~da greyscale world

well, since i already blog about photography, i'll blog about this baby as well. i just discovered her not so long ago .. and still havent had the honour to own one. if you like photography and retro stuff, then you should know her. yes, i'm talkin' about Diana, the plastic toy camera.

i came across her one day while i was surfing tru the net ... checkin' on some camera-price-list. no, i'm not buyin' a new camera, although i'm dying to. i have no money left since all my saving had been transform into bags, shoes, books .. and the expy meal at anotherhound.

now, let me introduce you to miss Diana. Actually, she's just a toy camera that gives you a fuzzy picture with an vignetted edge ... some said she's crappy, cheap and just a promotional camera that been out of production for a quarter of century.

"Diana cameras use medium format film, but they only shoot 4cm x 4cm negatives which means that you get 16 pictures as opposed to 12.
Most Diana cameras have a Bulb/Instant setting, 3 aperture settings and a front-twisting focus knob. The shutter only fires at one speed and will vary from camera to camera depending on how well the spring tension has withstood the test of time."

now ... i'll show you some pics taken by the Diana .. you'll understand why she's so popular.

credit: for more beautiful pics taken by the diana .. go to http://www.dianacamera.com/ by kai yamada

also, some of the discription above are taken from http://www.toycamera.com/cam/diana.html 

and here's the original manual of the Diana http://www.huskudu.com/guide.html

spent the whole day tryin' to edit the blog's CSS code today. things r going pretty until i finished. i felt very proud and decided to creat another blog under my account ... i did and i try to change the new blog skin ... and boom! i did the wrong blog ... all my settings are gone. well, it's not a total waste of time .. at least i got to learn some CSS and a lil' of HTML. will recoded the blog again sometime soon.

also, i've been scannin' some slide-film. the colour is kinda dull .. guess my scannin' and photoshopin' skill arent that good. it was a photo-shootin' trip at pratatid road. i went there with p na after new year.

hmmm ... maybe it's not the scanner or photoshop afterall. maybe it's just my photography skill ... lol. i still got some developed films left at p na's. he always took and developed them for me ... but never return ... no surprise if he's already lost them!!

still craving for some BIFF movies ... but have no time nor money. arghhh !!