# I wish my camera did this.. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 15, 2002, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-my-camera-did-this/98458 "2002-03-15T13:21:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2002, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-my-camera-did-this/98458/1 "2002-03-15T13:21:04Z")
[Surrealistic camera.](http://www.ljworld.com/section/arts/story/85743) > [@](#): > > Farrell Eaves calls it his magic camera. > > It takes the darnedest pictures. Sometimes it creates pastel auras or adds symmetrical streaks the color of rainbows. Sometimes drips or blobs of color will magically appear that change a well-composed snapshot into art. > > It’s like a digital kaleidoscope. The digital cam had been dropped in the water. Very neat pictures . ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2002, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-my-camera-did-this/98458/2 "2002-03-15T13:31:59Z")
Jeez. When I dopped my camera in the water on a white water rafting trip it just flat-out destroyed most of my shots. The few that survived sort of crumbled in from the edges. A little arty, maybe, but not the weirdly colored shots this guy got. ---
**Author:** ![Spritle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Spritle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spritle)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2002, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-my-camera-did-this/98458/3 "2002-03-15T13:40:32Z")
Surrealistic Camera was my favorite Jefferson Airplane album!! (God the 60s were… um… I don’t remember) It is truly a neat effect. Spritle, who is considering dunking his _el cheapo_ digi-cam. ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2002, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-my-camera-did-this/98458/4 "2002-03-15T13:42:37Z")
(nitpick mode on) Wasn’t it _Surrealistic Pillow_ ? (nitpick mode off) ---
**Author:** ![Spritle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Spritle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spritle)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2002, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-my-camera-did-this/98458/5 "2002-03-15T14:33:19Z")
That giant “whooshing” sound your hear… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Gravity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gravity/32/14322_2.png) [@Gravity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gravity)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2002, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-my-camera-did-this/98458/6 "2002-03-15T15:49:30Z")
[http://www.ljworld.com/section/arts/story/85743/](http://www.ljworld.com/section/arts/story/85743/) …Some of the coolest photographs I’ve ever seen! They’re so pretty. I wish I had a magic camera. _pout_ ---
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2002, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-my-camera-did-this/98458/7 "2002-03-15T15:53:23Z")
**What do you get when you drop a digital camera in a lake?** [This thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=104128) (You’re right, they are pretty cool) ---
**Author:** ![Gravity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gravity/32/14322_2.png) [@Gravity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gravity)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2002, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-my-camera-did-this/98458/8 "2002-03-15T16:02:12Z")
Oh, pooh. **Reeder** beat me to it, huh? Oh well. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2002, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-my-camera-did-this/98458/9 "2002-03-15T16:09:38Z")
**Moderator’s Notes:** Well that certainly looks odd now, doesn’t it? I’ve used the wacky new “merge threads” feature to combine **Gravity’s** duplicate topic into this one. ---
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2002, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-my-camera-did-this/98458/10 "2002-03-15T16:23:39Z")
Thanks **UB**. Now I only look like a semi-complete idiot. Sheesh. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2002, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-my-camera-did-this/98458/11 "2002-03-15T16:37:34Z")
Well **Duck** , I could fix that impression you’re giving of being a _semi_-complete idiot by deleting my notes. That way your idiocy would appear in full bloom. How 'bout I go ahead and do that? ---
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2002, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-my-camera-did-this/98458/12 "2002-03-15T16:41:29Z")
Sorry **UB** , you obviously missed my invisible smilie at the end of my last post. I really meant that with tongue firmly planted in cheek. “It’s always better to let people assume you’re an idiot rather than open your mouth and remove all doubt.” ---
**Author:** ![Arwen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7c8e57/32.png) [@Arwen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arwen)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2002, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-my-camera-did-this/98458/13 "2002-03-15T16:47:57Z")
Ah! I was wondering why the article was re-linked to…what a snazzy feature! I wish that I had a camera like that…you just can’t make up those pictures! ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2002, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-my-camera-did-this/98458/14 "2002-03-15T16:51:59Z")
Heh. No, I got the sarcasm, **Ducky**. It appears perhaps **I** should have used the smilie (but ghod, how I hate those things). My reply was meant to be equally sarcastic, not caustic. Just a small misunderstanding, nuttin’ to worry about. ---
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2002, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-my-camera-did-this/98458/15 "2002-03-15T16:56:03Z")
Phew (where’s that wiping sweat off forehead smilie…) ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2002, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-my-camera-did-this/98458/16 "2002-03-15T22:38:46Z")
Big deal, so he has a portable Photoshop filter. 😉