Camera test.1

I was talking to Nick in a tutorial about what style and look I was hoping to achieve with my video. I told him I wanted the aesthetics of the video to reflect the sounds and the style of music which I create. I told him about this one camera that produce lomography style photos and videos but in digital format. He said the lomography cameras are all the rage at the moment and after listening to a previous song that I recorded, he thought this style would go well with the music.

The camera that I found is called "DIGITAL HARINEZUMI"...



It's made in Japan by a company called Superheadz and costs around £70 pounds on Ebay! I recently got a bonus at work so I decided to purchase one. This is a test shot I got of my dog, Jazz...



Here I was just playing around with the two settings that are available to use. There's the normal view and the Macro view, which has a focal view of approximately 3cm. I am really enjoying and pleased with the look that this camera is giving. Especially the macro setting on the second half of the video. This was filmed on a rather sunny day and there is plenty of glare involved. I'm not too sure about the out of focus look, I'm reckoning it will be hard to find a balance with the two focal settings if I chose to use them both within my video. Once I start filming it I will try and film plenty within both the settings on every subject I chose to shoot so at least I have the option in the end.



The camera doesn't produce a decent enough quality video in dim lit settings. This was filmed in my living room at night with the lights on. If i use this camera it will be best to film on a fairly sunny day. I really enjoy using this camera and I'm excited with anticipation as to what the video will end up like. I could probably use a better quality camera and try and edit to get this effect within final cut, but to save time as I'm not as experienced with the software I would rather go with this camera.