-'souvenir shop' (or variations of it) of the camera itself (thinking of the national gallery souvenir shop) 'probably' not than real thing, but does it matter? when you could have these affordable versions of it in your own house. + repeated imagery of the camera and all that can be extracted from it, without access to its functions e.g. owner's manual, imagery of it from various angles.
-documentation of this camera (ironic), some 'sellable' like in souvenir shop, some just personal anecdotes and observations around it.
-------> the real obsession is documentation ... I'm documenting this camera that cannot document (ideas of past, old-new tech, pixels, curious contrast of technology then and now, to be able to simultaneously see whats happening in real life on a screen)
https://www.theverge.com/2012/9/14/3330924/first-lcd-digital-camera-casio-qv-10
Casio QV-10, the first consumer LCD digital camera, lauded as 'essential' to tech history
Casio's QV-10, the first consumer-grade LCD digital camera, has been awarded the status of "Essential Historical Material for Science and Technology" by Japan's National Museum of Nature and Science.
You might not be familiar with Casio's QV-10, but it was a revolutionary product back in 1995 — the world's first consumer-grade digital camera to come with an LCD for previewing and viewing images. Now, to recognize the contribution the QV-10 made to the rise in popularity of digital photography, Japan's National Museum of Nature and Science has given it the status of "Essential Historical Material for Science and Technology." It's the third Casio product to receive the accreditation after the Mini electronic calculator and the prototype DC-90 digital camera.
The 250-kilopixel QV-10 cost ¥65,000 upon its release ($833 in today's money, or enough to buy a Nikon D3200 in Japan today), a breakthrough price at the time which helped it achieve wide success. Though digital cameras in the 90s couldn't come close to their film-based counterparts in terms of image quality, the 1.8-inch color display marked the first time people were able to view and delete their photos on the go. Groundbreaking as it was, however, it didn't necessarily go down well with everyone at the time — read this review from 1996 for image samples and impressions.
---------- https://www.wherry.com/gadgets/qv10/ (the bad review from 1996 which proved to be really interesting to read, images from the review..)
the images above makes me wanna paint them, I think I want to scavenge online for more imagery of this relic of a camera..
(^^^^ https://www.itmedia.co.jp/news/articles/1805/19/news012_2.html , https://www.itmedia.co.jp/news/articles/1805/19/news012_3.html , https://www.itmedia.co.jp/news/articles/1805/19/news012_4.html )
this is one of the first videos that came up that shows how it operates a little
(side note I found really random videos on this person's channel, which I feel like would have a lot of interesting shots I could screenshot - reminds me of when I was collecting imagery of the seagaia ocean dome again.)
what i love with 'tourist' videos is the camera shakes, the blurs, the zoom in and out, the gloomy colours, I wonder what it would be like if I painted these 'failed' time frames.. again, no space is dead or unnecessary in a 'home' video.. sometimes they have royalty free music like this playing in the background too..
perhaps these royalty free songs could be their painting titles..
some really really strange videos on the channel (intrigued by the mundane videos people upload on youtube back in the day) (I could make a channel too full of no context videos)
and then I may have went a bit sidetracked looking through possible cameras that could potentially record in a similar lo fi manner.. kids cameras, spy cameras, action cameras, harinezumi cameras, vintage digital cameras, even tiny cameras that is also a keyring. I almost bought most of these. but I took out my old digital camera again, changed the setting to record in 'email attachment' resolution, and the result was as grainy and the ratio as lo-fi as I wanted it, which is great. the thing is, this digital camera would still be considered pretty old when its technology is mind blowing compared to the nineties when the qv-10a came out. its making me appreciate technology. I was reading articles about why lo-fi photography is popular and it talked about working with the limitations. I thought that was interesting. to choose to work with the limitations even though technology has advanced. hm. I definitely need a trip to london's parks and gardens so I can get some lo-fi footage one of these days.. though I still want to do something with the qv-10a?
of course, I'm thinking of Hito Steyerl's 'in defense of the poor image'.