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<\/p>\nThis ugly plastic camera is one I thought I’ll never bring it out again. Really. I was on the hunt for a compact film camera that allow me to take closeup of subjects and I bought it based on photos of it online (that didn’t look too bad) but my first impression when I collected the camera was … ‘What the hell! This is one ugly crap!’. Oh, and it didn’t end there. I took it home, loaded it with batteries … and I had to use the 4 letter word another couple of hundred times before I cooled down and loaded a roll of film into it for a test. Why? There is a light on the front of the camera that blinks in red and blue … non stop! At first, I thought it was a sign of the flash being charged but after minutes of waiting … it stayed on! It’s blinking! Ugly? Yeah it is!! I’m gonna tape up that damn light soon.<\/p>\n
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It is this little camera called Skina aka Mr Macro. I heard that it was originally called Skina but later rebranded as Mr Macro. Whatever.<\/p>\n
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As usual, some random shots to test the ‘capability’ of this camera. Can’t find much sample photos online, so I had to pray hard at least it can take something decent. As the name implies, it’s supposed to be a macro camera. Not really macro, I’d say … it’s more for closeup photography. Close but not too close. Confused? Haha! The closest focusing distance is 0.4 meter and this is achieved by leaving the front cover on. There is a closeup ‘lens’ on the front cover, thus allowing the close focusing. Worried about having to gauge how far\/close is 0.4 meter? Just use the supplied hand strap to ‘measure’ … as it’s meant to assist in estimating how far your camera should be from the subject in closeup mode.<\/p>\n
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It has a 28mm f\/8 lens and a speed of 1\/100. For those who are obsessed with themselves, there is also a ‘self portrait mirror’ on the front of the camera (sorry I did not test out this feature as I can’t stand the sight of myself). To use it like a normal 28mm camera, just press the ‘pop up’ button and the front cover will pop up and you can use it like any point and shoot camera. One thing though … the camera doesn’t auto rewind at the end of the roll. There is a button you have to push to the left (at the back) to rewind the film and … it even leave the film leader outside the canister! This means it’s easy to do double exposures with it! Cool!<\/p>\n
After looking at the results, I think I was very wrong about it. Despite it being stupidly ugly with the darn blinking light, it performs great! I was amazed at the sharpness of some of the shots (closeups) and for normal shots … you can find some ‘dreamy-ness’ on the sides that sometimes remind me of a Holga lens. Cool ain’t it? If that’s not enough reason to own this ugly bitch … it just costs about $50 (Singapore dollars)!!!<\/p>\n
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This ugly plastic camera is one I thought I’ll never bring it out again. Really. I was on the hunt for a compact film camera that allow me to take closeup of subjects and I bought it based on photos of it online (that didn’t look too bad) but my … <\/p>\n