FDC01 Camera

FDC01 Camera
Originally uploaded by Photofidelity

Here it is the FDC01 camera. its sitting on top of some 35mm film containers to give you a sense of scale. It captures shots in square format. Its digital and takes microSD cards up to 2gb. There are multiple shooting modes such as standard, b&w, noise, and vivid. this camera also is capable of shooting video in the same modes as listed above... so far I am impressed with its ease of use and portability. The battery is rechargeable using the USB cable which is nice but once the battery finally gives out and wont hold a charge anymore the camera itself will be dead as well :( which is a slight drawback. You can hold up to 250 pics. Ohh and One final drawback is a small shutter lag prob when you depress the shutter button it takes a few seconds to snap into action which is then realized by a small beep sound. this camera is discrete and good for candid shots of people which is a plus for me. Anyway for a keychain camera you can't go wrong this thing is probably the Cadillac of all keychain cameras taking ques from the greats like the Vistaquest and Digital Harinezumi's of the world! (even though the Harinezumi technically isn't a keychain camera but you get the idea ;)

FDC01

The Mall
Originally uploaded by Photofidelity

I finally got my FDC01 camera in the mail today!!! and I will be most likely posting pics from it to this blog like crazy. I always love testing out my new cameras and putting them through there paces!!

Ladybug

Ladybug, originally uploaded by Photofidelity.

This little lady told me Spring is near!!

shot with my trusty Harinezumi :)

35mm Square Format !!

Here's a pic of a cheap Thrift store plastic camera I think it cost 1.50...
I added the paint job to be cheeky ;) anyway I decided to Frankenstein this bad boy and create a 35mm square format camera! Heres how I did it and it was very easy...

I masked the inside of the camera with a small piece of thin cardboard. I used superglue to hold it in place but you could use tape if you want so you can remove it in order to use it for normal 35mm exposures. I measured the mask for a inch and a half on each side. This appeared to be the largest size square I could make as to try and use as much of the film as possible

Here are the results...

They turned out great in my opinion! Ohh and I also masked the viewfinder in order to help with composition just a tip in case you feel like trying this yourself! Its a fun cheap way to shoot Square format and highly portable too. I know you can crop to a square in Photoshop or Lightroom ect... but there is nothing quite like shooting and composing for a square out in the field!!

Here's a few shots taken with my
Digital Harinezumi 2

The camera glitched during this last shot!
It was due to camera movement..pretty darn sweet!