Jet Skiing with my new camera
I went jet skiing today and took my new cheap ass water proof camera (pictured above) to try out. The result? Astonishing! Because the camera is so cheap and poorly built I think while winding the film or rewinding, the internal plastics rubbed against the film scratching it. The end result were photos that look like they were taken decades old! The heavy vignetting (the darkening near the corners) also came out pretty cool. Overall I love the effect and it came as a complete surprise.
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May 16, 2009
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23 Comments, add your own...
1. Mr.CHoCoLaTe | May 16th, 2009 at 10:13 pm
WoW nice effect he he
you can find some strange cameras in I Love Souq
you will really like them
2. Mark | May 16th, 2009 at 10:19 pm
Yeah those are lomo cameras
http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/i-love-souk/
3. abbas | May 16th, 2009 at 10:29 pm
yeah the pics look pretty cool
4. Q80 BOY | May 16th, 2009 at 10:43 pm
cool pics
5. Mhm | May 16th, 2009 at 10:55 pm
Mark how much did u rent the jet for ? and where ? plz
6. Mark | May 16th, 2009 at 10:56 pm
Today I went to the one right next to LeNotre on the gulf road. His jet skis i think are just a year old. Excellent like new condition. It costs KD10 for 40 minutes and KD15 for 1 hour.
7. Mhm | May 16th, 2009 at 11:06 pm
Thanks mark
8. NW | May 16th, 2009 at 11:15 pm
Loved the pictures. they look vintage
9. Q8Moon | May 16th, 2009 at 11:47 pm
مارك انصحك انك تشتري كاميرا من سوني تصويرها عجيب
و تنفع للماي و للغوص
10. Frankom | May 16th, 2009 at 11:54 pm
Well this is something else i was checking marzouq and found that he bought flip minoHD looks great but the kodak seems to be better.
anyway the above pictures looks also great i would not say 80’s i would say 90’s pictures :)
11. Zuno | May 17th, 2009 at 1:35 am
Lovin’ the retro photos haha;p
12. suspic | May 17th, 2009 at 1:59 am
LOL that’s a poor man’s excuse. =O
“Hey, look at my cool dead puppy. He’s so quiet!”
13. Safi | May 17th, 2009 at 2:10 am
I’m deciding on which to get: flip mino hd, vado, and kodak… will see.
14. ohyeah | May 17th, 2009 at 2:18 am
nothing better than olympus water proof shock proof crash proof camera…i have 1 and its great
15. ohyeah | May 17th, 2009 at 2:57 am
he he he he i forgot!!!! Freezeproof and Dustproof sounds funny but its true!
16. Mathai | May 17th, 2009 at 7:48 am
Nice thing about cheap cameras, you get pictures that look 30 years old and look at that vignetting.You dont need photoshop
17. OhNo | May 17th, 2009 at 1:17 pm
cool effect!
18. cajie | May 17th, 2009 at 2:17 pm
Besides the retro look, the photos look awful.
I found these waterproof plastic bags in Al-Boom Marine in Shuwaikh. You just put a digicam inside and shoot through them.
Besides being waterproof, it also floats.
I think it was 4KD or something. I picked one up but haven’t got a chance to try it out yet.
19. Kevin | May 17th, 2009 at 2:29 pm
Where do you go Jet-Skiing and what did you pay?
20. Mr.pedro | May 17th, 2009 at 6:43 pm
19. Kevin
6. Mark | May 16th, 2009 at 10:56 pm
Today I went to the one right next to LeNotre on the gulf road. His jet skis i think are just a year old. Excellent like new condition. It costs KD10 for 40 minutes and KD15 for 1 hour.
21. Abdullah | May 17th, 2009 at 7:59 pm
it gives a vintage look to the photos, oh and pic #2 is funny, the jet is on the sand and still water is pumping out :P
22. george | May 17th, 2009 at 8:49 pm
errrr… Abdullah.. isn’t that a scratch on the film and not water pumping out…is it?
23. talal | May 18th, 2009 at 3:49 am
Great stuff!
Mark: what’s the deal with ur nail tho?
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