Many years after selling off what I thought was the ugliest camera ever (the Orbit 360F), I stumbled upon another one that is a little butt ugly but has a weird futuristic look. Introduced in 1991, the Konica Aiborg is sometimes referred to as the ‘Darth Vader camera’ by some. It has a 35-105 zoom lens, is pretty heavy despite the plastic body and rubbery grip. It arrived just the other day and here are some photos & info about it …
On the top of the camera … there is a cool looking LCD that shows the camera settings!
At the back … you can find a joystick-like switch that is used for zooming (when moved vertically) and for manual focusing (when moved horizontally). Yeah … it allows manual focusing!
The next image shows the lens barrel at 35mm and at max zoom 150mm …
Cool eh? Hahaha! The motor is a little noisy and the cam is pretty heavy. Other than that … it seems to be quite a cool camera to play with. I’ve yet to finish the rest roll though. 😀
“I can kill you with a thought!”…….muahahaha!
looks cool =)
It looks more like a cylon from Battlestar Galatica to me, rather than Darth Vader.
Is there a teleport or lightsaber mode?
wow, looks cool 🙂
@nelly : Muwahahhaa!
@ken : Yeah ugly but cool!
@MeshForce : I agree but the ‘Darth Vader cam’ was what people used to call it.
@Jer : Maybe if I press the button hard enough, a lightsaber mode will be activated.
@xinyum : 😀
its gonna scan your house and kill all the insects 🙂
Adding to Mijonju above…and cockroaches
LOL…. i got distracted and lol thru reading the comments…. hahahahah of course after watching the utube “tray”
@Mijonju : I’m gonna send it to Tokyo and it will suck up all your beautiful cameras and bring them back here!
@Ta : Now give me your address so it can go invade your cameras too! X(
@noreen : Hahaha! Many will be wondering which YouTube video you are talking about. Let me go copy the URL and paste it here. LOL!
Here’s the link to the video (thanks to Nelly). “I’ll get a tray! Fuck it!”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv5iEK-IEzw
muahahahaha…….death by tray it shall be!
so u getting a tray for ya vader… hahahhaah
WTF! This is really ugly!
@cyanwater : I’ll get you a tray!
and the tray is “Blue”
@noreen : They come in cyan too. LOL!
heee…noreen seems so fascinated by the video!
cause its hilarious!!!!
@nelly : Yeah I love the video too. Love it as much as the iPhone vs HTC one. LOL!
Do you still have this Aiborg, and if so, would you be interested in selling it? Thanks!