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Cringing it everytime he calls it an antique camera. This is like a millennial talking about an antique technology called 'VHS' tape.

ginko 7y ago
I sorta agree. For me anything made after WWII isn't really antique. "Vintage" maybe. That Graphic View II he used was manufactured until 1967 and likely used professionally for many decades after.
ipsum2 7y ago
Definition of antique: > An antique is usually an item that is collected or desirable because of its age, beauty, rarity, condition, utility, personal emotional connection, and/or other unique features. It is an object that represents a previous era or time period in human history. Seems fitting to me.
- foldr 7y ago
  The camera in the video doesn't meet any of these descriptions. Metal construction 4x5 monorails are ten a penny and are still manufactured today. This model probably dates from the 50s-60s. You can pick up something like this for very little money: https://www.ebay.com/itm/324084661177 https://www.ebay.com/itm/324084661177 The price of the item above corresponds to its actual utility as a camera. No-one is collecting these.
tasty_freeze 7y ago
Go to craigslist (for a large city) or ebay and search "vintage computer". Stuff produced in the 90s is considered vintage.
- ginko 7y ago
  This is a camera, not a computer. This monorail 4x5 camera is pretty much still the state of the art for studio large format photography.
- foldr 7y ago
  Vintage != antique, and ginko is absolutely right. You can buy the exact same kind of camera brand new today: https://peartreephoto.com/sinar-p3-view-cameras/sinar-p3-df?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIrtS2k6rE6AIVCLTtCh0UbwYdEAAYASAAEgLWZ_D_BwE https://peartreephoto.com/sinar-p3-view-cameras/sinar-p3-df?... (Ignore all the marketing copy about digital. Anyone dropping this amount of money on a monorail probably would be using it with a high-end digital back, but that's not included in the price, and the camera above could perfectly well be used with a film back too.)

ginko 7y ago

I sorta agree. For me anything made after WWII isn't really antique. "Vintage" maybe. That Graphic View II he used was manufactured until 1967 and likely used professionally for many decades after.

ipsum2 7y ago

Definition of antique: > An antique is usually an item that is collected or desirable because of its age, beauty, rarity, condition, utility, personal emotional connection, and/or other unique features. It is an object that represents a previous era or time period in human history. Seems fitting to me.

foldr 7y ago
The camera in the video doesn't meet any of these descriptions. Metal construction 4x5 monorails are ten a penny and are still manufactured today. This model probably dates from the 50s-60s. You can pick up something like this for very little money: https://www.ebay.com/itm/324084661177 https://www.ebay.com/itm/324084661177 The price of the item above corresponds to its actual utility as a camera. No-one is collecting these.

tasty_freeze 7y ago

Go to craigslist (for a large city) or ebay and search "vintage computer". Stuff produced in the 90s is considered vintage.

ginko 7y ago
This is a camera, not a computer. This monorail 4x5 camera is pretty much still the state of the art for studio large format photography.
foldr 7y ago
Vintage != antique, and ginko is absolutely right. You can buy the exact same kind of camera brand new today: https://peartreephoto.com/sinar-p3-view-cameras/sinar-p3-df?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIrtS2k6rE6AIVCLTtCh0UbwYdEAAYASAAEgLWZ_D_BwE https://peartreephoto.com/sinar-p3-view-cameras/sinar-p3-df?... (Ignore all the marketing copy about digital. Anyone dropping this amount of money on a monorail probably would be using it with a high-end digital back, but that's not included in the price, and the camera above could perfectly well be used with a film back too.)