Sunpet Camera Designs Set #1
The Sunpet 826 Camera, alternate designs 1-7 of 30 variation sketches
This camera although tiny, plastic, lightweight, and toy-like, has architectural features that caught my eye and call for a theme and variations. It's compact size and quirky lens also make any fantasy design worthwhile. It's my version of the Bach Goldberg Variations. Why Goldberg you might ask? Well, my variations have the same purpose, they deal with sleeping. Goldberg's were to induce sleep for an insomniac, mine are to stave off sleep for fatherhood. These variations make the Sunpet cuter and cuter, just like babies. I'll upload more expansive drawings of some of these soon, probably in my new blog, still under construction. But for now, starting on the upper right and moving clockwise (to the cutest one), here is a very rough synopsis of each variation:
1. Pet Wok - this will be a gray special edition Sunpet camera body, with a yellow wok base, reminiscent of the gold goblet that Bach received as a payment for writing these variations. There are ergonometric finger grips so you can hold the Sunpet just like a goblet, if you so choose, although I hardly think this is as heavy as a Speed Graphic. The thickness of the wok plastic will provide the heft and feel of a love of materials, the architect's consideration.
2. Big Pet - this is done in the Kurazukuri style of buildings that flourished in the Edo period, as the Sunpet is a japanese camera. As such, it is fashioned after to the Tokyo Edo museum. The Sunpet is very protected from water and similar hazards. In a small flood, the Sunpet will not be damaged. The retractable foot has numerous uses. It has marks for water level, It can take a temperature with a built-in probe, if you are shooting winter scenes. It can hold a tiny moss souvenir sample should you be shooting in temple in Kyoto (I know it's not right to steal temple moss, but if you spray the Sunpet's retractable with a little milk, and leave the moss sample inside untouched, after a few days you'll have temple moss crawling up the legs. It's a very green eco design. I am sure modern architectural societies will cover any violations of temple law for you. Lastly, the extra foot provides stability for long exposures.
3. Rink side - I'm an ice hockey (Rangers - you know how I have suffered) fan. What better experience for a child than going to your first game? The most exciting part is the pre-game warm-up skate, when your team does shooting drills right in front of you, as you can go all the way down to the rink side and stand there behind the glass, eating french fries while your Dad drinks beer. What could be better? 15 minutes of sheer bliss. In this variation design, the all-white Sunpet is dwarfed and protected from the elements, with a clear set of glass panes, tempered to a low temperature as it is 1/8 inch to 1/4 -inch glass, beveled edges by special order (money is no object to architects). There is a single dividing line of Goldberg yellow under the glass partitions, and an optional camera sight-line etched for the shooter only, as the glass is treated with a coating as eyeglass lens are. Again, it's special order. This is a consideration to those camera owners who wear glasses and look terribly unfashionable squinting against a tiny viewfinder. The Ying optical rink side glass. The glass will also be sandwiched between a special holder in the back, to rattle slightly as in a hockey game, and to have a compartment for a small autograph notebook and pen. You never know when you'll meet a hockey star in the streets unawares.
4. Wickets Pet - created for my Euro-Asian fans. This Sunpet will have a single foot that resembles a cricket game's wicket. It has a function, as a monopod for those level portraits on the street. the wickets have a tripod screw mount on top. for sentimental reasons, mine would have the wood from my babies' cribs which are white-colored. Again, you can have your favorite cricket stars autograph these, perhaps the entire team can! For structural reasons, you must mount this on grass or dirt, so the Sunpet camera body will have a camouflage tank green and khaki colored palette. For the Asian versions, a luminescent green or a deep blue (for Sri Lanka's team) and other typical team colors. The UK versions will sport a traditional white wicket.
5. Dohyo Pet - this design will resemble a Sumo dohyo mat. It has a generous storage area and a small compartment for purified salt. With this edition Sunpet, also in a gold and white color pairing, the buyer will receive a genuine stage side souvenir bag of sumo snacks (upcoming drawing on my blog). In it's presentation case is a single miniature collectible sumo fan pillow, which you can use to place your film cartridge on. The salt is for blessing subjects before you take their photograph.
6. Snowglobe Pet - the white Sunpet will have a custom-sized globe protruding from the back, and streamlined to give the shooter a feel of heft when holding his/her camera, a consideration for the shooter, not the subject. The size and feel would resemble the Polaroid Swinger, a camera with one of the best ergonometrics. The globe design is simple, a carved figure of yourself, done by an artist who's painting lineage should at least go back as far as John Singer Sargent. Remember, money is no object to architecture. Your personal figure will stand alone in a backdrop of a golden aura, with musical notes above you, reminding you that as a street photographer you stand alone.
7. The Chinatown DIm Sum Pet - I saved my 1st of 4 architectonic stresses (there are 30 variations in 4 sets) for last in this drawing. It is a bright all vermillion-red Sunpet camera body (how auspicious!) against a backdrop of lozenge-shaped clear plastic sculpture, the various slats glued together by special plastic chemical adhesive that is very strong and requires no other structural support. Each slat is actually a tube. holding a single golden colored wood strip for Chinese characters. The camera owner can use a pen and write his favorite dim sum names on each strip. In the drawing, I've got my chicken wings with garlic and hot peppers written. Now you can go to your dim sum house and just hand the waiter a gold strip and get your food (and your strip back too). This model will be a Ying digitized Sunpet, so there will be a M4/3 in the back holding the structure very well together and giving it an architecturally designed flair as there will be a regal alternation of contrasting raw materials: plastic to wood to metal.
You can see a photo of a naked Sunpet camera at Ozbox's stream:
Sunpet Camera Designs Set #1
The Sunpet 826 Camera, alternate designs 1-7 of 30 variation sketches
This camera although tiny, plastic, lightweight, and toy-like, has architectural features that caught my eye and call for a theme and variations. It's compact size and quirky lens also make any fantasy design worthwhile. It's my version of the Bach Goldberg Variations. Why Goldberg you might ask? Well, my variations have the same purpose, they deal with sleeping. Goldberg's were to induce sleep for an insomniac, mine are to stave off sleep for fatherhood. These variations make the Sunpet cuter and cuter, just like babies. I'll upload more expansive drawings of some of these soon, probably in my new blog, still under construction. But for now, starting on the upper right and moving clockwise (to the cutest one), here is a very rough synopsis of each variation:
1. Pet Wok - this will be a gray special edition Sunpet camera body, with a yellow wok base, reminiscent of the gold goblet that Bach received as a payment for writing these variations. There are ergonometric finger grips so you can hold the Sunpet just like a goblet, if you so choose, although I hardly think this is as heavy as a Speed Graphic. The thickness of the wok plastic will provide the heft and feel of a love of materials, the architect's consideration.
2. Big Pet - this is done in the Kurazukuri style of buildings that flourished in the Edo period, as the Sunpet is a japanese camera. As such, it is fashioned after to the Tokyo Edo museum. The Sunpet is very protected from water and similar hazards. In a small flood, the Sunpet will not be damaged. The retractable foot has numerous uses. It has marks for water level, It can take a temperature with a built-in probe, if you are shooting winter scenes. It can hold a tiny moss souvenir sample should you be shooting in temple in Kyoto (I know it's not right to steal temple moss, but if you spray the Sunpet's retractable with a little milk, and leave the moss sample inside untouched, after a few days you'll have temple moss crawling up the legs. It's a very green eco design. I am sure modern architectural societies will cover any violations of temple law for you. Lastly, the extra foot provides stability for long exposures.
3. Rink side - I'm an ice hockey (Rangers - you know how I have suffered) fan. What better experience for a child than going to your first game? The most exciting part is the pre-game warm-up skate, when your team does shooting drills right in front of you, as you can go all the way down to the rink side and stand there behind the glass, eating french fries while your Dad drinks beer. What could be better? 15 minutes of sheer bliss. In this variation design, the all-white Sunpet is dwarfed and protected from the elements, with a clear set of glass panes, tempered to a low temperature as it is 1/8 inch to 1/4 -inch glass, beveled edges by special order (money is no object to architects). There is a single dividing line of Goldberg yellow under the glass partitions, and an optional camera sight-line etched for the shooter only, as the glass is treated with a coating as eyeglass lens are. Again, it's special order. This is a consideration to those camera owners who wear glasses and look terribly unfashionable squinting against a tiny viewfinder. The Ying optical rink side glass. The glass will also be sandwiched between a special holder in the back, to rattle slightly as in a hockey game, and to have a compartment for a small autograph notebook and pen. You never know when you'll meet a hockey star in the streets unawares.
4. Wickets Pet - created for my Euro-Asian fans. This Sunpet will have a single foot that resembles a cricket game's wicket. It has a function, as a monopod for those level portraits on the street. the wickets have a tripod screw mount on top. for sentimental reasons, mine would have the wood from my babies' cribs which are white-colored. Again, you can have your favorite cricket stars autograph these, perhaps the entire team can! For structural reasons, you must mount this on grass or dirt, so the Sunpet camera body will have a camouflage tank green and khaki colored palette. For the Asian versions, a luminescent green or a deep blue (for Sri Lanka's team) and other typical team colors. The UK versions will sport a traditional white wicket.
5. Dohyo Pet - this design will resemble a Sumo dohyo mat. It has a generous storage area and a small compartment for purified salt. With this edition Sunpet, also in a gold and white color pairing, the buyer will receive a genuine stage side souvenir bag of sumo snacks (upcoming drawing on my blog). In it's presentation case is a single miniature collectible sumo fan pillow, which you can use to place your film cartridge on. The salt is for blessing subjects before you take their photograph.
6. Snowglobe Pet - the white Sunpet will have a custom-sized globe protruding from the back, and streamlined to give the shooter a feel of heft when holding his/her camera, a consideration for the shooter, not the subject. The size and feel would resemble the Polaroid Swinger, a camera with one of the best ergonometrics. The globe design is simple, a carved figure of yourself, done by an artist who's painting lineage should at least go back as far as John Singer Sargent. Remember, money is no object to architecture. Your personal figure will stand alone in a backdrop of a golden aura, with musical notes above you, reminding you that as a street photographer you stand alone.
7. The Chinatown DIm Sum Pet - I saved my 1st of 4 architectonic stresses (there are 30 variations in 4 sets) for last in this drawing. It is a bright all vermillion-red Sunpet camera body (how auspicious!) against a backdrop of lozenge-shaped clear plastic sculpture, the various slats glued together by special plastic chemical adhesive that is very strong and requires no other structural support. Each slat is actually a tube. holding a single golden colored wood strip for Chinese characters. The camera owner can use a pen and write his favorite dim sum names on each strip. In the drawing, I've got my chicken wings with garlic and hot peppers written. Now you can go to your dim sum house and just hand the waiter a gold strip and get your food (and your strip back too). This model will be a Ying digitized Sunpet, so there will be a M4/3 in the back holding the structure very well together and giving it an architecturally designed flair as there will be a regal alternation of contrasting raw materials: plastic to wood to metal.
You can see a photo of a naked Sunpet camera at Ozbox's stream: