10 Golden Rules on Lomography

1. Take your camera everywhere you go.
2. use it any time - day and night.
3. Lomography is not an interference in your life, but part of it.
4. Try the shot from the hip.
5. Approach the objects of your lomographic desire as close as possible.
6. Don't think.
7. Be fast.
8. You don't have to know beforehand what you captured on film.
9. Afterwards either.
10. Don't worry about any rules.

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Showing posts with label classica. Show all posts
Showing posts with label classica. Show all posts

Friday, May 11, 2012

Shot from Natura Classica

Finally I got the pictures back from lab. I use lab-scanned this time. Just want to view it quickly, if not, maybe will take long long time.

Fuji Natura Classica, Lomography ISO 800, lab-scanned
Loaded with Lomography Color Negative ISO 800, for sure, I used this because I want to test about the NP (Natural Photo) mode. Only ISO 800 or above can turn on the NP mode.

The situation in the photo, is dull day, no sunshine, cloudy, and dull dull day. NP mode switched on.

Color is great, I love this kind of color. For sure, ISO 800 film won't give you saturated color, it only gives you soft color, which very nice for portrait.

Fuji Natura Classica's focus is sharp, I just can't believe how fast and how accurate the Natura Classica can do. Look at the middle, half press, focused, re-position, full press, snapped. Just as simple as it. Will do more review later.

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Translate Fuji Natura Classica Japanese manual to English

Ok, maybe I write more details about how to translate the manual into English.

I don't understand Japanese. So when I read the Natura manual, it just like "huh? what does it mean?". Some of them can be guess, but some of them are not. Just like why the green light blinking? Why red light? So, manual is important.

Just download the manual in Japanese at Fuji Natura Classica manual (Japanese version). Open the manual in Adobe Acrobat Reader, please make sure that you also download the Japanese language pack. Then open Google Translate. It's time to copy and paste.

On page 9, it tells you why green light and red light. After translate, here is it.


AF lamp (green)
Exposure warning lamp (red)
Liquid crystal display unit
Buzzer
Display contents and Workarounds
Lighting



(Ranging complete photometry) can be taken.
☞ Please press the shutter button to shoot.
Flashing



Focus does not fit.
☞ / separated by more than 0.4m, the subject is Please do enter the AF frame.
/ Not good for the subject of AF, AF does not work. Position the AF frame on the subject distance and brightness similar to the subject you want to take, please shoot AF lock (
➜ 23 pages)

Flashing fast
Flashing "f"
Pin, pin, pin
Brightness is insufficient, there is a possibility that the entire picture will be too dark.
☞ It is recommended that you shoot with the flash ON (➜ 24 pages).

Flashing slowly
Flashing "f"
Peak, peak, peak
Brightness <warning of exposure when using slow shutter mode> is insufficient, there is the possibility of camera shake.
☞ Please use (➜ 24 pages), a tripod or flash is set to ON.


Flashing "f"

Flash is charging.
☞ the shutter can not be released. Charging of the flash until the (lit "f") is complete, please wait.

So, is it become easy?

Natura on going

Still doing nice with Natura.

Since the manual is all in Japanese, so I download the manual online in Japanese, open the google translate, and translate it in English. This make the operation a lot easier and I am more understand with what I am playing with.

Just google it, you will find the manual.

Camera on table.
Natura with coffee

Monday, April 23, 2012

I got it. My Natura.

I spent my piggies.
Total of 120 piggies points. 
I spent it on Fuji Natura Classica. 

A camera that I admired for so long.

I got it, finally.

Inserted the first roll of film,
Lomo 800,
which is the minimal film speed to switch on NP mode.
NP stand for natural photo,
means no flash in night,
but still can get very clear picture.

Testing the camera.
Still testing.