So I went a little crazy. Haha! #camera #film

Lately, I've gone on a bit of a camera buying spree. 😅  I bought five cameras in total. 😅

Lucky, none of them were particularly expensive because I got most of them at really good prices off Carousell. I might end up selling one of them in the future but we'll see.

Lately, I've fallen back in love with film photography, in particular plastic cameras and Lomo.  So I  wanted to get a Holga that shoots 35mm film because I already have one that shoots 120mm.  I actually made a deal for a Holga 135 but realised that actually I got a little confused and made the deal for the wrong Holga.  I actually wanted the Holga 135bc because it has more vignetting which is part of the reason why those who shoot on Holgas shoot on Holgas anyway.  But I didn't want to break a deal because of my own mistake so I bought both cameras in the end.

Retro Camera - android

Gosh, I really can't get enough of my new favourite camera app on my milestone.  Am currently in love with this app called Retro Camera.  The interface takes some getting used to and some may consider it a little clunky but I actually like it that they put pictures of the cameras and place your viewfinder in the middle. Kind of cute and gives you a more retro photographing feel in this age of digital cameras and their full screen previews.

This is an ad supported free app so since it's free, you can't ask for too much more.  But what I do hope the developers would do in the future, if they ever update this app, is to make their options and settings more responsive.  Each time I try to turn the flash option to "off", it always takes me several minutes and me tapping furiously on my touchscreen as I try to get the software to respond. 

Other than the above mentioned fix, more retro cameras besides the four provided would be cool.  The four current cameras are already very cool and mostly provide excellent photos given the limitations of digital and cel phone photography. That said, it doesn't hurt to have more choices. :)

The one thing I also like about the app is the parallax error I get when I use the Barbl and the Little Orange Camera.  Now it may be a bug, I honestly don't know, but if it is a bug, I love it.  Part of the fun and experience of shooting with plastic cameras is the happy accidents.  Except for Retro Camera, no other camera app has given me the feeling of shooting on film on my plastic camera with sand papered lens.  I like not knowing, I like the feeling of experimenting, I like the old retro feel this app gives.

Of course, the viewfinder issue and the not super quick processing time does mean that this is probably not the most appropriate app for some shooting situations. I certainly won't even suggest using this camera app for casual snap shots let  alone weddings, events etc.  But if you have time and are in the mood for some experimentation and, if you want to have a little taste of old school photography, it is very hard to go wrong with this app.  The results are some of the best I've seen for a cell phone app.  Anyway, it is free, so why not give it a shot? :)

Momentum

I was going to post a longer post but time just slipped by and it's once again the wee hours of the morning and I'm really feeling the effects of too many late nights. Anyway, now that i have retuned and just so that I can keep the momentum going, the above is another photo of my continued fascination with cell phone photography. :)

Motorola milestone photos

I will be the first to admit that I am no fan of Apple's products and I really don't much care for the iPhone at all. But to be fair, there is one thing I do like about the iPhone and that's apps. These apps have changed the way most of us use our phones. Although using your phone to do more isn't in anyway a new concept and is a concept that Japan probably popularize better than any country before the iPhone, still it was the iPhone which popularized it worldwide.

The best thing about the iPhone is the apps and the apps store. How smart of Apple to be able to make money from apps they did not think up or create. The apps that I liked best were the photo apps which were brilliant because these apps added funky effects, like hipstamatic and lomo, to change the iPhone's pathetic photo quality to become cool and hip. So even though the song erricsson phones still shoot some of the best quality photos on a cel phone, more and more people were being attracted to these lesser quality photos.

While I still use my sony e phone because I like my photos to look nice, I was also happy to see the emergence of these funky camera apps appear in the android market. I have been a long time fan of the use of the lomo cameras and plastic cameras so being able to shoot photos using these effects to replicate traditional in-camera effects is interesting, fun and cheap. Moreover, the photo quality on the milestone isn't very good at all so these apps actually help enhance these poorer quality photos.

Anyway, I do need to go work on my project. When I have more time, I will post pictures of my school work. While I am not proficient yet, it would be nice to track my progress. :)

I leave you now with one of those photos shot and processed using one of the funky apps in my milestone. Oh, and thank god for physical keyboards cuz if I had to type all this out using just my finger on a touchscreen phone, I think I would have given up a long time ago. K, later y'all. :)

Mobile blog test - motorola milestone

A couple of months ago I picked up the motorola milestone. This is a test to see if I can upload photos using this app. Will sleep after this test. :)
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