Make It Your Own: Why I Laser Engraved My Camera

Posted by giuliomagnifico on Monday April 05, 2021 @02:50AM
from the petapixel.com dept.

https://petapixel.com/2021/04/01/make-it-your-own-why-i-laser-engraved-my-camera/

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Re:Make It Your Own: Why I Laser Engraved My Camera by foxrider on Monday April 05, 2021 @05:20AM (#26696880)

From this title I expected author to engrave the lens in a clever way so the noise matters on all photos would form something like his digital signature, but alas

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Re:Make It Your Own: Why I Laser Engraved My Camera by tartoran on Monday April 05, 2021 @06:57AM (#26697445)

Why would you do that kind of destructive thing? A dead pixel or two in the right place is equivalent

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Re:Make It Your Own: Why I Laser Engraved My Camera by hahajk on Monday April 05, 2021 @06:58AM (#26697459)

We thought he would answer that question in the article!

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Re:Make It Your Own: Why I Laser Engraved My Camera by brudgers on Monday April 05, 2021 @12:30PM (#26701118)

A lens is inanimate glass.

A consumer product.

A commodity.

A consumable like film and chemistry and paper.

Even oldest lenses are less than 200 years old.

Not ancient relics.

Artistic experiment is not wanton destruction.

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Re:Make It Your Own: Why I Laser Engraved My Camera by ricc on Monday April 05, 2021 @05:22AM (#26696889)

I was thinking something similar but maybe on the sensor itself. LOL

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Re:Make It Your Own: Why I Laser Engraved My Camera by ZoomZoomZoom on Monday April 05, 2021 @06:38AM (#26697307)

Exactly. I expected some direct-to-matrix watermarking.

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Re:Make It Your Own: Why I Laser Engraved My Camera by nbzso on Monday April 05, 2021 @07:27AM (#26697646)

I have a serious collection of film cameras. I will never ruin the original design. If you have disposable digital camera that you love, go for this "personalisation". But why not focus on taking better pictures? This screams to much "hipster" for my taste.

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Re:Make It Your Own: Why I Laser Engraved My Camera by Happpy on Monday April 05, 2021 @04:28AM (#26696561)

We have a galvohead 20w laser 200x200mm

Great device. But ezcad is bad software.

Waiting for lightburn to support galvo.

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Re:Make It Your Own: Why I Laser Engraved My Camera by mauvehaus on Monday April 05, 2021 @07:33AM (#26697695)

If you want to see somebody doing it the old school way, check out J Bower Engraving. I haven't seen any camera in her work, but I bet she'd do stunning work on one if you paid her to:

https://www.jbowerengraving.com/

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Re:Make It Your Own: Why I Laser Engraved My Camera by sneak on Monday April 05, 2021 @05:32AM (#26696963)

This is way, way cooler than I thought it would be when I clicked the link. I assumed it would be name and contact info, but this is gorgeous.

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Re:Make It Your Own: Why I Laser Engraved My Camera by daniellarusso on Monday April 05, 2021 @05:39AM (#26697006)

Apparently, this is a thing with firearms, where custom engraved art can greatly enhance the sale price of the firearm.

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Re:Make It Your Own: Why I Laser Engraved My Camera by ZoomZoomZoom on Monday April 05, 2021 @06:40AM (#26697322)

This is a thing with musical instruments, where any custom art usually significantly reduces the sale price.

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Re:Make It Your Own: Why I Laser Engraved My Camera by antihero on Monday April 05, 2021 @07:13AM (#26697564)

Yeah I'm not sure how it would affect cameras - if you wanted to part exchange the camera it could make it harder.

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Re:Make It Your Own: Why I Laser Engraved My Camera by atian on Monday April 05, 2021 @05:18AM (#26696866)

I am in full support of the creator economy.

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Re:Make It Your Own: Why I Laser Engraved My Camera by jhgb on Monday April 05, 2021 @07:07AM (#26697527)

Also, anti-theft? Encode a hidden message into the pattern... And it won't be easy to remove.

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Re:Make It Your Own: Why I Laser Engraved My Camera by tonyedgecombe on Monday April 05, 2021 @04:51AM (#26696710)

"And as we continue on our journey as artists"

More like "and as we continue on our journey as consumers."

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