Monday, January 25, 2010

A special gift... Digital Harinezumi 2

A momentous and "extravagant" gift from my dear hubby!! Isn't it adorable? It's an extraordinary digital camera that looks like an Ikimono 110 camera loaded with 110 film. Although it has a LCD screen, it won't let you use while snapping (only for reviewing), instead forcing you to frame the shot with a plastic viewfinder. It even shoots videos that harkens to old-fashioned 8mm film!

[ my 3-year-old son at the playground ]

I love the black-and-white shots most coz it really produces retro-looking pictures. The colour shots are almost unpredictable, somewhere between normal- and cross-processed, but that's another unique feature I like about this camera!

About the Digital Harinezumi 2


The Digital Harinezumi 2 is not the most advanced digital movie camera out there. But it might be the movie camera that will film reality just as you remember it from your childhood memories or from a dream. Superheadz, the creators, have worked for over a year in fine-tuning this machine to render images in a way that will remind you of the wonderful Super 8mm movies, and the result is stunningly good. It is tiny, ultra-portable and unbelievably easy to use. It does not only take great movies, but it also can take very unique, colour boosted and highly contrasted photographs, in the best toy camera tradition. The creators have on purpose removed the live-view from its LCD when taking pictures, to bring back the anticipation and unexpected results of analog phootgraphy. They have also left out the ability to record sound, to give you more room for your creativity and bring it closer to Super 8mm cameras. It is another great camera in the Superheadz collection, a camera that will inspire filmmakers from around the world. You will always have it with you. It uses microSD cards and replaceable batteries.


Specifications
  • Pixels: 200 pixel CMOS, Recorded Pixels: 1600×1200, 320×240; Still images: 1600×1200, 320×240, Sensitivity: 100/800, 100/800; Lens: Normal: Approx 1m~10cm; Macro: approx 10cm; Exposure: Auto; White Balance: Auto
  • Self-timer: 10 seconds
  • File Format: Still image: JOEG
  • Video: AVI (25fps)
  • Memory: Micro SD card: up to 2GB (not included)
  • Size: 95.5mm × 26.5mm × 54.5mm
  • Display: (Width) 3.3cm, (Vertical) 2.5cm, (Horizontal) approximately 9cm, (Height) about 3cm, (Width) about 3.5cm
  • Weight: 85g (body only)
  • Batteries :CR2