{"id":4141,"date":"2010-12-30T00:50:49","date_gmt":"2010-12-29T16:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ndroo.com\/blog\/?p=4141"},"modified":"2011-01-07T22:23:57","modified_gmt":"2011-01-07T14:23:57","slug":"unboxing-tori","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fuzzyeyeballs.com\/blog\/?p=4141","title":{"rendered":"Unboxing Tori"},"content":{"rendered":"

I shiver whenever I hear my name being called while waiting at a dentist queue but it is a totally different story when I hear my name being called while I’m busy pounding my keyboard at my work desk. Of course the voice (of the person calling my name) must be from a stranger … and that is usually … the postman! A large parcel arrived today (a little late for Christmas but who’s complaining?!) and it in … the Tori Amos special edition Diana F+ camera! I was dead excited but had to contain the excitement til I get home and it wasn’t an easy task.<\/p>\n

Since this is probably one of the nicest packaged Diana F+ … I tried to take some snapshots of the unboxing process. It is late at night and lighting is bad in my room … so the color of the camera might be a little off (from the actual thing) …<\/p>\n

Enough of that crap and let’s move on to see what’s in the package. The 2-disc CD ‘From Russia With Love’ and a photo\u00a0 (one of 5 special photographs taken of Tori during the Moscow trip using the TORI camera) were not packaged in the rather big black box. Man … let’s finish with this and I’ll go listen to the CDs before bedtime …<\/p>\n

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Exclusive & Unreleased \u201cLive from Moscow\u201d Double CD\u201d signed by Tori!!! Oh … there’s also a roll of 120 film thrown in.
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Carefully opened up the big black box to reveal the die-cut piano box. This is one camera box that I’ll keep for good!<\/p>\n

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In it … the usual Diana F+ packaging but this one is in all black with some orangy text. Coolness!<\/p>\n

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Couldn’t resist but to take some snaps of the 4 sides of the box. On them are some lines from some of her songs.<\/p>\n

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The most exciting part now … the camera itself!!! It is really beautiful! I don’t really know what color you call it but it is like a little orangy\/gold. Pretty! Pretty!!!!!<\/p>\n

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See the film advance knob!!! Pretty!!! Pretty!!!<\/em><\/p>\n

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See the signature at the back!!!<\/em><\/p>\n

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The only thing I didn’t quite like was the black color flash. I sure wish they had made it having the same color as the camera top. That will make it super awesome.<\/p>\n

Even the book that I’ve always find unnecessary (maybe because I own one too many) has been given a new look (on the cover).<\/p>\n

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If you think the camera is the only thing that looks cool here … just look at the 2 ‘China’ edition lenses that comes with it. The wide angle & close up lenses. I love the fonts!<\/p>\n

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The wide angle one is called ‘Distance’ while the closeup is called … ermmm ‘Close’.<\/em><\/p>\n

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I know it is gonna suck real bad when my credit card bill comes but I’m very happy with this ‘investment’. I think I’ll never bring this out for shoots and it will definitely be joining the other ‘girls’ in the display cabinet once they return home.<\/p>\n

If you are interested to get one too … check out this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n

* Update *
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I took a second look at the camera after posting this and realise that the actual color (of the cam) is more orangy … more like the color of the words on the Diana F+ book above. I better put more effort to adjust white balance when taking photos next time. \ud83d\ude1b \ud83d\ude1b \ud83d\ude1b<\/em><\/p>\n

* Update 2 *<\/em><\/p>\n

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I did some Photoshopping to bring the colors (at least) a bit closer to the real thing. Due to my super sucky Photoshop skills … ermm … the color is not exactly the same (as the color on the cam) but at least it seems to be better than the original versions of these images. \ud83d\ude1b <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I shiver whenever I hear my name being called while waiting at a dentist queue but it is a totally different story when I hear my name being called while I’m busy pounding my keyboard at my work desk. Of course the voice (of the person calling my name) must … <\/p>\n

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