what are your industrial design favorites?

[Ken1951]

The fabulous Ferrari 156 "Sharknose". The originals of which were all destroyed by Enzo. Still one of the most beautiful F1 cars ever IMHO.

 

[LTig]

Wow. They must be very noisy at high isos then. Mind you there are plenty with lower pixel count which are low noise if that is what you want.

Base ISO on my D800 is iso100, and when it came out in 2012 it was the sensor with the 2nd lowest noise despite its small pixel size (36 MP), only beaten by the D3s (12 MP). That's why I ordered it unseen and I'm still very happy with it.

Looking at dxomarks sensor tests Nikons newer 46 MP sensors are not better than the D800 though (that's why I haven't bought a D810, D850 or Z7). They are beaten by the Panasonic S1R and the Sony A7R II,II,IV and RX1R II, but still better than Leica Q2 and Canon EOS 5DS R (just comparing full frame sensors with pixel size above 42 MP).

The settings on my high res Sony start at iso50 but I always thought the base sensitivity of the chip was iso200.

On the Nikons base ISO is the lowest with a number, the lower isos are called L -<N> (N being the stop number, L stands for Low). So on the D800 with base iso200 iso setting L -1 is iso50. This is similar to the high isos. On the D800 standard ISO settings go til iso6400 and you can go up to H+2 for iso25600 (H for High).

The mft sensors do all start with base iso200, at least the 3 I own or owned (Panasonic G1, GX7, GX9) and my wifes Olympus EM10.

 

[NTomokawa]

Indeed!, I shot Kodachrome 64 and nowadays that is slower than the slowest sensors!

There was a time when Kodachrome was EI 25, Anscochrome was 32 and Super Anscochrome was EI 100. And the Super was marketed as an "available light, go-anywhere" film.

Much later on, when the first EI 1000 colour films came out, they were considered borderline witchcraft and black magic. Meanwhile these days we take ISO 25 600 for granted.

 

[LTig]

There was a time when Kodachrome was EI 25, Anscochrome was 32 and Super Anscochrome was EI 100. And the Super was marketed as an "available light, go-anywhere" film.

Much later on, when the first EI 1000 colour films came out, they were considered borderline witchcraft and black magic. Meanwhile these days we take ISO 25 600 for granted.

Yep, and ISA 25,600 looks better than a ISO 640 colour slide film corrected for indoor lighting which I used in the 80ies for taking pics during a concert. Boy, those colours were dull and the contrast so low.

 

[NTomokawa]

corrected for indoor lighting

Oh the joy of using filter packs to compensate for fluorescent lamps...

And now, thanks to live view, we get to see the image before even pressing the shutter button. Ansel Adams probably couldn't even dream of it...

 

[Vini darko]

Love rock bouncers.

 

[Doodski]

Love rock bouncers.
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Wowowow. I've never seen those before. Very intense!

 

[BostonJack]

Dieter Rams.

Hell yeah.
Saw some of his stuff in person at MOMA in NYC and, man, was it just balanced, simple, and functional.
If I were to do some audio electronics diy, I might work up enough chutzpah to do a Dieter inspired design.

 

[mhardy6647]

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Funny thing about the Tivoli radios -- ol' Henry was simply following in his own, fairly elegant, footsteps.

(not mine, sadly)

(also not mine - I do have one but it is a work in progress; not grotesque but not pristine, either)

DSC_0928 (2) by Mark Hardy, on Flickr
(this one is mine, but is, unfortunately, sans loudspeaker)

 

[Wes]

Allison makes a great base for it!

 

[mhardy6647]

It's not audio, but remains unsurpassed (as far as anyone knows)

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Yeah -- as if they'd tell us.

 

[mhardy6647]

If we're doing industrial design, how can one neglect to include this…

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…where beauty and functional engineering silently collide

or...

stella by Mark Hardy, on Flickr

 

[mhardy6647]

Quad

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Yeah -- but you forgot something!

not mine

quadsnvinyl0609 (1) by Mark Hardy, on Flickr
mine (legless... I do have a pair of aftermarket stands, though)

 

[mhardy6647]

Cars... my favorite-est (and there are many, many runners-up)

 

[mhardy6647]

cameras -- also many faves, but I am particularly partial to my son's Leica IIIf.

Takes nice piccies, too.

https://icouldbeahero.blogspot.com/search?q=Leica+III

 

[Wes]

 

[eddantes]

We seem to be liking complicated mechanical thingies... so how about this then?

 

[Count Arthur]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curta

 

[Vini darko]

We seem to be liking complicated mechanical thingies... so how about this then?

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Wow those mechanisms are lovely

 

[NTomokawa]

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On the subject of mechanical computers, I am particularly impressed by the Soviet "Globus" navigation instrument: