Now this looks hot. Japan’s Komomura Corp. has released a new version of its digital tribute to the legendary twin-lens Rolleiflex 6×6, first introduced in 1929. The MiniDigi AF is 5 MP (although it’s interpolated from a 3 MP sensor), and produces images in the classic Rollei square format. You flip up the hood atop the camera and look down to compose a scene, on the tiny but clear 1.1 TFT screen.
While most of the handsome chrome-and-aluminum styling is not functional, you actually do have to wind the crank a full turn to prepare the camera’s next shot! While there are no scene modes and no flash, and the shutter lag is a drag, the experts at popphoto.com nevertheless admire the nostalgia factor: “Think of it as the ultimate photographic conversation piece: something to bust out at the family reunion, camera club social, or anywhere old-time photographers are likely to gather and talk shop. It is cute, it is cool, and it can actually grab a few photons for good measure.” At $399, it’s a pricey guilty pleasure, but a welcome antidote to our current regime of point-and-shoot conformity.
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25 Responses to “Retro Flex”
Sandra @ 2008-04-01 10:35:16 AM says:
Muy nice las fotos!
clottii @ 2008-04-01 03:16:44 PM says:
firsT!!
Clarissa @ 2008-04-01 03:43:58 PM says:
WOWWW!
i want oneeeee x)))!
MIGUEL @ 2008-04-01 05:36:31 PM says:
EL TAMAÑO DE ESA CAMARA ES MUY INFERIOR A UNA VERDADERA TWINS LENS REFLEX
SALUDOSS
MaGiC! @ 2008-04-01 09:17:25 PM says:
Muy pro!
Saludos!
Koodhz @ 2008-04-02 12:06:04 PM says:
Qué asco!
berenizZz @ 2008-04-02 05:34:40 PM says:
oOoOOLA
EMMM NMAS DE ROL
BUENOooO nisikiera se k estoy asiendo aki pero
firmen mi flog www.fotolog.com/bere_04
Melissa Montemayor @ 2008-04-02 07:03:23 PM says:
wowwwwwwwwwww!!!!!
esta bien padreeeeee
yo kiero una hahaha
:)
Flopaa @ 2008-04-03 11:51:00 AM says:
para fotografiar imagenes reto0oo,
:P jajajajajaja
besooo =)
Flopaa @ 2008-04-03 11:53:21 AM says:
PD: yo kiero una pa mi
tan mui buenas,
PD. de la PD: entra en mi flog i vas a saver xq puse “para fotografiar imagenes retro0oo”
aleeexis @ 2008-04-04 05:54:06 PM says:
wena fotoooo ke sekoooo
paula @ 2008-04-04 06:42:44 PM says:
wolitax…ps espero
ke estes xuper bn y
ke te sientas muy felix
de la vida…ps solo pasaba
a dejarte mi huellita…xau
Loreto @ 2008-04-04 10:58:11 PM says:
the first camm?? =O!
byee!
Gaspirr @ 2008-04-05 01:54:05 AM says:
COPADO ESOOO JKASJDASD
Norman @ 2008-04-05 08:02:36 AM says:
notable el modelito
todo lo retro con la tecnologia de punta
mish si la vendieran en chile veria cuanto sale y la compraria
GERMAN @ 2008-04-05 11:36:32 AM says:
WAW !!! KIERO UNOOO !!! KUANTO SALEE !!!! LO KIERO !!!
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WOW !!!! I WANT ONW !!! HOW MUCH IT COST !!! I WANT IT !!!
nakioarg @ 2008-04-05 12:01:12 PM says:
alta kamera!
Jehh @ 2008-04-06 10:33:44 AM says:
adorei!
annie @ 2008-04-06 04:20:48 PM says:
daría todo por una D:
tete @ 2008-04-06 07:53:25 PM says:
very good the article, I love the photography, I´m from cordoba argentina greeting everybody ,,, bye
Juju @ 2008-04-07 12:09:54 PM says:
parabens e muito sucesso, belissima foto
Abraços
naty_dreads @ 2008-04-09 01:45:00 AM says:
justo hoy tuve la suerte de utilizar y estudiar una en la escuela de fotografía donde estudio. Pero usé una original, de los años 30 con cristal esmerilado
potatoyes @ 2008-04-09 07:17:43 AM says:
eu tenho uma!!
as fotos são incríveis!
Yenke ~ Saku @ 2008-04-09 09:54:51 AM says:
oh my god I want one!! But thats only sold in Japan, cuz HUELVA SUckS
SI soy Spañola! xD
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