Off track 'Stop Motion Studies'

[Taro Toporific]

Via the always cool Geisha Asobi blog...
. Stop Motion Studies : a series of experimental documentaries that chronicle my interaction with subway passengers in cities ... http://www.stopmotionstudies.net/

[Milla]

cool site....makes me miss Japan even more!
Honestly I really miss the public transportation because London is just Enough said.

Taro, Alex (Ptyx nick) tells me you guys met. I called Alex in Japan on New Year's day and he was gonna give me your number when his phone went dead!
He never called back (he's already mailed an explanation) and now I'm back home. Could have met you guys

[GuyJean]

Stop Motion Studies : a series of experimental documentaries that chronicle my interaction with subway passengers in cities ... http://www.stopmotionstudies.net/

Very cool!.. I always want to take pictures inside the train, but I think it would really annoy people.. It would annoy me.

I wonder what stealth method he used.

Great quality shots.. Good stuff.

GJ

[Taro Toporific]

[.... I always want to take pictures inside the train, but I think it would really annoy people.. It would annoy me.
I wonder what stealth method he used.

It could have been a Sony Clie PDA with the 1GB memory card judging from the belt line level of filming.
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[Caustic Saint]

[.... I always want to take pictures inside the train, but I think it would really annoy people.. It would annoy me.
I wonder what stealth method he used.

It could have been a Sony Clie PDA with the 1GB memory card judging from the belt line level of filming.
I used a Palm IIIc for a while and now I thinking of cap cam a la Pongi. The main problem is that covert cams have poor resolution.

How much res do you need?

I'm aching to get the 007 lighter-camera:



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[Taro Toporific]

I'm aching to get the 007 lighter-camera:

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YIKES! You wanna start flipping a lighter open on the train...Now that is very Korean of you.

[Caustic Saint]

I'm aching to get the 007 lighter-camera:

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YIKES! You wanna start flipping a lighter open on the train...Now that is very Korean of you.

Well, a Zippo on the train might make some passengers nervous, but just think of the great expressions I'd get pictures of!

[GomiGirl]

That lighter looks like the one used in Audrey Hepburn's "Roman Holiday"

Looked around for an image that showed the lighter but couldn't so the below is the best I can do at present.