Comments on: Digital Colorsplash http://photocritic.org/digital-colorsplash/ The Photocritic DIY photography projects blog Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:50:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Gabriel Velasco http://photocritic.org/digital-colorsplash/#comment-152741 Gabriel Velasco Tue, 30 Oct 2007 16:53:59 +0000 http://www.photocritic.org/2006/digital-colorsplash/#comment-152741 I have made my own cheap Colorsplash imitations with good results, but the Colorsplash has a few features that make it a good choice for lomography. First, it's fast and easy to change the gels over the flash. The most efficient way I came up with for filtering the flash on my Colorsplash imitations was to use a rubber band to hold the filters in place. Even then, changing filters is much faster on the Colorsplash, so it makes it more likely that you will use a variety of colors in your shots and might even give you the opportunity to make a shot that you might have otherwise missed because you were messing with the filters. Second, it has a "B" setting. It is very hard to find a cheap camera with a "B" shutter setting. Third, it uses "Rear Curtain" synchronization for the flash when used with the "B" setting. It's very hard to find any camera, cheap or expensive, film or digital, with "Rear Curtain" synchronization. As with all Lomographic Society cameras, it's possible to get similar results with other cameras or digital manipulation, but it's often difficult, time-consuming, or expensive. I have made my own cheap Colorsplash imitations with good results, but the Colorsplash has a few features that make it a good choice for lomography. First, it’s fast and easy to change the gels over the flash. The most efficient way I came up with for filtering the flash on my Colorsplash imitations was to use a rubber band to hold the filters in place. Even then, changing filters is much faster on the Colorsplash, so it makes it more likely that you will use a variety of colors in your shots and might even give you the opportunity to make a shot that you might have otherwise missed because you were messing with the filters. Second, it has a “B” setting. It is very hard to find a cheap camera with a “B” shutter setting. Third, it uses “Rear Curtain” synchronization for the flash when used with the “B” setting. It’s very hard to find any camera, cheap or expensive, film or digital, with “Rear Curtain” synchronization. As with all Lomographic Society cameras, it’s possible to get similar results with other cameras or digital manipulation, but it’s often difficult, time-consuming, or expensive.

]]> By: jada http://photocritic.org/digital-colorsplash/#comment-101864 jada Sat, 23 Jun 2007 00:59:06 +0000 http://www.photocritic.org/2006/digital-colorsplash/#comment-101864 the camera is good. i found it @ a store called urban outfitters for $25... if you can get that kind of deal go for it. the camera is good. i found it @ a store called urban outfitters for $25… if you can get that kind of deal go for it.

]]> By: Nicolai http://photocritic.org/digital-colorsplash/#comment-6747 Nicolai Tue, 24 Oct 2006 01:33:58 +0000 http://www.photocritic.org/2006/digital-colorsplash/#comment-6747 No reason to buy a $50 piece of shit (I bought the $50 piece of shit, so I feel confident in my standing to pass judgement on it). You can buy a reloadable "disposable" cameras and put coloured cling wrap or lighting gel sample packet sheets over the flash many times over for the price of this thing and actually get better build quality. Gels over flashes wasn't LSI's idea. The only relationship it has to "Lomography" is that LSI built a piece of crap and charges way too much money for it, just like they do for the rest of their range. No reason to buy a $50 piece of shit (I bought the $50 piece of shit, so I feel confident in my standing to pass judgement on it). You can buy a reloadable “disposable” cameras and put coloured cling wrap or lighting gel sample packet sheets over the flash many times over for the price of this thing and actually get better build quality.

Gels over flashes wasn’t LSI’s idea. The only relationship it has to “Lomography” is that LSI built a piece of crap and charges way too much money for it, just like they do for the rest of their range.

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