Since the Belair X 6-12 was mentioned, I thought I'd toss a few of my photos taken with it in to this thread.
I am still not 100% sure I like the photos it takes, but it's the lenses I have a problem with more then the camera itself. It's built like most of their products, plastic and kind of toy-like as you'd expect. There's some issues with the lenses in 6x12 mask mode especially with infinity focusing, aka there isn't any infinity focusing for the most part. It also has the usual light leaks through the paper via the photo count window. I don't know how to avoid this as you have to look at it in the light to see the darn numbers.
But with that said, I have enjoyed taking photos with it and, for what it is, the results aren't awful. Would I buy it now if I knew what I'd get from it from my own experience? No. I'd put that $200 towards something with real glass lenses.
The first shots were from my first rolls. I set the focus to infinity and shot mostly distant landscapes, not realizing that the focus was kind of awful in the wider shots.
6x12 Mask:
Untitled by
alienmeatsack, on Flickr
Untitled by
alienmeatsack, on Flickr
In this image you can really see how badly the focus goes out of control on the plastic lens as it gets towards the edges.
Untitled by
alienmeatsack, on Flickr
This one also used the infinity focus but the metal legs of the bridge in the foreground were actually sort of in focus. They were maybe 9-10 feet from me.
All of these were shot on Ultrafine Plus 100 film. I wasn't super happy with the grain clumping in the shots, to kind of add to the issues with the camera. I am not sure if that was a developer, temperature or timing issue with my development.
The next round were from the second photo session the next day. I picked a different locale, stuck with the wide angle lens set to f/16 only and set the focus to 3m and only adjusted it a little for each shot and used the 6x9 mask. These were shot on Ilford Pan F Plus 50 film (expired in 2011). I tried to get more up closer in these shots to see what differnce it made in the depth of field and focus. I was much happier with the results even if they still aren't perfect.
Turkey Mountain by
alienmeatsack, on Flickr
Turkey Mountain by
alienmeatsack, on Flickr
Turkey Mountain by
alienmeatsack, on Flickr
I've not yet received my color shots back, which I shot during each session along with these. So I have no idea how well it did in that regard. As you can see, the camera has a vibe to it like most of the Lomography cameras, but like I said above, I don't know if I would buy this camera for the first time if I had the experience I do now with it.
