Braun Nizo
I had no idea Braun ever produced a camera, but here it is. And of course, it’s incredibly well designed. Honestly, if Canon would just package a modern $800 HD camcorder in this sort of form factor I would gladly pay a premium. Then again — if you can put up with film — the Nizo probably destroys any modern camera in terms of output.
The slightly intense guy using the Nizo in the last shot is director Tad Fettig. Top two shots are from this (ended) eBay auction. The Advert is from mrfoxtalbot. Many more Nizo images can be found here.
Update: Vegard sent in a nice example of the Nizo’s output which he has posted on Vimeo:
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June 23rd, 2009 at 4:19 am
I have one, but I havn’t used it in a while because of the costs of film, developing and digitalization. Therefore I am using a DOF adapter (Jag35) on a canon HV20, which indeed sort of makes it more 8mm like, minus all the scratches. Some (boring) shots done with my Nizo can be seen here:
http://www.vi...o.com/767327
June 23rd, 2009 at 5:21 am
I have the Nizo 481 macro. Developing the film is impossible at this time in Europe. The only remaining factory in Switzerland closed last summer.
June 23rd, 2009 at 5:40 am
Really? Damn. I still have 5 unused films in my fridge.
June 23rd, 2009 at 6:57 am
Ok, nevermind, I am an idiot who can´t read.
Apologies.
June 23rd, 2009 at 6:58 am
32,49 Euros is a fucking STEAL for that camera!
I have a great Yashica Super 8 camera from the early 80s with some excellent features. Been wanting to use it for a project of some sort, but it is a bit expensive, what with film and processing. I’m waiting for the right opportunity to come along…
June 23rd, 2009 at 8:41 am
man, why dont they make digital video cameras look like this?
June 23rd, 2009 at 8:58 am
[...] to me that Braun released a camera, figures that it would look great. More images at ISO50. Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)Spirit stalks towards Von Braun…Images from my [...]
June 23rd, 2009 at 9:23 am
@Kevin
Perhaps because it’s cheaper to make them out of plastic?
Either way, I agree, metal cameras, all the way!
June 23rd, 2009 at 1:02 pm
I picked up a Nizo S56 on ebay not so long ago, cost a pretty penny to get it to the states, but it’s a looker for sure. Nothing like the beauty pictured, but I’m rather fond of it. I’ve yet to have any serious results from it as a roll with development costs about as much as the camera, but I’m bound to sometime soon.
June 23rd, 2009 at 1:29 pm
mrfoxtalbot-
yeah, I linked to you in the post copy, but I forgot to link the image itself to the original flickr photo…fixed.
June 24th, 2009 at 4:30 am
Thankyou!
(You have a new subscriber, by the way)
June 24th, 2009 at 8:33 am
i remember a while back you posted a song by Bonobo called “Recurring”
if you turn the volume down on this video and play that song it has an interesting effect.
June 24th, 2009 at 1:27 pm
Anyone know what the audio track is on that Nizo footage?
June 24th, 2009 at 4:08 pm
B J Nilsen – The Short Night – Black Light
Allerseelen – Flamme – track 4
http://www.bj...ackLight.mp3
June 24th, 2009 at 11:32 pm
Completely off topic but I was curious as to what you thought about the Philadelphia 76ers reverting back to their old school logo.
http://www.un...ld_is_ne.php
June 25th, 2009 at 3:44 pm
AHhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Sorry for my outburst…. that is just simply beautiful…
August 4th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
[...] En primer lugar, una cámara de vídeo Super-8 que Braun lanzó al mercado a mediados de los 70. Ignorante yo de nuevo, desconocía que la casa alemana tuvo sus pinitos en el mundo del vídeo amateur. Evidentemente, la Nizo tiene el diseño característico de Braun, estilo que a día de hoy todavía sigue dando coletazos en la electrónica de consumo. Más imágenes en Flickr y un vídeo grabado con una Nizo en Vimeo. [...]