Product Description

The Blackbird, fly is a twin-lens reflex camera: one lens is used to expose the film, while the other is used like a viewfinder. It's a famous style of camera whose history stretches back to the 1920s. The Blackbird fly uses 35mm film. There are two ways to take a picture with the Blackbird fly. For quiet and reflective framing, you can hold the camera at waist level and look down, to compose your shot using the finder lens. For a quicker style of shot, you can use the sportsfinder, which approximates a viewfinder through a notch in the top of the camera. The Blackbird fly can take pictures in standard 35mm film format (24x36), but using a different (provided) mask, it can also produce square format pictures (24x24). You can even remove the mask entirely and make a larger square format image (36x36), which fills up the entire width of the 35mm film, including the side sprocket holes. For shooting during the day, you can alternate between apertures f/7 and f/11, with a shutter speed of 1/125. At night, you can switch the shutter to B-mode to let in as much light as you might need, or you can also attach a flash for even more possibilities. Variable focusing, from 0.8 meters, makes for a sharp subject. The Blackbird fly uses a wide-angle 33mm lens and also allows you to take multiple exposures on the same frame.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #18961 in Camera & Photo
• Brand: Blackbird
• Dimensions: 1.05 pounds

Customer Reviews

Very Nice TLR
This camera is very nice, mine is in black. It's all plastic so i would have given it a 5 star rating if the price wasn't so high. The camera is easy to use, and it makes shooting fun. I recommend using an ISO of 200 in normal daylight to afternoon shots. The camera runs 35 mm so it's easy to have developed. The only cons are that you can't judge focus through the lenses, just by estimating distance, but with such a small F/: of 7 and 11 most shots will come in clear. If you like taking pictures and would like a new approach this camera is the key.