This camera is a remake of the cult classic Vivitar Ultra Wide and Slim camera. It uses normal 35 mm films and has super wide 22mm lens. It is the perfect choice for your pocket camera needs; it's super-light, rugged, simple and features a rubber grip.
2 Colours Available: Yellow Peace & Pink Dress
yes.
Still very popular in developing countries where your average DSLR may be half the yearly wage… without a computer to use it properly.
How do they pay for developing and paper?
Developing is cheaper in those countries than it is here, and they tend to avoid going nuts with the cameras. On a recent 2 week holiday I took almost 2000 photos. With film I would never use over 80 rolls!
Film is still used in surprising places. On a 2009 visit to Japan the staff in a maid cafe (very cute :-) used instant film manufactured by FujiFilm to take photos of customers. They could have used a digital camera, and computer, and printer to achieve the same effect, but it probably would have been a headache to administer.
You mean they have worth?
I threw two in the bin just yesterday that were quality units.
Donate to African kids!
Fixed aperture and shutter speed. That would make life interesting.
LOL. I hate to break it to that site, but vignetting is a sure sign of a very poor quality lens (unless someone really wants to have that effect). All camera reviews mark lenses down for it.
Yes I know, this is a toy camera, but advertising a crappy children's toy as something spectacular (just count the number of exclamation marks used in the original description) is pretty poor form.
"camera geeks will be speechless!" Yes, they'll be too busy gagging.
you're better off with one of eddie's Benq 1030 10mp cams for $59… move into the 21st century
Digital work better for kids too… As they can take 200 photos of their feet for free.
I'm a photographer and as much as I like the 'toy' cameras, this is just ridiculous. Sure, I have a ton of toy cams, but I get them from the Op shop for $2 and it's the same bloody thing!
Or at least get a proper branded lomography one (if you're into that stuff, which I certianly am not).
you guys clearly know nothing about these types of cameras. look up lomography (diana cameras are heaps popular). its not trying to be a good camera, that's the point. these cameras produce some nice effects/photos.
I'm a self confessed Lomo lover :o)
But for everything else, there's Vinnies
Got to love the one month warranty… Nice to see some faith in the products build quality.
It's ridiculous how expensive toy cameras have become in the wake of their come-back…
You guys have to realise that when they say 'toy camera' they don't mean a toy for kids. They mean toy as in 'cheap and nasty' although in this case, they have forgotten about the cheap. Go to http://www.lomography.com if you want to see what all of this is about.
On the other hand, I think shooting in 35mm (or even 120) is an excellent way to learn about photography properly. Last year I did my 10th grade final body of work using a 35mm slr that my father used when he was growing up. I spent over 5 hours in a dark room developing the prints and I know kids who achieved similar marks by taking a few snaps with a compact digital and then messing around with them on photoshop, but if I had the chance to do anything differently, I wouldn't.
You can bang on about how many megapixels or how big your picture sensor is, I know I do (I own a D7000) but no matter what you do, nothing feels the same as holding a row of negatives up to the light, just to see if they've turned out.
Yes, yes and yes. I wholeheartedly agree. I'm setting up a darkroom because I love negs so much. When my digital camera broke, I never replaced it. 35mm SLR all the way :o)
Hi everyone.. I'm going to neg this. Reason? This is not a "bargain".
Yes, film-based photography is alive and well. There are many students and artists still shooting film. For example Deakin University here in Melbourne still has a functioning darkroom and a "toy camera" component in their photography course which is largely darkroom based. Not to mention the retro resurgence apparently happening. The whole idea about the toy camera idea is to use and exploit the imperfections of a plastic lens effects such as light-leak, etc. So the whole concept of "toy cameras" is to play to the specific "quality" of image it gives.
But getting back to the point: (as stated by KevCol) when people are literally throwing away their quality cameras let alone toy cameras, CryssieJade is totally right, you can get these for a couple of bucks at any Op Shop.
Edit: I am a new member (my registration details from a few months back has disappeared?) and so cannot neg until after 30 days.
I'll neg it for you :P
a 35mm film camera? in 2011?
seriously?