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August 27, 2005
Tokyo Photo Gear
I purchased two film cameras while in Tokyo. The Babylon.4 (¥5000) has four settings that populate four cells on a single frame. Hard to explain, but visit the website. It's in Japanese, but you'll get the idea. I hope some interesting works will come out these experiments. The other camera, the diminutive Harinezumi(¥1500), is a small keychain camera to which you attach a 110 film cartridge.
The typhoon destroyed chances for good street photography, especially people watching in Shinjuku. I wasn't able to take any great images, at least I was able to bring back cameras instead.
I'm trying to loosen up. I'm frustrated by the pixelization and poor images I've been getting in low-light conditions with my digital camera. The digital processing within the camera has given me some god-awful images. I'm switching to film for some projects, where I also have the opportunity of blowing up images without loss. Wish me luck.
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• Babylon.4
• Harinezumi
• Polga Cameras
• Superheadz
Posted by rst at August 27, 2005 03:27 PM
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