Clap your hands and stomp your feet – may we introduce the
most schizophrenic 35mm camera to ever land in your palms.
The Split Cam is a two sided yellow-and-black bumblebee –
armed with a unique dual-blind lens system that allows for
virtually endless “image fusion” and multiple exposure
possibilities.
Specifications
Overview
* Size: 11cm (4.33”) x 7cm (2.8”) x 4cm (1.6”)
* Weight: 98 grams (0.2lb)
* Format: All 35mm (negative, slide, b&w)
* Lens: Plastic
* Approx. Aperture: f/8
* Approx. Shutter: 1/100
* Regular 35mm film, Regular processing anywhere!
Techniques
Top-To-Bottom Combo
Holding the camera straight in your hands, open the top blind
and shoot the top frame of your image. Cock the shutter, close
the top, open the bottom, and shoot the bottom frame. The
result – two disjointed halves joined in the middle. .
Side-To-Side Repeater
Hold the Split Cam in a portrait orientation and shoot the
left half first, then the right. This allows you to have the
same person appear on both sides of the image, with different
expressions
Multiple Full Frame
Open up your lens, fire away – re-cock the shutter – and
then fire again! The effect is random, uncontrolled, and
unbelievably satisfying. Shoot two exposures, three exposures,
and more! Take 6 or 7 shots of the same thing at dusk for
“the poor man's long exposure.”
The Old Standby
Feeling in a conservative mood? The Split Cam is happy to
oblige by offering dead-easy, focus-free, completely normal
full-frame shots.
But don't stop there!
With the power to shoot as many multiple frames as you can
bear, the Split Cam has nearly endless possibilities for
experimentation. For the truly brave, we urgently dare you
to:
o Shoot multiple exposures in half your frame and a
single exposure in the other half
o Shoot an image that's all black except for one lucky
quarter of the frame
o Shoot one image on the top and a totally different one
on the bottom. Cut your resulting picture in half for
two small “el cheapo” panoramas.
o Everything else your clever Lomographic mind can imagine…
http://www.lomography.com/splitcam