Olympus woodcam premieres at Photokina

As much as we love shiny new toys, there's something to be said for the elegance of polished wood. At the Photokina exhibition in Germany, Olympus recently wowed everyone with a Japanese cypress encased camera. Olympus issued a press release with a great number of details about the wood, and included photos of how the wood was carved -- but unfortunately neglected to tell us what kind of hardware resides in this hardwood. We're betting that Olympus is holding off on releasing further info until it can develop a way to convert its pristine images into equally stunning Japanese woodblock prints.

[Via FarEastGizmos]

[Dayii @ Sep 25th 2006 10:00PM]

Those people who buy the diamond cell, mp3, etc. are just lining up to buy these to keep their mansions warm.

[tuke @ Sep 25th 2006 6:13PM]

but is it weatherproof?

[Keeko @ Sep 25th 2006 7:23PM]

Hehehe! At first glance, I thought it was a top down view of a futuristic new toilet seat!

[Dr Chaos @ Sep 25th 2006 8:01PM]

HAL-9000 meets mr.potato head

[Dayii @ Sep 25th 2006 9:00PM]

the white kills the look... try for a polished black or silver!

[mark smith @ Sep 26th 2006 12:10AM]

All I can see is a wood-grain Motorola H500 Bluetooth headset.

[Kreeper @ Sep 26th 2006 8:41AM]

'Sportin a woody' comes to mind.

[tekdroid @ Sep 26th 2006 8:52AM]

rumour has it the cam will be called OlyWood.

[Rick Lyon @ Sep 26th 2006 10:09AM]

Yea, great photo moment and you frantically reach into your pocket to grab your camera and OUUUUUCHCHHHH!!! You get a splinter.

[James @ Sep 26th 2006 11:39AM]

Say goodbye to your precious memories if you have termites in the house.
And don't even think about bringing this to the humid tropics.

[Lex @ Sep 26th 2006 4:05PM]

All I can say is... "How much wood..."