Fragment 8 Retro Camera ሬትሮ ዲጂታል ካሜራ by Martin Chan

Fragment 8 Retro Camera ሬትሮ ዲጂታል ካሜራ by Martin Chan is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 ናይ ነሓስ ሽልማት A' Design Award in ንድፊ ካሜራን ኣቕሑ ፎቶግራፊን Competition Category.

ነሓስኣቕሑ ፎቶግራፊ· 2020

Fragment 8 Retro Camera ሬትሮ ዲጂታል ካሜራ

by Martin Chan

Client: Lofty factory Company Limited

ናይ ነሓስ ሽልማት A' Design Award Winner in ኣቕሑ ፎቶግራፊ Category

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The Design

About Fragment 8 Retro Camera ሬትሮ ዲጂታል ካሜራ

Fragment 8 ካብ ናይ ኣቀዳድማ ሱፐር 8 ገዛዊ ፊልምታት ትርኢት ዝፈጥር ሬትሮ ዲጂታል ካሜራ እዩ። ዘመናዊ ዲጂታል ቴክኖሎጂ ምስ ቅርጺ ናይ 1960ታት 8mm ፊልም ካሜራታት ተወሃሂዱ ኣሎ። ቪድዮ ብ9 ወይ 24 ፍሬም ኣብ ካልኢት ክቕዳሕ ይኽእል፣ ከምኡውን ብUSB ከም MP4 ወይ GIF ፋይላት ክወጽእ ይኽእል። ሓደ ናይ ሞድ ዲያል ኦፍ፣ ሙቪ ከምኡውን GIF ዝብሉ መስመራት ይህብ፣ ሓደ ፍሉይ መጠውታ ድማ ንፍሉያት ትርኢታት ዝኸውን ናይ ፍሬም ፍጥነት ይመርጽ። ሓደ ዚዞር ሸነኽ ተወሰኽቲ ሌንሳት ዝሓዘ ኮይኑ፣ ናይ ካሌይዶስኮፕ፣ ኮኾብ ከምኡውን ራድያል ፊልተራት ይሓቁፍ። ኣካል ናይዚ ካሜራ 110 ሚሜ ስፍሓት፣ 40 ሚሜ ዕምቆት ከምኡውን 90 ሚሜ ቁመት ኣለዎ።

The Recognition

About the ናይ ነሓስ ሽልማት A' Design Award

Fragment 8 Retro Camera ሬትሮ ዲጂታል ካሜራ ናይ ነሓስ ሽልማት A' Design Award ዝዓወተ እዩ፣ ብፈጠራ፣ ርእሰ ሓይልን ስቕታን ዝፍለዩ ብልጫ ዘለዎም ዲዛይናት ዝወሃብ ኣዚዩ ክቡር ኣፍልጦ። ዘዓወቱ ነሓስ ሰፊሕ ተሞክሮ፣ ምሕሳብን ርእሰ ምምዕባልን ዲዛይነራቶም ዘረጋግጹ ኣዚዮም ክኢላታትን ብዘደንቕ መገዲ ፈጠራውያንን ኣርቴፋክትታት እዮም። Fragment 8 Retro Camera ሬትሮ ዲጂታል ካሜራ ብዙሕ ዝተመነየ፣ ዝደነቐን ዝፈተዎን ብኣገዳሲ መገዲ ሞያውን ሓድሽን ኣቕሓ ክኾን ይጽበ። እዚ ዝዓወተ ዲዛይን ናይ ነሓስ ሽልማት A' Design Award ኣብ ጥበብ፣ ሳይንስ፣ ዲዛይንን ቴክኖሎጂን ዝበለጹ ልምድታት ዘጣምር፣ ንዝርዝር ብዝህቦ ኣቓልቦ ድማ ዝበለጸ እዩ። Fragment 8 Retro Camera ሬትሮ ዲጂታል ካሜራ ድልየታት ብጽባቐ የማልእ፣ ንድሌታት ይትንክፍ፣ ንስምዒታት የማርኽን ሕቶ ድማ የሰሕብን።

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: The Fragment 8 retro camera uses modern digital technology to faithfully recreate the authentic look of Super 8 home movies, but with the convenience of USB output in either MP4 or GIF formats. The Fragment 8 can shoot in either 9 frames per second or 24 and options include three different add-on lenses for specialized effects.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 110mm x Depth 40mm x Height 90mm (Body)
Tags: fragment, 8mm, retro, camera, video, gif, effect
Production Technology: We developed a system inside the camera that allow user to directly output the video as the gif format. User can easily capture the gif format video by clicking a simple button.
Design Challenge: N/A
Research: N/A
Inspiration: The aim of this project is to promote the culture of recording bits of life by way of intuitive shooting, to capture those conveniently forgotten fragments in life.

In designing this camera, we combined the features of 8mm film camera in the 1960s with the technology of modern digital photography. We hope this product can revolutionize traditional camera and create new opportunities for the culture of photography.
Project Duration: This project started from March 2019 in Hong Kong
Operation Flow: There are three operating mode including "off", "movie" and "gif" mode. User can turn on the camera by rotating the mode button to either "movie" or "gif" mode. There is also a frame per second selection button for different scene applications. A rotating plate can be installed to convenience the user in applying different filter lenses such as Kaleidoscope Six, Star Filter and Radial Filter, etc..
Patents: N/A
Team Members: Martin Chan
Yin Lam
Image Credits: N/A