Does your camera have a name?

kaiserz · 11-20-2011, 11:29 AM

I don't know If there's a thread for this already but here we go (: this was Inspired by the motorcycle forum that I'm active at.

Mine was unfortunately named "phi-lip" by my sister. She names her cameras and mine got the privilege to be named "phi-lip"

Anyway, there's got to be other folks out there that have names for their cameras. What are the names and details?

**jatrax** · 11-20-2011, 11:49 AM

No, but the gps in my car is Martha. And the one in the truck is Mabel. Martha is very polite and nice. Mabel gets nasty if you take a wrong turn.

RonHendriks1966 · 11-20-2011, 12:01 PM

Originally posted by jatrax

No, but the gps in my car is Martha. And the one in the truck is Mabel. Martha is very polite and nice. Mabel gets nasty if you take a wrong turn.

'That would be something to have our Pentax camera's to talk to us!

**.a.t.** · 11-20-2011, 12:04 PM

I don't have enough imagination to name mine, but check this thread:

https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/photographic-technique/140398-um-have-you-named.html

photoleet · 11-20-2011, 12:07 PM

My white K-x is "Clone Trooper"

**jatrax** · 11-20-2011, 12:51 PM

Originally posted by RonHendriks1966

'That would be something to have our Pentax camera's to talk to us!

Well, considering the quirky color selections Pentax has come up with, a talking camera would not be a far stretch.

"Your shutter speed is set too low for this exposure, please correct your shutter speed or select another mode"

RioRico · 11-20-2011, 01:15 PM

Originally posted by all thumbs

I don't have enough imagination to name mine, but check this thread:

https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/photographic-technique/140398-um-have-you-named.html

Here's what I posted on that thread:

I currently possess 40 cameras, plus another 35 that I've sold, plus another 10 that I've lost somehow. This does not include webcams, doorcams, backupcams, etc. I have not and do not and will not name them. I possessed an old Bessamatic for a few weeks, and I referred to it as BESSIE to the buyer, but that was just marketing. I suppose I couol call my two Argus C3's OLD BRICK and OLDER BRICK, but I don't. I suppose I could call my K20D GENTLE BEN because it's such a bear, but I don't. And I could call my failed Sony DSC-W7 YOU WORTHLESS PIECE OF SH!T but I don't.

No names! Why not?

1) I'd probably forget the names unless they were tattooed on the cams.
2) Nobody around me would know what the f*ck I was talking about.
3) I'm a cold, insensitive brute, unsuited to such intimate relationships.

I don't name my guitars, banjos, lutes, mandolins, synths, etc. I don't name my radios, AV gear, calculators, flashlights, etc. I do name my computers and drives and printers, to facilitate network management. I have named vehicles. My first housecar was SPUD because it looked like a potato hauler. An old Dodge station wagon was TOOTS because it was Tootsie-Roll colored. (I could have called it CACA, eh?) My old SUV's, a Ford Exploder and a Nissan Murano, are BIG BLUE and LI'L BLUE, because... well, because they're both blue, and one is bigger than the other.

I *do* refer to my digicams as CAM0, CAM1, CAM2 etc, at least in my image-moving software. But just wait. Time will pass. Needs will change. When we put Eye-Fi cards in all our digicams, each will be yet another network device. Cameras, like computers, will need unique names, in order to function in network environments. That doesn't necessarily mean that the names will make any sense. Oh no, let's not be sensible!

GlennG · 11-20-2011, 02:23 PM

Originally posted by jatrax

Mabel gets nasty if you take a wrong turn.

Well, if she doesn't say "recalculating", then what DOES she say!

**Ex Finn.** · 11-20-2011, 02:35 PM

Kids named the GPS Claire, no names for cameras.

Pauld · 11-20-2011, 02:58 PM

My K-20 with the grip attached is lovingly known as the "Big Pig". When I attach my Sigma 135-400mm is becomes known as the "heavy bitch". No first names needed.

SpecialK · 11-20-2011, 03:31 PM

Fleming. Some shots make me cough.

magkelly · 11-20-2011, 05:06 PM

Which one? Grin. Yeah, the ones I intend to keep almost all have names, and so does my car. My Ashai SPII is Queenie, my Honeywell SPII is Honey, my FRI is Fenris, my FX-2 is Freddy, the painted Ricoh is Pink, and my K-x is Kai because it came from over the sea. My latest the K1000 is Yuki. That's currently. The rest are not keeper cameras so they don't get names. Oh and the car is "Old Sport" after Errol Flynn (who used to call other guys he liked that a lot) cause it actually is a slightly older sports car, albeit IMHO a wanna be one, not the real deal because under the hood it's not much of one. It's a cherry red Ford Focus with sports detailing, a back fin and occasional delusions of grandeur...

wolfiegirl · 11-20-2011, 05:13 PM

Originally posted by GlennG

Well, if she doesn't say "recalculating", then what DOES she say!

I shut mine up by putting it on mute. I was sick of her telling me where to go when I always knew a better/shorter/faster way.

DaveHolmes · 11-20-2011, 05:15 PM

Camera has no name... Sharing the name I have for my gps (satnav in the UK) will get me booted off the forum...

**TomB_tx** · 11-20-2011, 05:15 PM

I never bothered naming my film cameras, but I call these newfangled digital things all kinds of names...

11-20-2011, 11:29 AM	#1
kaiserz Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: NoVa The "burg" Photos: Gallery Posts: 899	Does your camera have a name? I don't know If there's a thread for this already but here we go (: this was Inspired by the motorcycle forum that I'm active at. Mine was unfortunately named "phi-lip" by my sister. She names her cameras and mine got the privilege to be named "phi-lip" Anyway, there's got to be other folks out there that have names for their cameras. What are the names and details?

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jatrax Site Supporter Join Date: May 2010 Location: Washington Cascades Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 12,991	No, but the gps in my car is Martha. And the one in the truck is Mabel. Martha is very polite and nice. Mabel gets nasty if you take a wrong turn.

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RonHendriks1966 Banned Join Date: Jan 2009 Photos: Gallery Posts: 9,675	Originally posted by jatrax No, but the gps in my car is Martha. And the one in the truck is Mabel. Martha is very polite and nice. Mabel gets nasty if you take a wrong turn. 'That would be something to have our Pentax camera's to talk to us!

11-20-2011, 12:04 PM	#4
.a.t. Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: yesterday Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,261	I don't have enough imagination to name mine, but check this thread: https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/photographic-technique/140398-um-have-you-named.html

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photoleet Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: DMV Photos: Albums Posts: 431	My white K-x is "Clone Trooper"

11-20-2011, 12:51 PM	#6
jatrax Site Supporter Join Date: May 2010 Location: Washington Cascades Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 12,991	Originally posted by RonHendriks1966 'That would be something to have our Pentax camera's to talk to us! Well, considering the quirky color selections Pentax has come up with, a talking camera would not be a far stretch. "Your shutter speed is set too low for this exposure, please correct your shutter speed or select another mode"

11-20-2011, 01:15 PM	#7
RioRico Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Limbo, California Posts: 11,263	Originally posted by all thumbs I don't have enough imagination to name mine, but check this thread: https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/photographic-technique/140398-um-have-you-named.html Here's what I posted on that thread: I currently possess 40 cameras, plus another 35 that I've sold, plus another 10 that I've lost somehow. This does not include webcams, doorcams, backupcams, etc. I have not and do not and will not name them. I possessed an old Bessamatic for a few weeks, and I referred to it as BESSIE to the buyer, but that was just marketing. I suppose I couol call my two Argus C3's OLD BRICK and OLDER BRICK, but I don't. I suppose I could call my K20D GENTLE BEN because it's such a bear, but I don't. And I could call my failed Sony DSC-W7 YOU WORTHLESS PIECE OF SH!T but I don't. No names! Why not? 1) I'd probably forget the names unless they were tattooed on the cams. 2) Nobody around me would know what the fck I was talking about. 3) I'm a cold, insensitive brute, unsuited to such intimate relationships. I don't name my guitars, banjos, lutes, mandolins, synths, etc. I don't name my radios, AV gear, calculators, flashlights, etc. I do name my computers and drives and printers, to facilitate network management. I have named vehicles. My first housecar was SPUD because it looked like a potato hauler. An old Dodge station wagon was TOOTS because it was Tootsie-Roll colored. (I could have called it CACA, eh?) My old SUV's, a Ford Exploder and a Nissan Murano, are BIG BLUE and LI'L BLUE, because... well, because they're both blue, and one is bigger than the other. I do* refer to my digicams as CAM0, CAM1, CAM2 etc, at least in my image-moving software. But just wait. Time will pass. Needs will change. When we put Eye-Fi cards in all our digicams, each will be yet another network device. Cameras, like computers, will need unique names, in order to function in network environments. That doesn't necessarily mean that the names will make any sense. Oh no, let's not be sensible!

11-20-2011, 02:23 PM	#8
GlennG Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 824	Originally posted by jatrax Mabel gets nasty if you take a wrong turn. Well, if she doesn't say "recalculating", then what DOES she say!

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Ex Finn. Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Southern Maryland. Espoo. Kouvola. Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 7,975	Kids named the GPS Claire, no names for cameras.

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Pauld Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Calgary, Alberta Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 507	My K-20 with the grip attached is lovingly known as the "Big Pig". When I attach my Sigma 135-400mm is becomes known as the "heavy bitch". No first names needed.

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11-20-2011, 05:06 PM	#12
magkelly Veteran Member Join Date: May 2010 Photos: Gallery Posts: 5,901	Which one? Grin. Yeah, the ones I intend to keep almost all have names, and so does my car. My Ashai SPII is Queenie, my Honeywell SPII is Honey, my FRI is Fenris, my FX-2 is Freddy, the painted Ricoh is Pink, and my K-x is Kai because it came from over the sea. My latest the K1000 is Yuki. That's currently. The rest are not keeper cameras so they don't get names. Oh and the car is "Old Sport" after Errol Flynn (who used to call other guys he liked that a lot) cause it actually is a slightly older sports car, albeit IMHO a wanna be one, not the real deal because under the hood it's not much of one. It's a cherry red Ford Focus with sports detailing, a back fin and occasional delusions of grandeur...

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wolfiegirl Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Mystery Bay, NSW Photos: Gallery Posts: 4,111	Originally posted by GlennG Well, if she doesn't say "recalculating", then what DOES she say! I shut mine up by putting it on mute. I was sick of her telling me where to go when I always knew a better/shorter/faster way.

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DaveHolmes Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 1,501	Camera has no name... Sharing the name I have for my gps (satnav in the UK) will get me booted off the forum...

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TomB_tx Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Texas Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,446	I never bothered naming my film cameras, but I call these newfangled digital things all kinds of names...