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Product Design- Lomography's Oktomat Camera

The Oktomat is the oddest camera I have ever had the pleasure of owning, not just in appearance, but also in function. This little 35mm film camera has not one, but eight separate lenses that fire in quick succession to capture movement over a span of about three seconds; all 8 images appear on the same 5x7 print. The individual boxes on each print can be combined digitally to make some really cool .gif files. Oktomat's appearance is just as strange as its function, bright red and brick like, with a whole mess of colors around its multiple lenses. However, it's suiting for the plastic camera. The shape is easy to hold, which is great for flailing around trying to get the best three second action shots, and its sold with a sturdy lanyard to wrap wound your wrist just in case it does try to slip away. The bright red plastic also makes it easy to keep an eye on for your models in the case of a high-octane photo-shoot (and although the lenses may have some weird shades, they all coordinate nicely with that BRIGHT red). 

Unique in both functionality and appearance, the Oktomat however can't be called more then a novelty. It's practicality as a video recorder was invalidated when the first ACTUAL video recorder hit markets, plus Vine videos can record three additional seconds and sound. Any artistic merit the camera may hold is jeopardized by it's plastic seams that occasionally let light expose your sensitive film, and the slow death of analogue photography as a media. Thus, one of, what is in my opinion, the coolest designed cameras on the market is pushed aside as no more then a toy. 


Here are some older photos I took with this thing:

This is Chico our chihuahua. He's an old man now and is very gray in the face, its weird seeing him with such dark color.

If we learn how to make .gif images this is going to be the first one I do.

butt.

Questions

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Questions - Computer Graphics assignment #1, Prof. A. Barkley

What is your computer experience?

• I have basic computer experience, if not better. I have experience in Microsoft word, excel, and experience with multiple internet browsers. I can figure out just about any program within a few minutes.

What is your experience with Photoshop and Illustrator?

• Although I have used Photoshop and other image editors I am still very unfamiliar with the programs. I have had training with Paint.net however, and I am able to use most of it's functions. 

Do you have a computer at home? If so dose it have Photoshop and Illustrator?

• I have a family desktop, and a personal tablet pc- both with internet access. I currently do not have either program but I will download a Photoshop demo as soon as possible.

What is your major ?

• I began studies at CCC with a marketing major. Recently though I have decided to break away from the set courses and only take classes that are relevant to the career I hope to build for myself. I am hoping to write, illustrate, publish, and sell comic books; I plan on taking many art, computer graphics, english and business courses to help make this happen. 

What do you hope to get out of this class?

• I would like to leave this class with an understanding of photo-editing software and higher level design skills.

Who is your favorite artist?

• I don't have a favorite exactly, I appreciate so many different types of art and different styles that it's really hard to compare. Riusuke Fukahori is an extremely talented painter who painted hyper-realistic sea life using paint and layers of acrylic. I admire his skill and intuition. I also am a fan of many cartoonists who haven't yet made a name for themselves. One artist, pen-name Jessu, is a huge inspiration and influence to me.

Who is your favorite musician? 

• I have the same issue with picking a musician as with picking an artist, I am a fan of too many! Pop/Rock/Alternative band Ludo has been a must-follow for me for a long time.

Tell me something interesting about yourself?

• My friend and I have been working on the plot for an excessively long comic series titled Persons of Outstanding Potential for the past five-ish years. We plan on publishing this in the near future, however due to its length its not going to be our first work, instead we are working on a much shorter story in the 'magical girl' genre.

Write a five line story?

• The last man alive sits alone in his room. It has been years since the other survivors died of disease; decades since the bombs fell. He shifts his chair, the creaking of the floor boards echoed throughout the room- contrasting the silence like the blast the tore the world in two. The room returned to silence. He began to drift to sleep when the air was split by another sound, however this one was unexpected. Someone had knocked on the door.
• ((This is based on a two line horror story I've read on some fourm- I would link you but I don't think I can find it again))

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