PetaPixel This Camera Has a Vertical Sensor, Huge Flash, and a Tedious Purpose

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A person in glasses and a plaid shirt holds a large, vintage-style digital camera with a prominent flash, facing toward the camera in a room with shelves and various objects in the background.

Photographer James Warner, known for his excellent YouTube channel, snappiness, loves weird digital cameras. His latest acquisition is a bizarre but fun relic, the Sony C200X digital passport system camera. This chunky silver digicam from 2003 has a vertically oriented sensor, a huge on-camera flash, and is designed to permanently live in an administrative office. It exists solely to shoot passport or ID photos and works alongside an accompanying Sony thermal printer.

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