Best input device photo 2014

[webwit]

Please suggest nominees for the Best input device photo in 2014. You have to give a short motivation for each suggestion. The photo must have been published since November 2013. You cannot nominate yourself.

By voting in the third round of this category, you can win a keyboard cable from Pexon PCs!

In this round you can earn multiple entries in the draws for voter prizes: if you are the first to suggest a particular nominee and the suggestion gets at least 5 votes in round 2, you get an extra entry in the draw for the prize by the sponsor of the related category. If your suggestion is voted as an official nominee and makes it to round 3, you get another extra entry.

The first round ends on Thursday 27 November, 00:00hrs UTC.

Current suggestions:

Please see below.

[Madhias]

I'm currently looking through various threads for nice pictures and will post some entries later this evening - if it is allowed to add more than one nominee!

[Muirium]

Same here. Multiple nominations are definitely allowed. I'm not sure about self nominations though. (We discussed this already but I forget.)

[Madhias]

I'll start with some entries i found so far from late 2013 and 2014 which are expressing somehow keyboard love, and/or summarize perfect what is going on here. So the focus is not on the keyboard model itself, may it be rare or not.

mr_a500 with Kaypro1280.JPG



snoopy with snoopy_ibm_ssk_3z1rn0.jpg



photeq with 14893516897_a47e55634f_h.jpg



seebart with ntc.JPG



janvkn with BhFUC3Y.jpg



HAL with 4_SSK_1024x576.jpg



dubsgalore with DSC_0778



turkish with JMNEUka.jpg

[webwit]

Some great photos there! Only 1 member nominating so far, if it stays such an inactive category I might retire it in round 2. Maybe it doesn't work - I myself have seen some great photos last year but find it very difficult to remember in which topics.

[Madhias]

Unfortunately yes, very inactive. Maybe some of the usual suspects who like to take pictures were not on DT online the last 2 days, so let's see.

It's true, not easy to find pictures in the various threads you remember! I'm searching for two or three i can't find but remembering they are gorgeous.

[Khers]

I think this is a very nice category, but I agree, it's difficult to remember where you've seen nice photos! I've only been a member for a couple of months though, so I might have an easier time than most

However, I'd like to nominate madhias with cZ054kM.jpg



RaleghDirat with wWqhocb.png



and Phosphorglow with 2014-05-20-00.18.42.jpg



It would seem that I have a slight preference for SSKs

[Muirium]

When do nominations close? And can we self nominate? (I've been having a busy weekend so far here… and need some hours to sleuth around.)

Fresh today, by Madhias:

[webwit]

26 November, no self-nominations.

[Muirium]

Got it.

[mr_a500]

I missed this thread somehow. I've seen plenty of awesome photos this year, but it is a bit tricky to remember where. It can also be difficult to separate photo quality from the subject. I've seen amazingly crisp photos taken of ugly, uninteresting keyboards. So, although the photography was excellent, I wasn't that interested in looking at it.

Now, maybe if it was a photo like this....
(semi-nudity warning)

Spoiler:

Adam Computer.jpg

...but until somebody takes a nice nude (female only!) with a keyboard, I'm going to have a hard time not being biased picking vintage keyboard photos over possibly better shot photos of modern keyboards.

[photekq]

Working on finding some..

[mr_a500]

This is one of my favourite Model M photos:

Spoiler:

Nude Model M.jpg

[Muirium]

Mr_A500's ruffling through his stash now, kids!

[mr_a500]

That's it, unfortunately. There just aren't many nudes with half-decent keyboards. I'm too much of a keyboard snob to collect photos of nude girls posing beside rubber domes.

[Laser]

This is one of my favourite Model M photos:

Spoiler:

Nude Model M.jpg

"Nude and «input device»"

[dorkvader]

ooh, a 1390120 sweet.

I wish the person were moved more to the background so you can see it better.

[photekq]

I didn't pick these photos because of the skulls. It just so happens a lot of the nice photos out there include them

I think I'm missing some, especially from Muirium. I wish everyone had a flickr account like me. It would make things much easier!


Madhias


Madhias


HipsterPunks


Snoopy


Muirium


ComradeSniper


라파엘 (noct) on OTD.kr

[Halvar]

Nav Cluster by Muirium

[webwit]

I've compiled this list:

Photo 1 by mr_a500 - Kaypro II
Photo 2 by snoopy - IBM SSK
Photo 3 by photeq - Cherry keyboards
Photo 4 by seebart - NTC keyboard
Photo 5 by janvkn - Filco keyboard
Photo 6 by HAL - 4x IBM SSK
Photo 7 by dubsgalore - IBM Model M keyboard
Photo 8 by turkish - Yellow board
Photo 9 by madhias - IBM Model M keyboards
Photo 10 by RaleghDirat - 2x IBM SSK
Photo 11 by Phosphorglow - 6x IBM SSK colored plates
Photo 12 by madhias - Tenkeyless keyboard
Photo 13 by madhias - IBM 3278 beamspring keyboard
Photo 14 by madhias - Dolch + Clickclack
Photo 15 by HipsterPunks - Clickclack
Photo 16 by Snoopy - Black Kishsaver
Photo 17 by Muirium - ???
Photo 18 by ComradeSniper - IBM Selectric II
Photo 19 by 라파엘 - ???
Photo 20 by Muirium - Beamspring nav cluster

Please check if I got it all right. I had trouble identifying photos 3, 8, 12, 17 and 19. Can someone name those for me?

[Halvar]

Photo 19 shows a G80-779 (thread)

[Nuum]

Photo 3 shows some G81-3116SDUs.
Photo 8 is a Ducky Shine 3 YYY plus a Zowie FK1 I think.
Photo 12 should be a beige Topre Realforce 86u.
Photo 17 shows the Granite keyset.

[mr_a500]

I think this photo by IvanIvanovich is nicely done:



..and there's a photo by Muirium I'd like to nominate, but I can't find the damn thing.

[seebart]

IBM 3278 - beam spring by mr_a500, the lighting is great in this shot:

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G80-3060 60th by 002, the combination of the packaging and the keyboard are timeless.

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G81-3015HAR by photekq, perfect with that wooden background!

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Mysterious matrix by Muirium, great atmosphere with selective focus.

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close up by HaaTa, unusual detail leaves the viewer wanting more.

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[Muirium]

Sectionsone's Ducky Shine 3 Tuhaojin:

http://deskthority.net/post172119.html#p172119


Snoopy's 4704 family portrait:

http://deskthority.net/post189322.html#p189322


Madhias's Cherry G80 9013 Phoneboard:

http://deskthority.net/post167276.html#p167276


Wheybags's artisanal HHKB:

http://deskthority.net/post168055.html#p168055


Mr_A500's TI-99:

http://deskthority.net/post156683.html#p156683


Ivan's unidentified Cherry RGB mods shot: end of last year, after DTA 2013.

http://deskthority.net/post140637.html#p140637

That thread is gold!

[Muirium]

And for Webwit, IDs for my pictures nominated:

Naked Tipro MID series matrix board.

Spoiler:

PBT Granite Cyrilics on my NovaTouch.

Spoiler:

IBM 3276 beamspring, with bonus rust, courtesy of Halvar and the Dustmaster!

Spoiler:

[DanielT]

Ok, last minute entry:
This is the photo that I love and has also a special meaning to me, so I nominate Muirium and his 60% The Old, The New and The Custom:

[Muirium]

More nominations!

Halvar's IBM 3287 beamspring rewrapped:

http://deskthority.net/post177088.html#p177088


And more SSK nominations specifically! Welcome to SSKthority…

Madhias's clacks:

http://deskthority.net/post192388.html#p192388


HipsterPunks's trippin':

http://deskthority.net/post187461.html#p187461


Josh's first post:

http://deskthority.net/post182524.html#p182524


HAL's four corners:

http://deskthority.net/post175305.html#p175305


In fact, HAL's worth several nominations. I really liked his Model M Repair thread. Some really nice photography on show here:

HAL's Generations:



HAL's Keller No More:



This prize is my favourite of all the DTAs! Long live the photo contest!

[Muirium]

Some of those are duplicates, I see. Sorry! Madhias is good, too good…

The current site header reminds me, I really like this picture Paranoid took of the last of his cables:

http://deskthority.net/post185768.html#p185768


Another from the headers: Prelim's Retrobright in progress:

http://deskthority.net/post193363.html#p193363


And lastly on to the desktops…

Mr_A500's Commodore desk:

http://deskthority.net/post145940.html#p145940


Nourathar's Volker Craig VC4152

http://deskthority.net/photos-f62/volke ... t7744.html

Bonus picture:



Neo's posted quite a few pictures of his desktop over the year. This latest one looks like he's finally getting somewhere!

http://deskthority.net/post195774.html#p195774

[JBert]

@µ: I love what you are doing here, but isn't this going to get us in trouble with regards to the number of poll options?