I joined last year's Scott Kelby International Photowalk here in Kuala Lumpur, led by my friend Raja Indra Putra and I brought along only one camera that got a lot of attention - the Rolleiflex inspired mini TLR design Chuzhao. It is a cheap, plastic, toy camera that I bought for about USD25 and for such a low-price tag, I thought the camera was super cute and fun to shoot with. Some famous YouTubers have labelled this Chuzhao as a scam (or scamera, as in scam camera), but I think there were some mismatched expectations. You surely don't expect a USD25 toy camera to outperform your USD2000 smartphone camera, do you? Even if you compare with any compact point and shoot cameras from yesteryears, I doubt you can find anything selling at merely $25, a decent one will cost $100 upward! I think if you treat it as it is, a toy camera, and stop measurebating, the Chuzhao can be quite a pleasure to work with. I shared my thoughts on my latest video here (click).
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