A stroll at the local fleamarket.
(There so far I only came across two Lomography-likes and one Diana, but some other cameras of that league.)
Sadly living in Sweden, there isnt that much "toy" cameras, I have seen very little toy cameras on the local fleamarkets, if not none. =/
Thanks anyway
Superheadz makes some different toy cameras, a couple build-em yourselfs and one called a slim devil that might be discontinued.
I took a look at the Superheadsz cameras, and there was some interesting diy kits, will for sure take an extra look into it. thanks
There are plenty of cameras that could fall into 'toy' range.
You have the plastic soviet/eastern european cameras that were built during the cold war that present a 'toy' look that you'll find Lomography Promotes.
The cheap 1980s point and shoots could fall into the toy category.
Through the 50s and 60s there are piles and piles of oddball cameras produced that are considered toys now.
Not to mention the holga/diana/debonair clones and lookalikes out there.
Thank you Alex, 50s and 60s you say hm!
Im hoping to find a all plastic lecia M style of camera, not the same quality of course, but love the look that the M series have.
you can find kodak and other brownie-style cameras at any thrift store that are easy to load with 120 film on their (usually included) 620 spool. If you must, buy two for the spools, but a lot of those things will let you load a 120 spool into the feed side, tolerances not being a big factor in their manufacture.
Thank you for the tip!
My personal favorite for toy cameras is the Vivitar Ultra Wide & Slim. Don't buy one on ebay, people pay ridiculously for them. Keep your eyes open at garage sales and one will pop up for $1. They're super cheaply made, so be careful. But it has a plastic 22mm lens, which produces some very cool color patterns if the sun is in your scene. Load it up with some film you don't trust for serious photography, and have fun. I always tend to come back with a couple keepers.
Coming in a close 2nd for me is the old Kodak Brownie Hawkeye. There are some tutorials out there about flipping the lens. This gives you a softly focused center, with it falling off to blurs toward the edges. They should be around for cheap if you keep looking, I've never paid more than $5 for one.
Both of these cameras have fixed shutter/apertures, so it helps to write down what kind of film you have in them and choose your scenes accordingly. I think the Vivitar was around 1/100s at f/11, with the Kodak having 1/30 at f/16. Of course, due to age and physical condition these can change from example to example.
Thank you kc2edh, hm Vivitar Ultra Wide & Slim did look very pocket frendly, I guess I have to have a eye open to find one of those tho, but the Kodak Brownie Hawkeye do end up on fleamarkets time to time
Can be find to shoot, like you said If i invert the lens, that sounds like a fun effect
In my collection I have a Barbie camera, a Coke camera, a Velveeta camera, and a three-lens one. This is only a start with novelty cameras. I plan to add a couple of Fisher-Price cameras too, along with a Mick-O-Matic, and some others. The world is full of them (and other things too).
Wow, that is a nice collection! The coke camera does look fun. Fisher-Price camera is that an underwater camera?
I've certainly heard them referred to as such.
Also, I wouldn't overlook the 110 promotional cameras like
this!
ah 110, I still have my first roll unfinished in my kodak 110 camera. it was fast and simple to shoot with but something didnt catch me with it. I guess I have to shoot that roll, maybe its something I will fall for
Thank you for the link, i will take alook