This DSLR Costume is Fully Functional Camera

By day, Yohei Shimada is a Japanese commercial photographer. When Halloween rolls around, Shimada becomes Cameraaman, a human-sized, fully-functioning DSLR camera that roams the streets of Japan to photograph other costume-wearers.

Here’s a photo of Cameraaman by photographer Taichi Andoh:


Pressing the shutter button on the costume triggers an off-camera flash photo that’s instantly displayed on the camera’s LCD panel for the subjects to review. Seeing the camera costume in action causes a huge deal of excitement among passersby.

Here are clips of Cameraaman in action followed by the group photos that resulted:


By the end of the evening, Cameraaman has run out of battery power:



Shimada debuted the Cameraaman costume in 2015 and has been shooting on the streets every Halloween since. He posts his photos to his Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram accounts.


Image creditsHeader photo by Yohei Shimada/@cameraaman

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