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Top 20 Ultimate Ways to Use a Disposable Camera

Kurt Weiske — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 02:15:55 +0000

Photojojo has a great page on the Top 20 Ultimate Ways to Use a Disposable Camera

I love disposable cameras – they reinforce the concept that true art isn’t made by the camera, but the eye behind it.

From their page:

When it comes to photography, we like to root for the little guy.

He’s the picture taker that works hard, is easy going and is always around when you need him.

Yep, we’re talking about one of our old favorites: the disposable camera.

While we love adding filters to our phone pics and making masterpieces with our DSLRs, there’s something magical about disposable cameras we can’t forget…

They’re cheap, fun to play with and can do almost anything!

Here’s our top 20 list of didn’t-know-you-could-do-that ways to use, abuse, modify, and make the most of your disposable camera!

Go buy a disposable camera and see what you can do with it! I plan on doing so and will post pix back here when I do.

And, sign up for Photojojo’s newsletter at photojojo.com. You’ll be glad you did.

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Kurt Weiske — Wed, 19 May 2010 00:59:31 +0000

Building with Flare. Jazz 207 Jelly, Generic 200 ISO film.

Another city shot taken with my Jazz 207 Jelly camera. It’s rapidly becoming my favorite toy camera. Again.

And, my original Jazz post is now #3 on Google searches for “Jazz Jelly”!

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Kurt Weiske — Thu, 13 May 2010 01:05:15 +0000

Shot with a Jazz Jelly 207, fairly high-tech as plastic cameras go. Integral lens cover, built-in flash, small enough to fit in your pocket. Classic plastic wide-angle lensed-goodness, fixed shutter speed. Shoot ISO 200 speed film outdoors. Flash is good for 10 feet if you’re lucky (and shooting ISO 400 speed film).

This roll came out with a Matrix-like green cast.

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Kurt Weiske — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 01:15:53 +0000

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Kurt Weiske — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 01:39:52 +0000

Fire-Water. Penmax YN-3 plastic camera.

Here’s a happy accident -� I loaded a roll of 36 exposure film. I then (a) thought I was done after exposure 24, and (b) opened the camera back while forgetting to rewind the film first, exposing the film.

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Kurt Weiske — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:00:01 +0000

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Kurt Weiske — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:00:11 +0000

Signpost. Mystery toy camera, expired fuji superia reala 100 film.

Recently, I’ve been shot most of my street candids portrait-style. I don’t know where this is coming from, maybe I should buy a square-frame medium format camera to cure myself of this? Or am I just looking for an excuse to buy a Holga, Diana or a Lubitel?

Does anyone have a favorite, obscure medium format toy camera I don’t know about? Let me know.

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Kurt Weiske — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:32:49 +0000

I took this picture with a Aiptek Pencam SD, a camera I liken to the Digital Harinezumi. The Pencam SD is roughly the same size, and does 1280×960 max resolution (still), and 6-8 frames per second at 640×480. Like the Digital Harinezumi, the Pencam SD has 64MB of built-in memory and an SD card slot. Instead of an expensive CR2 battery, the Pencam SD uses AAA batteries – I have a stack of rechargeable AAAs at home.

Unlike the DH, the Aiptek is less than $20.

Is this a “Digital Holga”?� Probably not, while it can vignette, it can take impressively sharp pictures in the right light.
Is the viewfinder a best guesstimate of the image area? Definitely.
Is it fun to shoot with? Extremely – I prefer not being able to see the photo until after I get home.

Being able to record sound with the Digital Harinezumi 2 would be interesting, but I really like the effects people have created by adding soundtracks to silent video created with the original Digital Harinezumi.

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Vivitar Ultra Wide and Slim on lomography.com

Kurt Weiske — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:06:40 +0000

The Vivitar Ultra Wide and Slim is a wonderful little plastic toy camera. At first glance, it looks like any other $2 junk shoppe camera, but the devil is in the details.

The UW&S has a 22mm lens – that’s wider than any DSLR zoom or digital point and shoot. Normally, to get that wide, you’d need to get a semi-pro DSLR lens!

If you like things wide, nay, ultra wide, the camera to bring with you is the Vivitar Ultra Wide & Slim. This simple point & shoot plastic camera brings the wide, wide world of a 22mm field of view to you in a small package perfect for your pocket. Its fixed f/11 aperture assures you of incredible depth of field and makes sure everything, front and back, is in focus. Make sure to shoot mostly in the sun though: for greater contrast and even incredible flares!

More at the Lomographic Society.

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Kurt Weiske — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:41:09 +0000

I went out shooting with a Vivitar PN2011, a 35mm panoramic plastic camera. This is probably my favorite plastic camera to date, but I don’t know why. I think it’s big enough, the lens is wide enough, it feels sturdy enough and it’s got a lens cover to protect that $1.00 piece of plastic. They’re cheap and plentiful, too.

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Kurt Weiske — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:26:43 +0000

Chromatic aberration? Pincushin distortion? Vignetting? Must be a Jazz Jelly!

Shot with generic 200 ISO $.99 store film.

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Kurt Weiske — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:33:55 +0000

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Perspectives.

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Kurt Weiske — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:45:53 +0000

@lomography has been all (ahem…) atwitter about a mystery camera announcement this week. The folks at Tongue in Chic seem to have blown the lid off of the announcement of the Diana Mini, a half-frame/full-frame 35mm version of the cult classic Diana plastic camera.

Half-frame cameras like the Olympus PEN were popular in the 1960s as a lighter, smaller alternative to full-frame 35mm. They also allow you to shoot double the images on a roll of 35mm film.

The Soviets got into the game, too, on their side of the iron curtain – releasing the Fed Micron , Chaika and AGAT 18K half-frame cameras (among others)

The Diana Mini resembles its medium format predecessor, with zone focusing, traditional layout and a film advance wheel. There’s a half-frame/full-frame switch to allow you to change the format on the fly. One of the mystery product announcements showed what looked like a Diana F+ flash, a dedicated strobe flash that looks just like the old bulb flash attachment on the original Diana F.

I like it – it looks small enough to tempt you to take it everywhere, pictures show the same dreamy soft focus and vignetting, virtual trademarks of it’s larger sibling, and shooting skinny, tall photos compels you to think differently about composition.

PowerShovel beat the Lomographic Society to the modern half-frame game, however, with their Golden Half camera a few months ago. The Golden Half looks like it’s smaller than the Diana Mini, probably because it’s half-frame only and doesn’t have to look like a Diana.

Plastic film cameras are a LOT of fun and I bet both would make wonderful bring-with-you-everywhere lo-fi cameras or suitable fashion accessories, depending on which way you swing.

[ tongue in cheek via four corners dark ]

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Kurt Weiske — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 01:50:50 +0000

The Vivitar IC 100 is rapidly turning into one of my favorite toy cameras. I broke from my usual “100 speed film only rule” and shot this roll on Fuji Superia 400. With the fixed 1/85th second shutter and f/5.6 aperture, I can use all the light sensitivity I can get!

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Kurt Weiske — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 05:00:25 +0000

Refreshing. Vivitar IC 100 $1 camera, Fuji 400 film.

This pic came off the first test roll from my Vivitar IC 100, a $1 plastic camera I picked up recently. It’s pretty standard looking. The insides could come from a LOMO Colorsplash or any number of unremarkable cameras. A simple lens, shutter speed and aperture fixed at 1/100th sec and f/5.6, and cheap enough to take anywhere (and not worry about it)…

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