretty intense. Carrying that stuff around would be really painful and require something like another bag.

    Sun 2007/10/28 23:16:28 JST (ID #61323)
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  • CyruzDraxs
    CyruzDraxs in Kelowna, BC, Canada (Registered on 2007/09/11)
    Web Design & Development
    http://www.nerdculture.org

    You could beat someone to death with one of those. o.O

    I personally don't take pictures much...all I have as a digital amera is my cell phone, which is 0.3 megapixels...incredibly low resolution. I don't know why they'd even bother putting such a crappy camera into a phone. Honestly, who would actually use a camera feature that creates pictures so indecipherable that everything just looks like a blurry blob of orange? >.>

    Sun 2007/10/28 23:22:25 JST (ID #61324)
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  • PoWeR
    PoWeR in Vancouver (Registered on 2007/08/28)
    Student
    http://www.xfire.com/profile/power1x1/

    thats sum ub3|2 L337 upgradable camera lol (amazing how stuff fit into it)

    Sun 2007/10/28 23:58:08 JST (ID #61329)
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  • terry
    terry in Singapore (Registered on 2007/08/02)
    =.=!
    http://hihi123.wordpress.com

    to tell the truth.. the main purpose of having this type of digital camera is for portability.. if you were to bring sure big lens with you.. i would rather have a SLR with me..

    Mon 2007/10/29 00:00:07 JST (ID #61330)
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  • Sotb
    Sotb in Malaysia (Registered on 2007/08/22)
    Manufacturing
    http://sotbest.blogspot.com/

    Wow cool! I would like to get one for my Canon IXUS 850IS! Same as the IXUS 900 u carrying just megapixel lower only!

    I face the problem of cannot focus correctly at small and tiny thing or even things from a distance!

    Mon 2007/10/29 00:31:26 JST (ID #61336)
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  • XSportSeeker
    XSportSeeker in Brazil (Registered on 2007/08/22)
    Dropping computers, starting all over again at Journalism
    http://xspblog.com

    Hardly even, even though I do have a semi-professional camera, a pocket cam, and a really old SLR.

    Just recently I gave my pocket cam (a 5Mpx Canon) to my mother... she's a real state agent and has to take lots of pics from houses and apartments.

    While I do have tons of photos from trips (a DVD filled with pics/videos from Japan, for instance), I don't really use the camera on a everyday basis...

    But since my interest on writing, blogging and journalism is growing stronger everyday, maybe this will be changing really soon...

    Mon 2007/10/29 02:55:12 JST (ID #61348)
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  • junq man
    junq man in former superpower (Registered on 2007/08/17)
    working to pay for figures etc.
    http://spacejunq.deviantart.com/

    I have a 2MP camera on my phone but it's not much use for snapshooting unless I happen to have the phone switched on, which is rarely... normally I carry a Fuji E500 which is a reasonable pocket camera, with an equivalent 28mm lens. You can get wide angle and telephoto adapters for it, but these are hard to get in the UK. If I want to take good photos I carry my Nikon D50 and a couple of zooms.

    Mon 2007/10/29 03:21:03 JST (ID #61349)
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  • AK-kun
    AK-kun in Singapore (Registered on 2007/06/19)
    Costume Talent, Stormtrooper, Student, Writer
    http://akxd.wordpress.com/

    Canon Power Shot plus Wide Lens is what I use. I do a bit of photojournalism every now and then, so I'll have stuff to write about in my blog.

    Mon 2007/10/29 03:40:55 JST (ID #61353)
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  • Adun
    Adun in Sydney, Australia (Registered on 2007/01/01)
    ColdFusion Developer
    http://www.moemoerabu.net

    There are times that I wish I had a small digital camera since carrying the DSLR can be a pain. I might buy myself one after Xmas.

    Mon 2007/10/29 03:55:17 JST (ID #61354)
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  • luzzio
    luzzio in Malaysia (Registered on 2007/09/30)
    Ninja lawyer
    http://luzzio.com

    Sony cybershot died on me earlier this year, so I have to lug the 350D around whenever i want to take pictures...

    But once you start using an slr, you really don't feel like going back pocket cameras, no matter how convenient it is :(

    Mon 2007/10/29 04:09:07 JST (ID #61355)
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  • hendrik
    hendrik in jakarta,indonesia (Registered on 2007/05/31)
    student

    i want to create blog, do you have any instruction to make blog? manual or something

    Mon 2007/10/29 04:16:27 JST (ID #61356)
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  • AndyH
    AndyH in Birmingham, UK (Registered on 2006/12/25)
    3D artist
    http://andyh.cgsociety.org

    Those pics are ace! I didnt realise how bulky and cumbersome some people are willing to make their cameras!

    I dont take pics that often - only at events when i expect to take more pics.
    I had a Canon powershot A710IS to replace the Cybershot that broke after a year and 10 days - damn sony timer!
    Problem is, its pretty bulky and heavy, so i dont carry it around unless i have to. Never take it with me to clubs either. Thinking of EBaying it and getting an Ixus (or IXY as theyre know in Japan) instead as theyre much smaller. No full manual control, but i can live without that - never have time to fiddle with the settings when im out and about.

    Mon 2007/10/29 04:43:33 JST (ID #61361)
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  • Hayden
    Hayden in London, UK (Registered on 2007/01/06)
    Custom Pc Builder, Muppet, Pyromaniac, Demolitions Expert, Guitar Slinger,
    http://myspace.com/dyingoblivion

    ugh. that looks pretty ugly - i would rather have an SLR cam then buy lenses & attach them on like that, not to mention the downside of making the cam a little more bulky.

    If u really need a SLR cam that badly i suggest you shop n haggle around for one

    Mon 2007/10/29 05:05:17 JST (ID #61366)
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  • Henry
    Henry in /usr/bin/ (Registered on 2006/12/25)
    anime/cosplay events organizer
    http://www.cosplay.ph

    those looks a bit clunky but it looks cool ^^

    i have a 4MP camera but i don't take photos much ^^;;;

    Mon 2007/10/29 05:05:27 JST (ID #61367)
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  • nivexus
    nivexus in Melbourne, Australia (Registered on 2007/10/08)
    Student & Accountant
    http://nivexus.deviantart.com

    DSLR's are heavier than compacts, with the lenses and everything they cost more, and when taking a pic with them you tend to be more pedantic about taking your pics. That said i don't think any compact camera could make me want to live without my dslr.

    Mon 2007/10/29 07:16:30 JST (ID #61377)
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  • O.i.D
    O.i.D in Spain (Registered on 2007/09/16)
    Cook assistant
    http://figuramania.blogspot.com/

    I take a couple of pictures a day, I'd love to have a fish eye and a wide lens for my P-200.

    Mon 2007/10/29 07:21:55 JST (ID #61378)
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  • シャキー
    シャキー in カナダ (Registered on 2007/07/14)
    Student~

    whats with all these atachment >.

    Mon 2007/10/29 12:03:51 JST (ID #61391)
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  • Deathy
    Deathy in Brazil (Registered on 2007/04/20)
    Photography Student
    http://hugodeathy.deviantart.com/

    These days I've been taking around 10 pics a day when I go out, but if I'm with friends it's around 100 pictures.

    Mon 2007/10/29 16:45:03 JST (ID #61408)
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  • Reflection
    Reflection in Australia (Registered on 2007/01/02)
    Anime artist/figure appreciator
    http://www.deibi-manabu.com/

    I don't take enough photos, so a dSLR would be better for me - if only I could afford to buy one! ;_;

    Mon 2007/10/29 19:49:23 JST (ID #61426)
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  • BeLe
    BeLe in Davao, Philippines (Registered on 2007/01/03)
    .NET/Web Developer
    http://scrumptious.animeblogger.net

    My canon point and shoot cam is broken which gives me a reason to get a new dslr cam. probably early nxt year XD

    Tue 2007/10/30 09:52:11 JST (ID #61503)
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  • Izam215
    Izam215 in Putrajaya, Malaysia (Registered on 2007/09/12)
    Govt. Officer

    i'd love to take picture everywhere i go...but its no that practical with me...so, i just take pictures during my outstation duties...esp at places with beautiful sceneries...

    Thu 2007/11/01 23:58:10 JST (ID #61852)
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  • cuteninja
    cuteninja (Registered on 2008/02/26)
    Auditor Junior

    i think its better to carry SLR rather that this hugeass Lens with it

    Sat 2008/04/19 21:41:15 JST (ID #172541)
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