Last Friday, August 2nd, saw the release of the latest gear – the Long Island FreePak. A small offering compared to some previous Paks: a black and white film and camera case, which is a little disappointing when other Paks tend to include at least two bits of really useable gear (a case doesn’t really count, as it does nothing to the photos, only the aesthetics of the app). It is a FreePak though, so I can’t complain too much.
Long Island HipstaPak promotional material. Copyright belongs to Hipstamatic.
Seemingly inspired by the recent Great Gatsby movie (a Great Gatsby FreePak would’ve been swell), the case is a little tacky in my opinion. Dubbed Ol’Sport (someone say Gatsby?), Hipstamatic says “this art-deco inspired case is styled to impress”.
Good day, Ol’Sport
The film is another for the BlacKeys family – we already have BlacKeys SuperGrain (a great B&W film) and B+W, and now there’s BlacKeys Extra Fine (XF). The BlacKeys Extra Fine is just that – it produces very sharp black and white images with a perfectly clean border.
It does slightly annoy me that the BlacKeys branding seen in the first two films hasn’t been carried through to this one – usually Hipstamatic’s graphic design is spot on.
Minor gripe: inconsistent branding across the BlacKeys film family
I experimented with the new film when I was out at the weekend so here are a few of the best snapshots.
Have you found any swell combinations with the BlacKeys XF? Liking the clean edge or do you prefer a border? Comment below and let me know.
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