Nov - 16th

Bell and Howell, more Plastic Camera fun.

Posted at 12:33 pm | Filed Under art, film

More plastic fun with a Bell and Howell $1.99 junk store camera.

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Aug - 18th

LOMO’s New Mystery Camera

Posted at 12:45 pm | Filed Under film, lomo

@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.

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Apr - 26th

Plastic Camera Redux

Posted at 9:14 am | Filed Under art, film

I found a roll of old photos from my TIME Camera and tried cleaning up some of the spots and lines from processing in Photoshop.

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Apr - 24th

My new plastic favorite, the Vivitar IC 100

Posted at 6:50 pm | Filed Under art, film

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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Apr - 23rd

Refreshing

Posted at 10:00 pm | Filed Under art, 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 […]

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Apr - 16th

Big Brother

Posted at 6:10 pm | Filed Under art, film

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Nov - 3rd

More San Miguel de Allende / Guanajuato photos

Posted at 3:03 pm | Filed Under uncategorized

Untweaked, fresh out of my Vivitar Ultra Wide and Slim.

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Oct - 16th

Meikai El test shots, as promised!

Posted at 5:58 pm | Filed Under film

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Oct - 10th

Another toy camera – Meikai EL

Posted at 8:12 am | Filed Under film

This is a Meikai EL, circa 1963. Bought on eBay, I was the only bidder! As toy cameras go, this one feels pretty solid. The body is metal and plastic and the leatherette makes it feel like a “real” camera. The film advance is smooth, and there’s an indicator to let you know when the […]

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Oct - 2nd

Plastic Cameras

Posted at 11:14 am | Filed Under film

I love my TIME camera – it’s a Holga/Diana with the chromatic aberrations and vignetting, but without the cost of medium format film and development…

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