Do you use specialist cameras?

Do you have any cameras (not just lenses) used only for specialist roles?

  • Yes - for underwater

    Votes: 6 31.6%

  • Yes - for astrophotography

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Yes - for microscopic subjects

    Votes: 3 15.8%

  • Yes - for confined spaces (Inspection Cam/endoscope)

    Votes: 5 26.3%

  • Yes - for (near) Infra red

    Votes: 8 42.1%

  • Yes - for thermal imaging

    Votes: 2 10.5%

  • Yes - for UV

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Yes - a trailcam for wildlife

    Votes: 1 5.3%

  • Yes - large format for movements

    Votes: 1 5.3%

  • Yes - high speed camera

    Votes: 2 10.5%

  • Yes - ultra light weight (less than a phone)

    Votes: 1 5.3%

  • Yes another type not mentioned

    Votes: 3 15.8%

  • No - Those subjects don't interest me

    Votes: 4 21.1%

  • No - My phone catches all eventualities

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Not yet, but maybe sometime

    Votes: 2 10.5%
  • Total voters
    19
Petrochemist

Petrochemist

Messages
1,140
Name
Mike
Edit My Images
Yes
Over the years I've built up a range of specialist cameras (most very cheap £10-£100).
While the image quality of most of these are somewhat limited SOOC they can give results that are next to impossible with a standard camera.
I certainly wouldn't go swimming with my interchangable lens cameras, & they not much help for inspecting a blocked pipe either...

In some cases post processing allows resolution boosts that make images far more usable.
For example my digital microscope (<£100) was with the aid of stitching software able to create an image of a 1mm Daphnia that prints to A4 comfortably (It's downsized on Flickr)
iced daphnia by Mike Kanssen, on Flickr

What specialist cameras do you have?
I haven't got half way through the selected options yet - but I have two watched that will take me over halfway when I go for them
 
Last edited:
  • Like
Reactions: RIR
Yes to rather too many of the options! Some have seen little use, others get a lot. I have a couple of others that don't fit any of the above specialities as well...
 
SsSsSsSsSnake said:
does a Canon M100 count ?;)
Click to expand...
Not if it's your everyday camera but If you got for a specialist role, yes - feel free to explain.

AFAIK it's not water proof, or exceptionally small/light... but I'm sure I've not covered all the options for specialization.
 
Nod said:
Yes to rather too many of the options! Some have seen little use, others get a lot. I have a couple of others that don't fit any of the above specialities as well...
Click to expand...
I knew I wouldn't be the only one
At the risk of extending my wish list, do tell the other specialities.
I've realized I missed off a drone, but I'm sure there are plenty more :)
 
woof woof said:
Selfies.

There are people who take more selfies than breaths.
Click to expand...
I'm not sure if they're GOOD for that, but I guess easily adequate for the sharing they do with the images.

For most people they're good for having a camera when you wouldn't otherwise have bothered. Though I'm more likely to have a camera with me - I don't get so many annoying interruptions that way :)
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top