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THE CHUZHAO TLR RETRO CAMERA


Good day, everyone! In this post, I am going to give my thoughts about this little camera that buzzing now in the Internet. Many claimed that this camera is a scam because their website was newly stablished, their Facebook Page as, as of this moment, has few or a thousand followers only and their contact details are not working, as what others claimed.


At first, I was very hesitant to purchase one but I love the camera knowing that this is only a simulation TLR camera... or let's say, a TOY/MINI camera. But I was really attracted by it's classic beauty. The "feels" will be like retro. I know it's not the real or same with the real TLR camera like Rolleiflex.




I know it's a small plastic camera, & I know it's image quality will not surpass or even equal with my old iPhone 7,  I was into this camera. Like I said, I was hesitant to order one but still decided to purchase one. 



When the camera arrived, I was so excited and did some product shoot with it immediately. I was surprised to know that this, Chuzhao TLR toy camera is built with a quality plastic material. Not poorly made. Let's say, it's classic-ness is superb. 

PICTURES: This TLR Mini Camera is digital point and shoot camera with a 12MP resolution for pictures. Though the images are not that smooth compared to our modern cameras today, the image quality produced is descent and is not very poor like those other "retro digital camera" claiming to have a 45MP resolution but in reality, it's only 2MP or less . This Chuzhao Mini Camera gives us descent images but again, not like the quality output of our modern mobile phones. 

SENSOR: It has a 1/4 CMOS sensor. This tells us what kind of images it can produce. It's sensor is very small even its resolution is 12MP, the images will never be the same with a 12MP DSLR camera. The sensor matters.

I kept thinking  it's a vintage camera, and if it's vintage, the image quality is not really the same with the modern cameras or mobile phones, so no issues to me. 

DISPLAY: This Mini Camera has a 240 x 240 in its view finder. This gave me a new way to shoot (or the old way to shoot a camera),  a new experience, and a new approach in taking photographs.

BATTERY: Built in with a Lithium Battery with a Type C USB connector. Glad it's Type C. The battery life has no problem with me. Some says it last only for two hours fully used... but that's okay for me. Have to think like film also when it comes to battery.

To some who thinks this is a scam or gimmick just for the hype, let it be for them, but for me, who could resists from this cute little fully functional toy camera? This Mini Camera gives you that nostalgic experience of shooting waist level while mixing with modern convenience.

Aside from that, photography is not just about the sharpness, the depth of field, the bokeh-liscious effect, the smoothness of colors, etc.. but it's also about the EXPERIENCE & FUN while taking or making photographs. 

Below are the photos I took using this CHUZHAO TLR MINI CAMERA. These photos are straight out of the camera (SOOC). No edits or enhancement.

Here are some photos from the Black and White mode from the camera:





Here are the some photos from the camera's color mode. 







Photos are descent from BnW and Color mode. Colors are lively too. So, all in all, in my own opinion,  for its price, it's one of the best deals. Am enjoying my experience with it. My only comment about the camera is it's a bit small. Hoping the company will make a bigger one next time. 

See you guys on our next post! 

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