If a camera is realistically beyond repair, and is going to sit in a drawer until it's thrown out years later by your executor, I think I can see this.
I suppose with the obsolescence rate of digital equipment, artists in the near future are going to have lots of material to work with!
Giving old cameras a new life:
http://gizmodo.com/check-out-these-vintage-cameras-turned-into-handsome-la-1472721316/@ace
My girlfriend eventually brings a long unused camera off the shelf and asks "does this work?". That how I know it's on its way to goodwill.. I feel like turning a camera I loved into a lamp would be like taking my dead dog to a taxidermist.
Now that film is almost obsolete, you're probably wondering what to do with that beautiful old Minolta taking up precious space in your desk drawer. Well, have you ever considered building furniture out of it?
They leapt out at me, all right.I see that no-one has picked up on the words in the article:
'Its an outrage, it is....'
Atrocity! Another little observation that perturbs me is the Hipster's fad use of old wooden tripods converted into standing lamps. I rescued one from a NYC hipster that was using it as a flower pot stand. She lost interest in the Graflex No.1 conversion and sold it to me for $20.00. And if you don't mind my venting, what is with the frenzy buying and butchering of the Konica 40mm f/1.8 pancake Hexanon lens. DIGITAL PEOPLE if you are not able to skillfully convert a lens and save the pieces to convert back to original then don't. This is a great little auto lens when fitted onto a Konica SLR. After all is done these conversions will be tossed into a trash can and will be lost forever to vintage users like myself. Thank you for letting me get that off my chest. The wife doesn't like to listen to me when it's about cameras.
I use the cameras. If I do not use a camera I sell it or give it to someone who will use it.
Lamps made this way will smoke and burn, these materials, like bellows, leatherette and paint, won't tolerate the heat.
And if it's wasteful or not - I guess one can buy a lamp for spare parts now, right?
Compact florescents or LED lights would work - though I prefer analog light sources in my house
They are "neet," but I have to wonder; converting a camera into a lamp is mostly a display piece with some functionality - so why not just display it if they are not going to give it away to someone.
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