I want this camera…

Blackbird Fly Twin Lens Reflex Camera

Blackbird comes with some ranges of color: red, blue, orange, yellow etc etc…and I want it …. it’s awesome…and cute (that’s what I think).

The Blackbird, fly is an analog twin-lens reflex film camera: one lens is used to expose the film, while the other is used like a viewfinder. With roots in the 1920s photography, the Blackbird features two viewfinding options: For quiet and reflective framing, you can hold the camera at waist level and look down.

Back to old school! This new model uses regular 35mm film which makes it easy to process anywhere. This camera has three different formats to choose how you'd like your photo to look: the normal 24 x 36, the square 24 x 24, and the full 36 x 36 (which fills up the entire width of the film including the side sprocket holes). Another good thing of this that it also has a hot shoe for flash and a bulb function for long exposure shots in low light situations.

The concept of the camera is to invite people to take more time when framing, a slower type of photography: "You load the film and position the camera at your navel. Peer down into the viewfinder and find the world reflected in the mirror, suspend your breath and capture the subject, release the shutter. With this act you lock in a piece of the world in your miniature box. Hahaha.isn’t it awesome…back to oldies, it just remind us of our grandpa’s camera…using the manual shutter and using a film while now everyone using DSLR and memory card ( you can see your results instantly – my mom will angry with me if she know I want to buy this camera LOL).

Anyway, this twin-lens reflex camera harkens memories of these glittering fantasies of pictures, when taking them meant capturing a scene." And what I read from other bloggers, this one is quite recommended…

So grab it fast…only cost you USD120 (purchase here)

Product details

35 mm film format / f7 and f/11 33m lens / 1/125 shutter speed / variable focusing / Bulb function for low light / multiple exposure on same frame is possible / hot shoe for flash

Melty choco phones from Sharp...yummy

These phones look yummy...Still pondering what to get for a New Year gift? Looking for something sweet but also functional? Here may be the address you should visit (of course, if you live in Japan): NTT Docomo as they have Melty Bitter (Brown) and Melty Strawberry (Pink) clamshell phones (a.k.a SH04-B) coated from outside in a way to look like a three dimensional chocolate-bar in their winter-line up. The sweet fruit of the collaboration between Q-Pot, Tokyo-based accessory brand founded by the designer Wakamatsu Tadaaki, and Sharp, they feature pre-installed chocolate themed wallpapers, photo frames and menus as well as having straps with complementary desserts and original chocolate box type package. The technical specs are nothing extraordinary, though: 3-inch WVGA ASV screen, 8MP CCD camera, waterproof, 1-seg digital TV tuner, Bluetooth etc. By the way, they are reported by Sharp to be limited to 13,000 production units.

What a cute yet temptation phones ^^

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Big Shot - A DIY and a camera for education

It's a well documented fact that kids greatly enjoying taking things apart to see how they work. Columbia University in New York has made it their mission to create a camera that not only carries the capability to be assembled and dismantled, but created a product that could be used as an affordable platform for education.

The Big Shot camera has been road tested by children all across the world and has been a huge hit and understandably so. The 6 year old MacGyver in us is just dying to get our hands on it. Although it takes a battery, it also has a hand crank on the side as it takes very little energy to actually take a photograph. So a few quick cranks and you're all set for some picture taking fun.

 
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http://www.bigshotcamera.org/