Editor's note: There is a slight bit of profanity in this video, so if you're in a work environment proceed with caution.
Canadian photographer and YouTuber Azriel Knight has published a humorous commentary video that features five old camera commercials from multiple manufacturers, giving the public a brief look at some of the marketing campaigns that hawked cameras to consumers in the 1980s and 1990s.
The advertisements include a high-energy 1991 Canon Rebel commercial featuring tennis professional Andre Agassi, a voyeuristic Japanese commercial for the Minolta X7, and a bizarre, somewhat psychedelic Nikon commercial advertising a point-and-shoot camera's red eye correction feature.
Don't get tight up about it... It's just some fun, why did you click on this specific post? There are hundreds of others to choose from, yet you clicked, you watched, YOU STAYED to make a comment... Go get your your small kicks putting people down on YouTube, that's what YT is for.
I like the serious content and the not serious content (it's called having a personality); don't go all SJW, DPR ain't the place for trolling, YouTube is.
I always wondered who these sort of ads actually work on. After all, nothing in that commercial gives you any real information about how the camera will perform. I suspect your results may vary, but might be improved if you buy the fountain as well.
Hmm, there’s about twelve bucks worth of negative comments below me, but here’s my ten cents: I liked it.
Made me laugh a couple of times and I actually enjoy his mildly sarcastic narration style. I have no problems with DPR posting content like this: I can use a little funny in my life sometimes.
Don't get tight up about it... It's just some fun, why did you click on this specific post? There are hundreds of others to choose from, yet you clicked, you watched, YOU STAYED to make a comment... Go get your your small kicks putting people down on YouTube, that's what YT is for.
This guy is a liar and fraud, if you watch the full Minolta X7 video on youtube, the girl does not stop and stare at the viewer, its only because he pauses it he totally changes the context, in the full video she turn to the viewer and smiles straight away as if she knows them well. He needs banning off youtube
lol, holy doodle guy, switch it to decaf. You know they make multiple versions of commercials right? and "as if she knows him" is your opinion and not a reason to ban someone from YouTube, but announcing it like that could be interpreted as witch hunting. :)
Nothing. Anything can be inappropriate out of context.
If I'm watching two people playing chess and I say 'I'm glad I'm not black'. It's not an offensive comment. The same sentence rinsed of its context through twitter and social media and re-evaluated as to what I 'really meant' could get me sacked in the UK.
Nope... DId not like it at all. That guy's attitude is WAY TOO UNPLEASANT and not even a signle video was shown to us from the start the end. Total crap!
The Agassi Rebel's commercial I remembered as a kid, it was on so much. The other Japanesse's commercials...well things haven't change much, seen any animes lately.
Safe to say, this guy is in no position to criticize. His knowledge is impressive too, suggesting Minolta has some 'splainin to do. But it got some clicks and there's no new camera from Sony. Not today, anyway.
I doubt he's old enough to have seen the SNL parody on the AE-1 which was funny if you knew the original ad.
I've been harshing on this guy in the comments below, so time to give him some props. I watched a few of his classic camera reviews and he does a good job of it. Simplistic yet reasonably thorough without unnecessary histrionics. Keep at it.
Thanks man, you seem more...balanced than most people in here. This video was my first attempt at something like this. Normally I'm pretty by the book as you saw on This Old Camera. This vid was supposed to be immature entertainment so the people trying to fling that at me in here are just affirming it and kinda look like they have a stick up their butt. I totally expected this, and from what I heard from DP Review's forums, this is pretty tame. DP knew this would get everyone's feathers fluffed and I thank them for it :)
Good on you for keeping in the spirit of things. DPR, particularly the comments sections, is like the romper room of the online photography community. If you come here expecting that, it's good fun. If you easily get bent when someone dumps on your personal gear, it can be kinda harsh.
@tailings I think it's important to show people that the person they are dumping on is reading their comments. On the one hand they say don't feed the trolls on the other I feel like good and bad comments deserve answers that fit the mood :)
Saw a really talented photographer on here, act like a total dill hole. I'm dumb to think that kindness and talent are tied.
I agree. Not too bad. Glad someone finally did a video of the old camera ads. Knew Andre Agassi ones would be there. Wonder if a more in-depth soiree would reveal surprising dichotomies or what were we thinking moments. Anyway cameras have moved quite a bit since then. A little bit of compare/contrast woild be nice too. Again thanks
Wow. Killjoy much? (Of course opinions are like noses...we all have one. But I found the guy's deadpan delivery really funny, and most of his comments were spot on.)
A banana looks like...., well, you know, because of your imagination only. Looked at it from the other side, my....., well, you know, doesn't look at all like a banana. For one, it's not yellow. I'm not sure your about your...., well, you know, but I'll bet it too doesn't look like a banana either. The suggestion is all in your own dirty little mind.
Now, do you still think that commercial is creepy? Or just really bad art direction? Not everyone can be Kubrick and I suspect the world of TV commercial direction is filled with a lot of washed up Kubrick wannabes.
@brn I tend to agree, but I'm concerned about fair use. I think after hearing feedback (constructive and toxic) what I'll likely do next time is play the commercial, then give my commentary with screen caps and replays. Again though, my main concern is fair use, including the music played in some of these.
Azriel, My post was me being constructive, I never planned to say any "words".
I think many of us were caught out by DPR. They link a photography forum to an 80s Camera commercials video but we get something that is silly with snippets of some commercials.
DPR trolled us and you a bit there. You were never going to get a fair shake, as we felt a bit robbed or snookered.
Mash together a Sony walkman, satellite phone, Colecovision, globe, street maps of the entire planet, encyclopedia, a camera and you have a modern smart phone.
They sell really well also. Pretty amazing tool that I hardly ever use myself.
Looking back now, I'm glad I bought cameras on recommendation of friends and sales people in camera stores. If I had seen any of those commercials, I would have gotten completely out of photography.
Such good source material, such a low rung to grab for. MST3000 he is not.
He obviously didn't grow up in the '80's, otherwise he'd understand everything that confused him about Andrei Agassiz. Speaking of which, I can honestly say that I hated those commercials and I hated Canon for those commercials.
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