I want this clock

*SuperAkuma* · 09-28-2009, 12:51 AM

Spotmatic Wall Clock - CafePress

Anyone else wants one?

lithos · 09-28-2009, 01:19 AM

Does Pentax know about this?

sveinmb · 09-28-2009, 02:19 AM

For those of you that enjoy kitsch art, there is also this clock, with a bit more modern camera on it, available from the previous Norwegian Pentax distributor.

Fovi AS - Pentax Vegg-klokke

lithos · 09-28-2009, 09:37 AM

I want one made with a giant K-mount as the bezel.

*Ratmagiclady* · 09-28-2009, 10:08 AM

Well, it's easy enough to put a different face in a lot of these kinds of clocks, if you wanted, you could photoshop your own stuff into whatever number scale you like, have the appropriate size enlargement made, and bing.

lithos · 09-28-2009, 11:04 AM

That's pretty much how CaféPress works, RML.

*ChrisPlatt* · 09-28-2009, 11:39 AM

FWIW CafePress offers a custom option that allows you to make a tee shirt, mug etc. with any image you upload.

Chris

*Ratmagiclady* · 09-28-2009, 12:09 PM

Yeah, I'm aware of Cafepress. There's a similar site I've been considering giving a shot, (though I'm slightly worried it'd end up jeopardizing my health care if I were to end up having fifteen minutes of wild-success-by-such-standards.)

I was just saying that among most of we photographers, we could certainly make ourselves such things out of almost any clock we liked.

*séamuis* · 09-28-2009, 06:54 PM

thats an ugly clock. (both of them) if you are going to buy a non-standard style of wall clock, go for a vintage ad clock or a nautical clock. or some sort of "retro" clock, like one made out of a vinyl record (as long as its not a good record.

) that clock with the spotmatic is rather lame to be honest. its just some small image in the center of a solid white face... no design to it at all. you would buy that simply because its a pentax camera on it?

*Blue* · 09-28-2009, 07:12 PM

It would probably be feasible to stuff the innards of a battery alarm clock into a k1000 body and have the hands going around the lens mount.

*Ratmagiclady* · 09-28-2009, 08:18 PM

Originally Posted by Blue

It would probably be feasible to stuff the innards of a battery alarm clock into a k1000 body and have the hands going around the lens mount.

Hrm. Possibly. Kind of thing I could probably make for people if I had a source of truly-lost-cause camera bodies. Strip out any useable parts and all. Makes me want to think 'Digital LED in derelict *lens* though.

And, actually, Seamuis, I think that clock looks like a nice design, though it's something that'd look cheap in the execution.

lithos · 09-28-2009, 11:17 PM

Originally Posted by Blue

It would probably be feasible to stuff the innards of a battery alarm clock into a k1000 body and have the hands going around the lens mount.

Try explaining THAT at the airport.

I imagine the least popular words at an airport (after "We've located your luggage, sir,") are "It's ticking."

*Blue* · 09-29-2009, 05:16 PM

Originally Posted by lithos

Try explaining THAT at the airport.

I imagine the least popular words at an airport (after "We've located your luggage, sir,") are "It's ticking."

Just wait until the alarm goes off which fires the strobe multiple times.

lithos · 09-30-2009, 12:59 AM

I took a CPU through customs once, packaged in the finest Panthip Plaza style: wrapped bubble wrap, which I then put in a jar.

The looks I got. They spent a good five minutes poking around with it, calling over the supervisor. Took every single piece of self-control I had to not say, "Be careful! My handlers back in Pyongyang need it intact!"