How many toy cameras do you have?

[DWThomas]

Did it come with that oh-so-cute tripod too?

Yes indeed it did. The mount is about a #6-32 thread, the tripod is single height, and not all that sturdy, but cute, yes.

DaveT

 

[Charles Webb]

For what it is worth, I consider all of my cameras to be "toys". Some would say that my photo's are proof of it.


Charlie........................................

 

[Akki14]

Holga 120N
Holga 120S
Coronet Six-20 TLR box camera which is prone to random shutter speed generator and being unable to turn either 120 or 620 spindles even though the front says it takes both.
Brownie No.2 Model E
Brownie No.2 Model F (gosh, you mean I can have tripod mounts with my bulb mode now?)
Nokina NK3030 (crap 35mm but the flash+bracket is LOVELY)
Should have an Ilford Sporti on its way from ebay sometime this week... Looks like it's a Holga breathern just made well before Dianas and Holgas.
I have a Zenit EM too but I don't count that as it seems more or less like a proper SLR, just not a very good one.

There's a quadcam (the unbranded version of lomo's action sampler) kicking around here but that's my husband's and two of its screws have fallen out and it's being held together with tape at the moment...

 

[semeuse]

Falcon Miniature

oh yeah, and one of those digital things

 

[Stephen Frizza]

Toy round!

I love toy cameras and own a Diana and a Holga,
i also have a 110 toy keyring camera that works and
a range of old kodak box brownies. I have discovered that the toy cameras are really becoming very popular with new photography students and think it is a great thing for the filom industry as it is really boosting sales of medium format films.

I own and operate a Pro Lab in Sydney where there isnt a day that goes by without someone form the public walking in with rolls form a toy camera and asking can u please process and proof this and dropping comments like "digital cant do this" which is music to my ears. I try and support Toy camera photography by having a bin in my lab which i sell all sorts of medium format film for $3.oo a roll. that way its cheaper and more accessible to play with.

I love to play toys are great!

~Steve
The Lighthouse

 

[Black Dog]

None, so obviously not enough. I don't even own a digi.....

 

[gr82bart]

I don't even own a digi.....

Oh, hey, those are fighting words. Don't equate a Toy Camera with a digi snap ... errr ....

Regards, Art.

 

[crispinuk]

Lomo Action Sampler (paint flaking off and rip cord clockwork winder thing not very reliable)
Ilford Sporti (I think this might be my first ever camera, bought at a jumble sale about 30 years ago for something like '2 bob')
Polaroid Super Swinger (keep meaning to get this cleaned up and use it again, my second camera I think.)

and, drum roll.... fan fare....
Fuji BYU N-16 (AKA Kalimar Actionshot 16), I've been dreaming of owning one of these since a saw one featured in a TV documentary made by the Lomographic Society chaps. Just nabbed one on the action site.

 

[Akki14]

yay another Ilford Spori user!

 

[Stephanie Brim]

I had a box Brownie Anniversary first. I'm in the process of turning it into a 6x9 pinhole.

Then I bought a Falcon Miniature.

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I was finally moved to getting more toy cameras by this one. I loved how only the middle is really sharp, and even that isn't really that sharp. I scrapped it to make the Falcargus Pinhole, which is now defunct.

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First attempt at a pinhole camera ever. Hole was too big, but I still like that image. Next I got a Lex35 at Goodwill. I scored the big one with this camera.

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Now I have three that I use: a Bilora Bella and two Lex35 clones I picked up at Goodwill last weekend. A Holga will be added shortly.

 

[Charles Webb]

I guess I consider all of my cameras to be "Toys" especially since I no longer use them to make a living.

I have actually never been interested in the kind of results that are or can be obtained with real toy cameras. I still play a lot and have lots of fun with my toys, I can only assume you are also.



Charlie..............................

 

[Black Dog]

Nice pics Stephanie!

 

[Marc Akemann]

A plastic 6x6 camera called a Sunpet (looks a little like a cross between a Holga and a Diana) with a 70mm f/8 lens is a toy camera I bought for $1 at a (now closed) flea market store in Ypsilanti. Focusing the lens is the only adjustment this camera offers,.....oh, and I can choose as to how far to advance the film, too. F/8 is it for the aperture setting. I shot a roll through it back in 1996 and another roll just this past weekend.

Along with the Sunpet, I purchased a Diana copy called a Windsor, also for $1. I have yet to use it and I think it's because of all the options available to me with this camera. Not only can I focus the Windsor lens and advance the film to my liking, but I also have three options of aperture settings (sunny, partly sunny, cloudy), and there's a 'B' setting. After 11 years, I'm still easing into this intimidating camera. ;-)

I also have a Kowa Cragstan Zen-99 camera that takes 127 film. I consider this a metal toy camera. It's the size of a 35mm rangefinder and has a 70mm lens. Aperture choices are just like the Windsor,...sunny, partly sunny and cloudy. There is no focus adjustment for the lens! It has a 'B' setting. Film advance is like the Sunpet and Windsor. There is a cold-shoe (accessory shoe) but no flash sync connection. Lastly, there is a 1/4-20 thread tripod hole at the bottom and, interestingly, inside the camera are two inserts that can be removed and reversed so that the camera can produce either 4x4 or 4x6 cm images. And, it has the original Kowa lens cap. Wow!

I also have a Coca-Cola camera shaped like, and is the same size as, a Coke can. It even has a flash that folds out! It's 35mm.

Then, there is a Meikai EL (chrome version) 35mm camera still in it's original box. I have no idea where I got this but I think this falls in the toy camera department. Seems to be something one would get as a gift with a magazine subscription or something. Translated, I believe that "Meikai" is how a baby might say, "My camera.", and so,....it's a toy camera. Okay? ;-)

Lastly, is the ugliest and worst put together camera I own, the Ansco Color Clipper. It probably falls into a different category, like junk cameras, but I had to mention it. It looks like it was put together by an 8th grade metal workshop class. There are two choices for aperture settings: 'color' and 'b & w'. Judging by the size of the diaphragm when either setting is chosen, it looks like color was the slower film choice available at the time with it's wide open setting. You can focus the lens and it has a flash synch connection. I'd love to be able to lubricate the shutter to give this piece of junk a try, but the damn thing is riveted together! Perhaps I'll just dunk the whole thing in motor oil and let it soak for a day or two. Then let it hang for a week, wipe off what I can and see what happens.

I have a few more in the basement but I'm losing track of my inventory. I have a brother who keeps finding photographic gems at garage sales.

Okay, enough for now......

Marc