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I bought this from a fellow collector who was off-loading some of his stuff (I know the feeling, especially nowadays). It's a re-issue of the classic Diana, the toy camera from the 60s, that came originally in a blister pack and hung from a peg at the local five-and-dime. Currently they're all the rage for what's called "lomography", an aesthetic that involves shooting everyday things with toy cameras and hoping for an artistic effect. (This is my own definition.)
Nowadays an original can go for upwards of $50 or more, and the re-issues are even more costly.
You can see from a couple of the pics below that the packaging has become more elaborate (it's still a "blister pack" of sorts, although the box is in two parts and comes with a hardbound tribute book to the cute little quirky camera).
The Diana is little more than a box camera. It takes 120 film and shoots 12 6x6 images, and has a mask to shoot 16 4x4 images. Zone focusing and waterhouse stops, plus a pinhole feature, make it even more special.
I haven't used it much since I got it. The images shown on page 1 are from the 2nd roll earlier this year (2009), shot on ancient 120 film of an unknown provenance. But maybe you couldn't tell that by lookin'.
The images starting on page 2 are from the first roll I shot in February 2009. A little better, I think, but then again it was new film.
I bought this from a fellow collector who was off-loading some of his stuff (I know the feeling, especially nowadays). It's a re-issue of the classic Diana, the toy camera from the 60s, that came originally in a blister pack and hung from a peg at the local five-and-dime. Currently they're all the rage for what's called "lomography", an aesthetic that involves shooting everyday things with toy cameras and hoping for an artistic effect. (This is my own definition.)
Nowadays an original can go for upwards of $50 or more, and the re-issues are even more costly.
You can see from a couple of the pics below that the packaging has become more elaborate (it's still a "blister pack" of sorts, although the box is in two parts and comes with a hardbound tribute book to the cute little quirky camera).
The Diana is little more than a box camera. It takes 120 film and shoots 12 6x6 images, and has a mask to shoot 16 4x4 images. Zone focusing and waterhouse stops, plus a pinhole feature, make it even more special.
I haven't used it much since I got it. The images shown on page 1 are from the 2nd roll earlier this year (2009), shot on ancient 120 film of an unknown provenance. But maybe you couldn't tell that by lookin'.
The images starting on page 2 are from the first roll I shot in February 2009. A little better, I think, but then again it was new film.
