Film processing is not as cheap as I remembered it! I think we charged like $3 to process a roll when I was at CVS, but the nearby shop here charges ￥650 (7USD) just for a 24 shot roll... So while my original plan was to get my film processed and printed, I opted for the poor-man's route of just getting the negs processed, and then scanning the film myself at home.

Only problem is I don't have a scanner that will work with film.

But Science bless us, we have tools like Google at our disposal. A quick search brought me to a few sketchy sites that talked about using a regular digital camera and Photoshop for jpegging our film. Skeptical, but desperate, I tried the method, and voila:



http://www.flickr.com/photos/shima-ken/

For a few weeks I was debating on whether or not I should buy a toy camera, and whether or not I wanted the bargain priced Holga 135BC, the half-shooting full-fun GoldenHalf, or the fantastic new 35mm TLR blackbird, fly. Well, after a lot of research and discussion on a few forums, I made my decision to go with the 135BC for 50 USD. I grabbed what little money I had, sped on down to the nearest toy-cam distributor, and voila--I am now the proud owner of the gigantinourmously awesome blackbird, fly. (Wait, what?)

Yes, that's right. Instead of going with the $50 Holga, I somehow ended up buying this newly released $130 TLR camera.

When I walked into the store the first thing I went for was the 135BC, but when my eyes panned left, and this superb piece camera caught my attention, I was sold. The camera I thought not to be in Okinawan stores was right in front of me, and even more amazing, it was the last one in stock. So seeing as the camera gods of fate were oh-so obviously pushing me to get the BBF, I really had no choice but to comply. I grabbed the cam, ran to the register, and was cramming film into its innards before I got to the car.

Unfortunately, I still have no images to post seeing as the past few days have been nothing but overcast (a toy camera's worst enemy). Until I do, you can check out what kind of images the BBF is capable of here.