Get all Cecil B. DeMille with the Handy Cropper
The Handy Cropper is two things in one. First, it’s a 35mm-shaped frame which will let you size-up a photographic composition without even having to lift a camera to your eye. Second, it is a lovely piece of photo nerd jewelry, thanks to the color-coordinated frames and straps.
Made in Korea by Etsy maker Mijonju, the Handy Cropper also comes in a square version for 6×6 film cameras, or any digicam that can switch formats. Available in three Hammerite-esque finishes — green, yellow and red — each frame comes with a matching leather neck-strap which has been tied with a knot that looks like barbed wire.
And unlike the DIY version (an old slide mount), this one comes with lines on the thirds to make composing easier.
Why bother with such a thing when we have live screens? Because it is way easier to check framing with something so small and, well, so handy. The alternative is to make a frame from your fingers and thumbs, but unless you are wearing a beret and sporting a waxed mustache than you’re going to look like something of a douche (come to think of it, if you are wearing a beret and a waxed ’stache, you’re also going to look like a douche).
The Handy Cropper is currently sold out in 35mm format, but can still be had in 1×1 (or 6×6, or whatever). Prices are $49 and $61 respectively.
35mm Cropper [Etsy via DIY Photography]
6×6 Cropper [Etsy]
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