First pressie and shared with birthday was a biggie, a shiny new iPad (think wifey got fed up with me 'borrowing' hers). Being the new version its got a camera (well, 2 actually - of course) which is fine for snaps and fun shots, but is useful for grabbing pics when proper cameras are left behind but its not exactly easy to hold. And with a vast choice of apps including a cut down (very cut down) version of Photoshop Express you can get some simple and fun effects .. just a good toy really.
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| Photo edited in PicGrunger App. |
And speaking of toys brings me to the second pressie, a Holga camera which really is an all plastic toy from China. Weighs in at about 1/2 an ounce, very basic with 2 apertures (quite posh for a toy), 1 speed + bulb, and pre set focus positions but it does use 120 roll film so shots could be really good .. in theory. I have the 120GN which is the up market version with a glass lens rather than plastic, but reading the forums the plastic lenses do have a following. In fact like other Lomo cameras these are very popular with photographers in many countries, with their rather erratic shutters the results are apparently a tad unpredictable, a stark contrast to today's hi tech digital perfection, maybe that's the attraction.
So, we have a high tech gadget that can capture, store, edit and share rather average quality pics, then a plastic toy that can ... take pictures .. when you have some film !.
Cost wise the Holga is well under £50 so the real cost is in the film and developing.
All pics here were taken on the iPad - did try to do the whole blog with it but need to work out how to get the pics into blogger - having a total love affair with the iPad but it has its limitations and the whole photo / file handling thing for websites is a bit of a challenge - guessing I need to get my Flikr account back up ?
Oh, and after typing this and hitting the preview tag all the text dispersed :( - guess iPad Safari doesn't like blogger - shame.
