Video Blog - Lomography Spinner 360°

For more of my Lomography Spinner 360° pictures, please go to my flickr.

I am sorry if you can't hear me well :P I was a bit nervous in making this video, please understand that this is my first ever video....but I still hope, you guys like it...

Novita

360° Panoramic photos

Have you everwish that you can take your own 360° panoramic without any sophisticate camera? I did, and now I found my answer, thanks to Lomography Spinner 360°, now I could make my own 360° panoramic picture in my own style.

To see more pictures I took with Spinner 360°, go to my flickr.


Spinner 360° is actually a very simple camera that using 35mm film. You hold the camera with one hand, pull the cord and release it. In less then 2 seconds, the camera will turn around on its axis, on its own, and get you the 360° detail surround you. The result will be about 4x longer than the normal panoramic picture on the 35mm film.

Next time, I will try to make a video cast to show you how it really works.

*_* Novita

Result for ActionSampler Flash

I've got back pictures from my ActionSampler Flash (along with its negative.....it's quite strange since I haven't touch any negatives in the last 7 years or so LOL).

So....starting with open the package, check the negative and CD (I didn't print out the picture, instead I put them into the CD-R)...my heart beat faster than ever....and the result

(Drum rolling.....................)

They turned out not so bad. Above are 4 example pictures I took. The first two (top) were taken when I wasn't moving, but the model moved. The last two (bottom) were taken when I was the one who moved, while the model basically stay put.

I can't denied there are lots of noise on the picture, those pictures were taken with Fuji Film Superia iso 200 (only 200......ghee....I feeling snob of playing with my ISO on "A" mode on my D-SLR hahahahahaha). But they actually gives more artistic touch to the picture. What I like most is the effect that made when I turn the camera in a spiral movement, look at those leaves behind subject !

Overall, I could say, this first test with my second toycam (the first one should be my Diana F+) is considering "quite successful", so I think...I am ready to roll with another roll of film for another round of fun and original pictures.

*_* Novita

First (ever) lomography camera

When I stopped by at Photo Vision at Laussane yesterday, my sole purpose is to look for antique cameras (for my collection and deco at home) - all they have is only a "not so good shape" Kodak folding Rangefinder dated back to 1948. Just when I went out of the store, and gave my last glance to its window...I found couple of Lomography cameras there, yay!!!!!!!

Well...most of the Lomography cameras they have are Fish-Eye style, which interest me the least (since I have a real fish-eye lens at home, Canon EF-15mm f2.8 USM fish eye). They only have 4 Diana F+ lomography camera (series Glow in the dark, El Toro, Mr. Pink, and the one I got for myself, Tokyo Rising) and 1 Lomography multi lenses camera (chrome series, I bought this one too LOL).

So this Diana F+ Tokyo Rising is my first (ever) lomography and medium format camera. It's quite a bit tricky for me to load the film on it, since I have no idea what the 120 film is all about. Fortunately, the manual instruction book is quite handy with its step by step instruction. Nothing really complicate about this camera, all is manual, and operate it on the simplest way (I've ever known).

In a period of 24-hour, I've used up the film -  Kodak 120 VC, for now, all I could say is...be patient, cause it takes 1 week for the pro-lab to develop the film for me (can't be develop in any photo service due to the format). Once I've got them on hand, no matter how terrible they will be, I will certainly share with all of you......my first ever, experience, with a real lomography camera (so far I only playing around with my photoshop for the lomography effect LOL).

Have fun,

*_* Novita

Lomo-Junkies

Lately, I really get myself into the lomography. From searching for Lomography cameras to learning how to make a "lomo-look-alike" picture.

In Lomography, the most significant things are, saturation, vibration and vignette effect. Now, you could either buy one of those "vintage lomo-cameras" (such as Holga, Diana, Lomo LC-A...etc), or a more modern version of lomo-cameras (fuji mini 7s and 25) then you are only one step away from showing your lomo-masterpiece. Please be aware that, all the vintage lomo cameras are either using the 35mm film (standard photography film which are easy to find at your nearby shops) or a medium format - 120mm film (it's quite difficult to buy it directly, but you could easily purchase them online). On the other hand, Fuji mini 7s and 25 are using the instax (instant film) which work like polaroid. Apart from the instant film, Fuji cameras are considering more affordable than those vintages one, but of course you can attract more attention when you walk around with your "grandma" camera around your neck :)

The last solution for those who don't want to invest for "another" camera, you can still use your current digital camera, but then you just need to venture your photo editing program to get the precise "lomo" feeling on your picture. Just remember what I wrote above, lomography is all about saturation, vibration and vigenette effect.

Have fun.....

Novita
PS: pictures above I took during Fètes de Genève 2010.