I got the Osnaplab camera which is Singapore’s first screenless and filmless camera, according to their bio at https://www.instagram.com/osnaplab/ . It looked interesting cause the design is not like Camp Snap or a Papershoot camera.
And it was so much cheaper than them and in Singapore dollars.
This is what you get out of the box, mailed to you. I chose the pink one. Of course, they might have their own deals or packages depending on the holiday season (?) so just look out for it, mine is the basic super default items.
This is what is in the box. An instruction manual in English. A 4GB microsd card. A usb c to usb c cable and of course, the osnaplab camera.
The bottom is where you can pull out the rubber tab for your usb-c charging point, put your microsd card in (it’s already in when you take it out of the box) and see the M, + and – buttons. The only thing I know that you use the bottom buttons is just for setting the date for your metadata.
The back of the camera looks like this. You can see how many photos you took, which filter is the current one, the battery life and if it’s got sound on.
I don’t know what to say really but the flash works.
Anyway, for quiet mode, do click the filter button and hold it until the icon changes.
The sounds of the camera when you switch on, snap a photo and switch it off is a bit too loud for my tastes so I switched it off. It might be a bit louder than a manual film camera’s shutter sound.
However, when it’s quiet, there is no haptic feedback or feel to know that you have taken a picture so that’s the downside for having it quiet.
Red is charging while green is fully charged and you’ll see it on top when you plug in your usb-c cable.
The Results:
Retro gives that greenish tinge that reminds me of Fuji film. The classic does remind me of older generation digital cameras with the colouring and the mono is well, black and white.
Interestingly classic is the biggest file, then retro, then mono. It’s in 3264 pixels by 2448 pixels so if you decide to print it out of the camera, it should look pretty ok on 4R photos.
Here’s the original classic filter ‘unedited’ photo taken of my Sukiya meal. Somehow with this look, it gives the vibe of being in Japan if you can ignore the tanned egg and that the receipt is in dollars.
Yes, I do like my manual film cameras too but sometimes I want the quick ‘vintage’ look quickly without finishing my film. You still don’t know what’s the end result but at least I can download it quicker onto my computer and I know that this won’t be affected by the X-ray machines at the airport.
I’ll have my favourite cameras and films (it’s kodak gold 200) but I’m giving the osnaplab a try to see if it brings me back to my digital camera days where you used to save it onto a diskette (yes, there’s one model that did it and points to you if you comment what digital camera was that).
Also, if you want to get your own osnaplab, so far at this time of post, it’s via direct messages to their instagram account.
