I’ve mentioned Through The Viewfinder before on this blog but this morning I took the £3.50 Duaflex camera scored on eBay and built my own TTV Contraption…
And in the afternoon I took it out on the bus for a test drive…
It’s all terribly exciting!
(If you’re not already aware, the Duaflex is one of those old box cameras where you look through the top and through the upper lens via a mirror. The film itself is exposed through the lower lens but we don’t worry about that. Instead we point a digital camera down onto the viewfinder and shoot that. The contraption is necessary to hold the digital in place and keep any stray light from reflecting off the viewfinder. This weird combination of lenses trying to work together creates unique effects and colors not to mention being great fun to use.)
The technique is interesting for two reasons. The first is the framing and gratuitous dust. The second is the fact that the contraption forces you to look at subjects from a different perspective. Not really sure about the dust though!