From the moment I placed the pre-order, I had been looking forward to the day I would receive the Belair. I received the shipping email last week and I had been keep a lookout every minute and every second of the day. I jumped when I heard the knock of the deliveryman!
I had seen a few Belair unboxing articles on Lomography but the difference is that I bought the black Belair X 6-12 City Slicker. My reason for choosing black is that it is a safe color, ha!
This is a simple unboxing review. Firstly, the Belair that arrived in the heavy rain. Look at the water stains on the box, which had softened the box slightly…
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Let’s open it up!
I am number 189!
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Two lenses and the respective viewfinders.
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Isn’t the assembled lens, viewfinder, and camera body beautiful?
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As the City slicker has a plastic body, it is very lightweight despite its large size. (I personally felt that the weight is similar to Diana Mini + Flash!)
Next, I hurriedly loaded a roll of 120 film. I chose Lomography color negative 400 as Belair has automatic exposure metering and a nice shutter sound, I soon finished my first roll of 6 shots on 6X12 format in a jiffy!
After a roll is completed, one can see the Exposed letterings, which meant that the roll is spent, do not mix up with new rolls.
Here is my first roll of work! I first shot my lovely cats but there are a lot of shaky or out of focus shots…
I shot outdoors during a rainy day, with an intentional triple exposure.
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Last but not least, this is my most successful shot!
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Medium format is too intriguing! The images have the 3D feel, next I would like to bring my Belair X 6-12 City slicker on my travels!
7 comments
adam_g2000
I really like that last shot!
vicuna
aaahhh when will my cityslicker arrive??? Thanks for sharing! :)
anttmaki
Finally! Someone reviewing the City Slicker! :) My black beauty is here soon aswell.
brandonwong
did they give you notice, or did it just show up? ordered one for my birthday in october...
aanum
Mine should be here anytime soon... Come ón ups man
jaydesign98
jido_genshi