Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Say Hello to Diana

Lightweight, fair skinned, and plastic.

This is Diana. She's a toy camera. Even with all the splendor of Canon, Nikon, DSLRs and 35mm cameras, I'm still drawn to this plastic toy 120mm camera. Dianas (along with another popular toy camera, the Holga) are popular for their light leaks, soft focus, plastic lenses, and "dreamlike qualities". This is what Lomography's marketing team would have you think, but the truth of it is, it's a pretty crappy toy camera that comes up with some very interesting results. I just bought mine today and I've had trouble finding 120mm film this afternoon, so I have no samples up yet. But here's a few shots of the camera itself.









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