blackbird, fly preview
Hello I am zybisko14, and I am chosen as one of the slave contributor for this site, I volunteered because I wanted to try out all the cameras for free and run away shoot different photos using different cameras. I used to be a digital guy, shooting whatever that fancies me, but at the end of the day, the amount of digital junk I collect is actually a pain to go through. So I ventured into film, it has 2 advantages:
- Each shot is carefully considered, you don’t just shoot gung ho
- I have always liked the effect of film, it looks so original and sincere.
- I dig mechanical cameras, they are fuss free and basic
- I don’t know how to count
In overall, I have been trying to break the rules, you know the good old rule of 3rds, the leading lines. You know how it goes, LOL. But in truth I have been failing miserably to do so. So with luck I hope I can break all this using a toy camera. not the toy camera lah! The rules!
Anyway, I was saying, with toy cameras, they offer much more basic requirements. Introducing the blackbird fly,
it’s a TLR, a toy TLR that is, also known as Twin Lens Reflex, it has 2 lenses, one for you to view through for you to do your composition, and another for the film to take pictures.
Why 2 lens? well this is based on a very popular format long ago, try googling for rolleiflex, and you’ll know what I mean. You can actually shoot from your waist down.
Well, it’s easier for fat people like me who have to squat down just to get a different angle. haha!
It has 2 modes of shutter speed, one which is at 1/125 seconds and another is bulb mode, it too has 2 aperture settings, that is F/8 and F/7.
I have not really finished my roll of films anyway. Will try to post them up in a few days. Till then ciao!
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so tempted to buy oneeee
i am a blackbird, fly user too~ =)
me 2!
the upper lens on the bbf, is it twist-able to adjust the focus of the camera?
siqueveland: yes it can~
What ASA film you all use for BBF?
kimmie: mainly iso400
I would like to see the pictures from BBF
kelly: check it out at the picture gallery~