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Light Leaked Buckets ~ Lubi

The Lubi

Sunday, November 2, 2008

The Lubitel TLR (Twin Lens Reflex) is not strictly a toy camera, but it is a reasonably cheap one as compared to other more sophisticated TLRs (more sophisticated in terms of build quality & optics). You will often see Lubitel images in toy camera exhibitions, but it’s glass lens and extensive choice of apertures and [...]

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BBF – the teaser movie

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Below is a ‘teaser‘ video of a great new plastic camera that is in development by the company Powershovel, in Japan. I have mentioned Powershovel on this blog before, they are the driving force behind many great artistic projects that involve music, books and photography and behind the company Superheadz Ina Babylon who market all [...]

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Blackbird, Fly

Sunday, June 1, 2008

Powershovel, the forward thinking Japanese company that involved a few lucky photographers (including yours truly) around the world in a photographic collaboration using the Holga 135BC (as mentioned in previous posts) has kindly invited me to trial a new toy camera they have in development, a plastic 35mm Twin Lens Reflex called the Blackbird, Fly. [...]

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