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Beautiful Camera Footage from a Dead CCD

M-.-n aka discodirt from Arkaos land shares what happens with a camera with a dead CCD. I love (digital) trash:

The camera in question is an old, “crappy” Minolta DiMAGE X20.

See, why can’t my gear break in interesting ways? All I get is something that refuses to turn on or a tape eject mechanism that fails. (Hello, Sony!) This is, of course, a tried-and-tested method in audio recording, as well; there are countless stories of unique sounds produced from dying DATs and failing tubes.

Got some attractive results from non-functioning gear? Let us know.

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November 8, 2007 @ 11:38 am

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vade

Thats funny. My friends old Sony digital camera just broke in *exactly* the same way. I was thinking of recording some video with it. Beaten to the punch!

August 20, 2007 @ 12:51 pm

oscar

My Canon Powershot broke in the same way. Luckily, they are repairing CCDs with this fault.

And yes, it’s kinda cool-looking, but it’s also irritating since it’s my only camera.

August 20, 2007 @ 2:07 pm

Radian

Mine went the same way, but I only thought of taking stills before I sent it off for a replacement. doh.

http://flickr.com/photos/radianweb/tags/brokencamera/show/

August 20, 2007 @ 2:08 pm

radian

My x20 went exactly the same way, but I only thought of taking stills before sending it back for a refund.

http://flickr.com/photos/radianweb/tags/brokencamera/show/

August 20, 2007 @ 2:11 pm

Peter Kirn

Anton, I fully expect a Jitter patch that does this within the week. Then we don’t have to wait for equipment to go to get this. (And yeah, that is very irritating… still not as irritating as my equipment failing in boring and non-visual ways…)