The new Blackbird Fly TLR Camera
I have always been absolutely fascinated with twin lens reflex cameras; the square format, the waist level viewfinder, and the beautiful engineering of the twin lenses just makes these cameras beautiful and interesting to me. However, the complexity of getting medium format film developed and cost of the cameras, especially the few digital models on the comsumer market, has kept me from legitimately looking into buying one. However, superheadz is now manufacturing a plastic TLR called the Blackbird Fly that has been adapted to use traditional 35mm film; an elegant and afordable solution to the very probems that have kept me out of the market (and it comes in orange too!). (more…)
