Yeah, I really built a drone that shoots 35mm film…
Before I can even begin to explain my absurd creation and why I did it I should explain my background.
Anyone who has known me for a long time will be aware that this was inevitable for me. My name is Jason De Freitas, I’m a 30 year old aeronautical engineer living on the south coast of NSW, Australia.
Hackney Wick has become a haven for creatives over the last 5 years, the once wasteland of London has been converted into acres and acres of space for artists of all formats, so what better place to test my Olympus Mju-i out, than the Wick-It would be a fitting place, considering the celebration of vintage fashion within that area!
Sometimes the urge to do something out of the norm comes over me from out of the blue; like stopping at the Salvation Army that I drive by literally every day, yet rarely giving a moments heed to. On this day in early March though, the urge was unmistakable. I really didn’t know what I thought I would find but in I went. I cruised past stacks of dishes and coffee cups thinking I might find the odd bit of vintage restaurant-ware (another interest of mine) but as usual, nothing.
Summertime is the best time for cheap point-and-shoot cameras for me. Stuff em with some color film, throw em in a pocket, go on vacation, take pictures, have fun. I don’t want to fuss with focus or exposure, I don’t want to worry about losing or breaking them, I just want to seamlessly capture images of my family and our adventures. Last summer I decided to run a little shootout to discover which cameras I liked shooting best and which ones had the best images. I really only considered cameras available for $100 or less and here’s what I came up with.
As everyone knows, France won the 2018 football world cup. As a number one fan of our football team, of course I followed this world cup with a lot of madness and zero objectivity. We are the best! On the day of the final, I had a small Olympus mju-i loaded with Kodak Tmax 100 film.
