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The Toy Camera That Got Away. . ..

Lorenzo — Thu, 15 May 2008 06:48:42 GMT

This camera which was part of a promo give away, created some really incredible blurry shots.
i would love to have one of these. . .

http://www.toycameras.jmlgraphics.com/spykids.htm

some shots. . .

http://www.toycameras.jmlgraphics.com/spykids_pics.html

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AIPTEK. . .which model??

Lorenzo — Wed, 14 May 2008 07:58:38 GMT

I am now getting excited about this little camera after seeing your pix.

Which one's are you using and recommend?

Here's what is available on line and for very good prices. . .

Mini PenCam

Pocket DV

Pocket DV 5100M

PenCam Trio

Pocket DV 3100

Pocket DV II

Pocket VD 4100M

PenCam Trio VGA

It is hard to find reviews, but a couple weren't so favorable, but the limited number of reviewers makes me question if the sample size was big enough. Not everybody appreciates the unique look of photos taken from toy cameras. . .

Which ones are you using and do you like??

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New Aiptek Pix in Tribe Album

AllanO' — Mon, 12 May 2008 20:54:16 GMT

I posted 6 photos from a set of pix I took with a $12 Aiptek pencam a year ago in April, in the tribe album. Enjoy! And let's see what others have got.

Allan

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lomo cameras. . .

Lorenzo — Mon, 12 May 2008 04:07:58 GMT

does anyone own one??

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FULL ECLIPSE OF THE MOON: any toy photographers catch it?

looppool — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 13:04:55 GMT

I got a few shots out on the west coast of the fabulous full
eclipse of the moon.

I actually wish I had a really excellent low light camera because
at one point, the fog started to come in off the bay where I live
and it was underlit by the town's lights so that the high fog shown
orangish in color swirling around the blood red of the moon that
had a light red halo around the deep red center at full eclipse.

It's one of the most beautiful and spooky things I have ever seen in nature
but the light was too low for my cheapy toy digital camera.

Anyone else try photographing this amazing event?

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galleries?

Lorenzo — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 05:54:58 GMT

anyone know of any good lomo galleries? please post a link if you do. . .

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vasoline or ascetate

Lorenzo — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 03:00:28 GMT

what do you prefer to put on your lens to get that dreamy look?

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a quick hello from a newbie

Colin — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 01:38:01 GMT

Just wanted to say quick hello to the group. My camera of choice right now is a Pentax Auto 110, having come across one late last year. I haven't started rolling or developing my own film yet, but I'm sure that's coming. As soon as I manage to get some scans done, I'll try and post a few. I do have to say, I really do love my little Pentax-even if it is an automatic :-D

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Decordova museum

JohnnyCrank — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 20:56:27 GMT

Howdy toy camera enthusiasts!

Been a fan of the tribe for a while----figured it was time to finally thow some pics up. At last, here are a few from a trip to the Decordova Musuem a few years ago. You can check them under the photos column.

They are nothing special-----I had a lot of fun that day, and it was fun to look at them again a few years later. Enjoy.

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Cat Cam is a fascinating use of Toy digital photogrphy equipment

looppool — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 13:21:51 GMT

This guy designed a toy camera that he put on his cat that would take
periodic pictures (elsewhere in the site he tells how he deisigned it).

It is utterly fascinating to me the pictures this cat 'took' over several days.
There are things a human being would probably never see.

Check it out. The camera listed looks very groovy too..........$20 with a 1.3 megapixel resolution
manual focus and the ability to take webcam pictures but fits in your hand. I'll order mine tomorrow.

http://www.mr-lee-catcam.de/pe_catcam1.htm

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batch scanning??

aimee_danger — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 23:22:17 GMT

So I'm curious if anyone knows of a way to scan an entire roll of 120 film at a time?

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Alternative Processes - Call for Entries

Thu, 03 May 2007 20:45:27 GMT

Alternative Processes
Deadline June 5, 2007

The Center for Fine Art Photography invites photographers working in all mediums, styles and schools of thought to participate in its exhibitions and activities. Traditional, contemporary, avant-garde, creative and experimental works, including new processes, mixed techniques, and challenging personal, emotional or political statements are welcome.

Theme: Alternatives - All subjects welcome.
Images derived from alternative image capture and printing, such as Holga, pinhole and other cameras, photograms, scanograms, holograms, Polaroid transfers, etc.

Important Dates

Entries due June 5, 2007
June 15 2007: Notification of acceptance
August 24, 2007: Exhibition opening
September 7: Public reception for artists
September 22, 2007: Exhibition closes

Visit www.c4fap.org and follow the links for Call for Entries or email questions to cfe@c4fap.org

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LET'S CHECK IN: what are you shooting or planning to shoot this week

looppool — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 21:41:26 GMT

This tribe used to be very active and has really slowed to a crawl.
I actually began to shoot toy video and toy digital because I stumbled on it
and now I'm really active with toy webcam and toy video animations of my
abstract electronica tunes.

So, what's everybody up to these days?

I, myself, know of a small leaveless tree with short branches in a parking lot
in Watsonville where a whole host of Crows hang out. They look incredibly stark
against the leaveless tree branches and, in particularly, against a dark rainy cloudy sky.

I'm hoping I get another free day with weather like that before the tree busts out with new
leaves (as it will soon). I want to drive there and take still shots and also do a
long, tripod held shot of from beneath the tree so that I can have a stark loop to play
against at the Boise Experimental Music Festival that I'm headlining in April.

I'm also planning on buying a bunch of relatively inexpensive black fabric and grommeting
it to three poles so that I can quickly turn my recording studio into a modest photographic
studio as well. I have a lot of UV lighting and toy lighting device ideas for videos for my
next CD.

That's it for me. I look forward to hearing what you are all up to.
Here's some of my work at www.youtube.com/looppool I did the music as well.

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New Exhibition at Madrone Lounge

Alison — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 19:34:19 GMT

I'll be showing my photography along with some awesome painters at the new exhibition at Madrone: "The Birds and the Bees."

The Deets:
Open reception: Thursday, March 15th
6pm-10pm

Madrone Lounge: 500 Divisadero @ Fell St. Western Addition

Participating Artists: Alison Bank . Meagan Donegan . Andy Kowalczyk . Tessa Merrie . Kevin E. Taylor . Samanta Tello
The show runs through June

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printing 120 film...help!

safadancer — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 19:53:02 GMT

As a longtime Holga-lover, most of my shoots are on 120 film. All of my local photo shops that print 120 film are either out of business or discontinuing their processing labs. My membership at the local photography collective is expiring and I wasn't planning to renew because it is expensive and I don't use it often enough for it to be worth it. But I still shoot the occasional roll of 120 film.

Where do you get yours processed?

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AIPTEK TOY MINI DV CAM

looppool — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 06:04:43 GMT

I just splurged and found a $30 (and an even smaller pen cam than the one Allan and I have been shooting
for an additional $10.............whoooopeeeee!)
AIPTEK MINI DV CAMCORDER that fits in the palm of your hand.

It also takes digital pictures and records audio with a USB connector computer use
AND the ability to project onto a regular television.

YOu can use a CFC card but I prefer to keep the video lengths to the bare minimum
(4 minutes or so)..............LESS IS MORE.

Anyway, I just posted my first picture I took with it during a drum lesson with a favorite student.
It really caught his energy, I thought.

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the AIPTEK pen cam is on sale for only $4 on closeout

looppool — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 10:41:49 GMT

They are selling refurbished ones for $4 and new ones for $9.
This is stupid cheap (shipping in the US is about $6)

and Allan, I got yours ordered already.

Buy it today. I love this camera and I"m already doing a full lenght music video using
it's terrible webcam fidelity <grin>

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got a cool new $10 Apiptek Pencam

looppool — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 13:10:24 GMT

that not only takes up to 74 very lo fi digital pictures but also
takes very short videos or acts as a webcam (again, quite lo fi)

I just added a picture called 'my beloved and i'
with my first 'roll' of shots.......................this was a self portrait taken
in Union Grove music.

I'm working on a new video piece with this puppy called Blink that I hope to have finished in
a week or so.

all for $10..............can't beat that.

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Caught a cool image in the parking lot of Safeway tonight

looppool — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 04:08:00 GMT

full moon palm tree in the fog

I just uploaded it.

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"Plastic Cameras: Toying with Creativity"

Michelle — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 23:46:50 GMT

Hey all,
Here's some new news for ya.
My book, "Plastic Cameras: Toying with Creativity" is now out!
It's the first comprehensive collection of plastic camera history, images and how-to.
I pulled together 33 photographers in all genres of photography, researched the history of Dianas, Holgas and other toys, and provide several chapters of beginning and advanced guidance. There's also an extensive resources section with web sites, books, magazines and articles about our beloved toys.
I'm really happy with the way it turned out, and I hope y'all like it!

Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0240808401/ref=nosim/?tag=wwwmichelleba-20
Powell's link: http://www.powells.com/partner/31406/biblio/0240808401

I also have copies here I can get to Seattle-ites or send in the mail, if you'd like a signed copy.

Oh, and I'm signing books in NY at Photo Plus on Thursday Nov 2nd at 3pm, and having a book party on Nov 3rd in NY at Robin Rice Gallery, 5:30-8:30, 325 W. 11th St. Hope to meet some of you there!
Michelle
www.michellebates.net

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only four posts in four months?

looppool — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 09:37:13 GMT

Hey gang,

This used to be a really active tribe...............has everyone gone dormant?

Post your pics!!!!!! Let's let our proverbial freak flag fly, as it were.

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Burning Man on Holga

safadancer — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 00:27:45 GMT

Check out my Holga gallery of Burning Man at www.khafif.com/safadancer/gallery and go to the bottom. I also have some of the pics up in my profile. Fortunately, a Holga is well-suited to a bright, glaring, dusty desert environment: it handles contrasts well and it doesn't matter if it gets grit on the lens. :)

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decisions decisions... should i buy an LC-A+ or refurbished LC-A?

calamansi — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 02:43:48 GMT

hi all :)

title is pretty self explanatory :) would love to hear the pro's and con's of choosing either!

cheers!

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DAY OF THE DEAD / ALL SOULS PROCESSION PHOTO EXHIBIT!

archetypalimage — Sun, 17 Sep 2006 21:40:08 GMT

ALL SOULS PROCESSION PHOTO EXHIBITION !
The First Annual All Souls Procession / Day of the Dead Fine Art Photography Exhibition is under way right now !

Any image from past All Souls Procession or Day of the Dead parades, any image depicting the Living's relationship to the Dead, or paying homage to our ancestors, our departed loved ones, etc., will be accepted.

3 cash prizes and 3 honorable mentions will be awarded.

Terry Etherton of the prestigious Etherton Gallery will be the juror of this exciting event.

The selected images will be shown at the historic Fox Theatre, November 2-5, 2006

The opening is Thursday, November 2nd, 2006

Submission Deadline is OCTOBER 1st.

Visit www.AllSoulsProcession.org for details and entry form.

Submit your images and give them a wider audience!

Let your images be seen!

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Worlds Largest Pinhole Camera and Resulting Photograph

looppool — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 11:19:20 GMT

IRVINE, Calif. - What is believed to be the world's largest photo was successfully created in a hangar that had been converted into a massive camera at the former El Toro Marine Corps base.

About 30 people showed up Wednesday to see the fuzzy, 28-by-108 foot black-and-white image taken by six photographers from the nonprofit Legacy Project. The photo, taken Saturday, shows the control towers, palm trees and a portable toilet.

The photo was created using the centuries-old principle of "camera obscura" after a gumball-size hole was opened in the hangar's wall, allowing a tiny beam of light to enter.

The image then appeared upside down and flipped left to right on a sheath of light-sensitive fabric the length of one-third of a football field and about three stories tall.

The cloth was exposed for 35 minutes. The photographers and 60 volunteers developed the image by moving the fabric into an enormous, 1-foot-deep tray.

"That was the magic: seeing this image come to life in the tray," photographer Jacques Garnier said. "That made all the work worthwhile."

The photo will be wrapped around a tube and eventually shipped to a temperature-controlled warehouse in Riverside. A few museums have expressed interest in displaying the photo, though no firm commitments have yet been made.

Guinness World Records has created two new categories for the project — world's largest camera and world's largest photograph. Certification of the records will take about three months.

The ambitious project was the latest by the group of shutterbugs who wanted to memorialize the Marine base before it was gone. The base was decommissioned in 1999 after more than a half-century of use.

Developers plan to build a 375-acre park, museum district, sports complex and thousands of homes on the base.
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Unfortunately, there wasn't a photograph of the photograph at Yahoo where I found this article

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OT: Toy Video Loops I Made

looppool — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 08:47:50 GMT

My terrible Radio Shack digital camera takes
even worse lo fi little 30 second videos................they are grainy and awful
and I'm really into this wierd phase right now.

I'm into holding the camera by hand (and NOT a tripod) and taking a picture of a very
static scene and holding the camera as long as I can.

When projected these little videos look really lo fi and look like a slide until
suddenly it dawns on people that the frame is jerking around really subtley.

I'm having so much fun with this technique that I also started taking pictures in my
darkened bathroom with little cheap battery operated toy lighting effects.
I"ve used them (with some simple Vegas Video effects) on three tracks for my next
multi-media DVD, ORANGE and one track from my recent performance at the Boise Experimental
Music Festival (where I also got some killer lo fi vid loops).

Anyone interested can download them in glorious full audio fidelity at
www.looppool.info/ORANGE/ or at YouTube.com under the name looppool.

I don't know if this is too off topic to include here but there appears not to be a TOY VIDEO CAMERA tribe yet.
Let me know if this is too horribly off topic, Alan and, if so, I won't post again here.

I just love this tribe, creatively and it has given me as much inspiration in my artistic life as all the electronic music and live looping tribes I"m in so I wanted to share it with you guys.

Also, I'd like to sell copies of my DVD later on this summer so please don't circulate this URL. It's just for my friends here/
Thanks everyone.

Rick Walker
aka |()()p.p()()|
www.looppool.info

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URBAN OUTFITTERS carries toy digitals

looppool — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 09:18:03 GMT

I was in Urban Outfitters with my wife today
(please don't flame me, lol) and noticed that they had several
little cheap digital cameras for sale in their.

Just thought I'd hip you to existence of some cool cheapo stuff.

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Holga cult?

rhythminmind — Sun, 15 Jan 2006 18:55:21 GMT

So i just received a new holgo 120.. There seems to be a cult following for these things huh? I thought it was a peice of crap at first.. can these actually take some fun shots?
I'm into abnormal gear, like the fisher price video cams and whatnot, this just isn't my world. Can someone fill me in with the details about this cam?

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Holga-Schmolga (aka Lensbaby)

OtherMichael — Mon, 19 Apr 2004 17:01:19 GMT

Why should I buy a cheap-assed toy camera when I can get the same effect on my expensive camera?!??!!!

http://www.photographyblog.com/reviews_lensbaby.php

'The Lensbaby is the brainchild of professional photographer Craig Strong, who invented the Lensbabies Flexible Lens Mounting System (to give it it's full name) in an effort to replace his Holga film camera with a digital equivalent. It is described on the Lensbaby website as "the hybrid love children of an old-fashioned bellows camera and an up-tight tilt-shift lens", producing photographs with " the same soft, roughed-up look produced by a Holga".'

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Miroslav Tichy

antonioolmos — Wed, 03 May 2006 11:39:08 GMT

The ultimate Toy camera photographer

click on Image gallery to see his work...

http://www.michaelhoppengallery.com/artists/tichy/index.htm#

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Sick with a Bad Digital Camera

looppool — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 03:15:23 GMT

I have some damned cold and still wanted to be creative today.
I posted some pics of my ceiling. I like 'em.

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New to This Tribe!

Kelly — Sat, 18 Feb 2006 01:20:11 GMT

Hello toy camera lovers.....i want to get feedback on some of my holga images.....please check out the ones i have in my profile so far and comment back please.
I just moved to san francisco about two months ago from florida to continue school and work......

looking to find other peoples who love to run around SF catching light with toy cameras
so we can run around together :)

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holga take up spool

Mon, 26 Dec 2005 11:30:01 GMT

My new holga 120s is missing a part. Any ideas on how to make a replacement take up spool? Thanks!

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panoramic

kristineadams — Sat, 03 Dec 2005 07:14:57 GMT

i think my favorite thing ro do with the holga right now is faux panoramic shots, i just posted some i took in japan, enjoy.

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Utopian goal: the 1 PIXEL digital camera

OtherMichael — Mon, 05 Dec 2005 14:32:33 GMT

http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/007588.php

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Guess I got ripped off: I paid $12 for my camera/mini cam

looppool — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 00:24:39 GMT

lol, this thing has the dimensions of 2" X 1 1/2" X 1/2"
and costs 12 bucks, shipping included.

It's a mini cam too......................it really doesn't like direct light so
I got these cool 'aura' shots with it that I just posted.

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Digital Camera for $10.73. Jealous?

Sun, 27 Nov 2005 01:43:26 GMT

I got a Vivitar ViviCam 3350b for $9.90 plus tax. I found Mac. drivers on the net... Bonus! This is exactly the kind of piece of garbage I've been looking for. I am totally stoked.

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Audio - Loving the Imperfections of Toy Cameras

AArtVark — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 01:54:08 GMT

Loving the Imperfections of Toy Cameras
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5020856

All Things Considered, November 20, 2005 · Thanks to digital technology, it's become progressively easier to take perfect pictures. But not everyone strives for perfection -- a growing community of photographers is becoming attached to the simplicity and imperfections of what they call "toy cameras."

These cameras, with names like Holga, the Diana-F and the Lomo Action Sampler, are cheaply made plastic devices.

There's even a new magazine devoted to the cameras, Light Leaks, which glorifies the biggest flaw of the toy camera: light often leaks through the plastic casing onto the film, creating odd halo effects and other moments of visual serendipity.

Photographer Theresa Manzanares describes why she loves her toy cameras.

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cheap digicam sale

OtherMichael — Wed, 23 Nov 2005 13:59:34 GMT

http://www.surpluscomputers.com/store/main.aspx?p=ItemDetail&item=IMG10087

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LOMO colorsplash

Hoopinman — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 05:37:59 GMT

I just got one and wondering what kind of luck people had with Lomos

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Tribe Blog As Photoblog

AllanO' — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 16:44:48 GMT

My tribe blog has naturally morphed to primarily a photoblog over the course of the last few months. Wondering if some on this tribe use their blog in much the same way? Check mine out in my personal profile. And I would like to offer to be "friends" with others who use the tribe blog as a photoblog, so we can be aware of each others postings via our profile blog listings. Message me if you are interested.

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Mamiya super16 film

patoloco — Tue, 15 Nov 2005 16:20:27 GMT

I just picked up a Mamiya super16 "spy camera" and am utterly excited to take it out. I'm having a little trouble finding film in Seattle though, has anyone got any ideas?

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Portra Film for Holga

Cyberianhusky — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 00:59:08 GMT

Hey Holga folks anyone try using Portra Film with there Holga? Anyone got a good film recomendation for a Portland Oregon gray sky photograher.

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polaroid 665 film

Fri, 14 Oct 2005 21:39:25 GMT

has anyone used this film and if so have you enlarged the negatives? What is the quality like?

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digital toys

OtherMichael — Mon, 05 Apr 2004 13:11:17 GMT

ok, who posted http://cluster.tribe.net/tribe/servlet/template/pub%2CViewPhoto.vm/context/tribe?currentoffset=123&parentid=b224a5fe-6c84-403c-913f-924daa0f5c5e ???

I just added another cheap digital pic one or two late (can't seem to grab the URL right now...). SiPix Blink II, 640x480 (no flash, of course), digital. levels adjusted slightly. all distortion, blurring "native" to the well-crafted lens included with the device.

feh.

more pictures with my cheap digital cameras:
http://www.xradiograph.com/snapshots/snapshots.03.htm

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where to exhibit??

Fri, 07 Oct 2005 21:06:58 GMT

Hi All,

I've recently started shooting polaroids again and I'm interested in exhibiting some or more of these images.
If you know of a business or space that is looking to exhibit this type of work please pass this on them or let me know. I intent to print these up to 16x20 and mount them on masonite board.

Enjoy and let me know what you think,

http://www.monkeyview.net/id/192/portfolio/shadowstudy/index.vhtml

Best,
Pamela Palma

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Holga used on LOST set

Wed, 28 Sep 2005 09:28:24 GMT

I was watching the bonus disc from LOST Season 1 and Matthew Fox used a Holga as one of his cameras to shoot a Cast and Crew book.

Just thought that was interesting...

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new disposable

OtherMichael — Fri, 05 Aug 2005 21:57:12 GMT

I want: http://www.ohgizmo.com/?p=458

of course, I don't exactly have the delivery system.

"It’s called the Firefly, and it’s made by Rafael Land Systems. It can be launched up to 600m from an M16’s underslung grenade launcher, by any non specially-trained soldiers. The “ballistic camera” will then lob in the air, all the while taking video and transmitting back to ground operators’ PDAs.

Once it reaches the ground, it, well it smashes up. "

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Anyone know more simple tricks w/ plastic lenses?

Sweet Bunny — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 18:44:28 GMT

I always like the pictures I take when I blur the lens with my lip balm. I've also scratched the edges a bit. Does anyone else do something different with cool effects?

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126 film in Seattle?

patoloco — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 03:08:40 GMT

A friend of mine just pickup an old Brownie, and asked me if I knew where to find film. I drew a complete blank, so I'll ask you guys, anyone know where we can get some 126 film in Seattle, and if not, where would be a good place to mail order it from?

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Polaroids Count?

cachurch — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 15:21:39 GMT

Do cheap-o polaroid cameras count as "toy cameras"? I bought a Spirit for $3 this weekend, then gutted it and turned it into a pinhole camera. I'll post some pics later after I get new film if y'all are interested. There's a pic of the camera here: http://www.dronecolony.com/img/pola-spirit.jpg

!c

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dated film

Christopher — Wed, 12 Jan 2005 04:24:50 GMT

anyone else working with expired/outdated film out there? Any 126 users? Anyone have some old film for sale?

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I just bought a scanner.

Fri, 01 Jul 2005 17:44:21 GMT

Anybody else crazy enough to buy a $450 scanner to scan in their pics from a $20 camera?

I bought the Epson Perfection 4990 Photo. Granted, I'll use it for other stuff, but mainly I bought it for my medium format negs.

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old style film

archivist20 — Fri, 27 May 2005 20:00:55 GMT

Let me start out by saying the photos here are great. There's some real talent here. I'll be digging out my Holga soon.
Quick question, does anyone here know of jandcphoto.com? I don't know anyone whose used them and was just wondering if they're a good place to get old style film.

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Looking to collaborate on a Holga Project in SF

shamanfilms — Wed, 18 May 2005 01:56:56 GMT

Greetings,

I am looking to collaborate with somebody here in San Francisco to shoot an holga project, i am new to Holga and i am still learning so if anybody out there wants to experiments taking some pictures please message me.
My email is shamanfilms@gmail.com
www.egnogra.com

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Reticulating film

safadancer — Fri, 29 Apr 2005 15:44:11 GMT

I've tried reticulating several times (with new film) -- used 120 degree developer and ice cold stop (literally, I had to melt the water I used to mix it with) and 120 degree fix, and so forth, and NOTHING HAPPENED. Anybody had any luck with reticulation?

I know it might be too much on top of the Holga effects, but I can't help thinking that some nice scaling or whatever would looke cool. But I can't get it to work!

Claire

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120/220 online developers?

earnesternest — Wed, 04 May 2005 05:38:35 GMT

We're looking for cheap here... the Holga twins (one sharp, one dim, yet I love them both) are hungry, cranky, inconsistent little beasts. There's a great little lab I used to use a lot for 35mm at Wilshire and La Jolla in LA (Hour Image) that I can get $3.50 to develop (120) and $8 to burn a CD, which is the best I've found, but I feel like I can do better than a buck an image (without prints)... I use mpix.com for printing digital stuff but they don't seem to want medium format business.
Hmm.
My new thing is using 220 film in the Holga- just seal up the red window extra good (black paper tape inside and double gaff tape outside) and count the clicks well; there seems to be so much more expired 220 than 120 floating around these days... or is it just me?

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Which Holga model you recommend? Help Please!

shamanfilms — Sat, 02 Apr 2005 03:12:47 GMT

I am looking to buy my Holga but there are so many models now that i am not sure which one to buy, here is a list of models available!
Any help???
Holga 120 CFN Camera

Holga 120 CFN Camera 44.95EUR

Holga 120 FN Camera

Holga 120 FN Camera 39.95EUR

Holga 120 GCFN Camera

Holga 120 GCFN Camera 47.95EUR

Holga 120 GFN Camera

Holga 120 GFN Camera 42.95EUR

Holga 120 GN Camera

Holga 120 GN Camera 37.95EUR

Holga 120 N Camera

Holga 120 N Camera 34.95EUR

Holga 120 SF Camera

Holga 120 SF Camera 35.95EUR

Woca 120 G Camera

Woca 120 G Camera 31.95EUR

Woca 120 GF Camera

Woca 120 GF Camera

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does using a toy digital camera disqualify me?

looppool — Thu, 20 Nov 2003 00:59:54 GMT

I know this is probably to modern and hi tech, but
my wife bought me a radioshack toy digital camera for
a present.

it has horrible optics and comes with some really primitive
software that is really fun to mangle with.

I love it and as soon as I have my crashed 2nd C drive reinstalled I'll post a pic (unless there is an outcry against it.....lol).

That's my only cred for being here, except for the fact that I am spiritually tied to all of you because i have a huge collection of toy instruments that I use in my found/invented/toy instrument and live looping shows.

anyone intrigued by this can here some mp3s at my website:
www.looppool.info

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any holga San Francisco users?

shamanfilms — Tue, 29 Mar 2005 21:14:02 GMT

I am looking to start a group or maybe meet with any SF Holga or Diana camera users, i been working mostly on digital video and animation but now i looked into toy camera photography and i love it, you can see my site at
www.egnogra.com
anyways email me at shamanfilms@gmail.com and lets all met up!

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PDX-portland art show

aimee_danger — Thu, 10 Mar 2005 17:45:46 GMT

Hi to all living in the Portland, OR area. I have a show up at the Goldrush Coffee Bar on MLK in NE. I've been getting really into my Holga for the past 2 years now and my most recent work is up there. In addition to using a Holga I also manipulate the images. You can see the work also on my site:
www.aimeewhatley.com

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World Press Photo

antonioolmos — Mon, 14 Feb 2005 01:17:53 GMT

a winning image taken with a Holga

http://www.worldpressphoto.nl/index.php?option=com_photogallery&task=view&id=250&Itemid=39&bandwidth=high

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underwater

Fri, 04 Feb 2005 19:36:35 GMT

I have had limited success with my Polaroid underwater camera, but look in my own album and you'll find a few good ones!

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Diana alternatives??

aimee_danger — Sat, 01 Jan 2005 00:04:46 GMT

Has anyone used any other Diana alternatives (besides the Holga). I'm always looking for 'other' cameras in garage sales and antique stores, and would like to know what I've found when I've found it.

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Do scanners and xerox machines count as toy cameras?

looppool — Mon, 31 Jan 2005 02:48:43 GMT

I just made the CD art for my brand new Abstract Electronica
CD, Purple Hand by putting my hand on my scanner and then
dragging it as the white light rolled down the scanner.
I colorized it and added simple text and will post it here for your perusal.

I ask because I"ve been fascinated by xerox and scanner art for a long time and I just saw that the talented musician/photographer Amy Pie has a xerox scan of her face in her profile pics.

One start a little xerox/scanner art posting flurry?

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who took STORM #3

looppool — Mon, 31 Jan 2005 02:55:18 GMT

That is an amazing and evocative picture.

If possible I'd love to use it as a CD cover for a future dark ambient project I'm going to put out.

Who took it and what do you think about such an audacious idea?

contact me off list at rickwalker@looppool.info if you are interested. I make all of my living off of my art and have very little money so it won't be a lucrative deal but it would be some
exposure for what that's worth.

Beautiful work, thanks for making my week better with your artistry.

yours, Rick

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need pointers on Holga pictures

wakacheeka — Thu, 27 Jan 2005 20:22:57 GMT

I just pulled out my Holga and played around with a roll of film and the results were mixed. There were two images that were printable, the others were either over or under exposed. How do I work it so there is more consistency in the quality of the pictures? I'm using b/w 100 agfa and ilford films.

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Does Winter Reduce Your Output?

AllanO' — Fri, 28 Jan 2005 17:38:11 GMT

Living in Canada (Ontario), what with the extreme cold we've been having in January, I shoot almost no photography -- since I mostly shoot outdoors. And this is especially true with my toy / experimental cameras (Holga, hand-made pinhole, antique box). And I rarely even breakout the Nikon D70 when the temp is in the minus degrees.

Anybody else relate?

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I'm trying to start a SF photography group...

mahaha — Mon, 24 Jan 2005 03:32:20 GMT

I'm trying to see if I can generate some interest in starting a photography group that meets up once a month. I'm trying to create a small group of like minded individuals who are interested in sharing work, projects, getting feedback on work, support, help developing projects and really just establishing a group for portfolio development. I really don't have any stringent rule/idea about how this should form as I am looking for this to be a collaboration of all who are involved.

One of my really good friends from Santa Rosa wants to be a part of it, he knows someone in Oakland that is interested...Depending how large the group becomes I can offer my office as a meeting place - but I would have to limit the group to about 5 or so people (all the chairs I have), plus my office is kind of small....unless we can find somewhere else comfortable to meet.

Let me know if anyone is interested and any other areas I should try and post this.

cheers,
Mark

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film recco

NorCalInk — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 22:39:24 GMT

I have a nice hassy system, but also just got a holga and am wondering what film people have had good luck with....c-41 sort with wide latitude, but that gives some color depth and saturation...i dont want washed out looking negs. any thoughts would be really helpful! thx.

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what do you do with the pics?

Anna — Thu, 06 Jan 2005 14:01:06 GMT

How do you display or use all of your prints? I'm looking for ideas beyond the photoalbum, because they seem more like art than memories.

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Pinhole pictures

Zeno — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 20:57:24 GMT

I posted three photos of my first selfmade Pinhole camera. I removed the lens and shutter of a 1Euro 35mm toycam and glued in a thin metal plate with a 0.3mm hole. The sliding lens cover is used as the "shutter". Film was Agfa 200S.

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35mm Toycams

Zeno — Mon, 13 Dec 2004 14:09:07 GMT

Hello, i´m new to this tribe. I posted some pictures made with an Agfa Box from the 50s and with 35mm Toycams (Ouyama, Nippon). These beauties can be bought in truckloads at flea markets or on Ebay and each of them has its own personality. Anyone else her who shoots with them?

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digital toy camera

Marvin K. — Sun, 24 Oct 2004 04:13:54 GMT

Hey everybody,
I just posted yesterday to the digital camera tribe about this nifty little digital camera I got from QVC. The vingnetting is what reminded me about the similarities to my beloved Holgas. This thing only takes 20 photos but the color saturation is incredible and exaggerated. And it's about half the size of a pager. The photos are low res at 72 dpi and around 4 x 5.
I would guess that this is mainly a film forum, but I just wanted to let everybody know what's out there. I remember a while back , there was a child's camera that was selling for a lot of cash on ebay because it had a digitized very pixelated instant fax paper type print capability. Maybe 5 years ago?
Can anybody tell me how to upload photos to a post? Then I can show what some of these pics look like. I only see two buttons on the typing screen right now.
Mike

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Print Yourself A Camera

AllanO' — Thu, 08 Jan 2004 05:30:51 GMT

Swiped this link from Photography Tribe (for those who don't go there) (thanks Christian, who posted it).

Make yourself a pinhole camera from a printed shape. Go to:

http://www.pinhole.cz/en/pinholecameras/dirkon_01.html

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Kodak duaflex II

Doctor_Who — Mon, 18 Oct 2004 20:26:51 GMT

So I just found and dusted out my old (1950-60s era) Kodak Duaflex II . I found this camera at my grandparents place and brought it home a couple years ago with the intention of taking some shots with it to see what happens.

I just read a primer on the camera on the web and I'm headed out to the camera store to see if I can modify some rolls of 120 to fit into this thing. It takes 620 film which is basically the same as 120 film except the spool is maybe 2mm shorter, the film is the same size....good old kodak trying to boost camera and film sales....

I'm gonna shoot a roll of color and some c-41 process b&w this evening and since I can do unlimited 1/30 exposures maybe a little night photography. i expect I'm gonna have to do some further disassembly to suck 40 or 50 years worth of dust out of the optics.

But well see what happens.

Some stats:
6x6
f/8, f/11, f/16 apeture holes
72 mm 3.5ft-Infinity guess focus lense
Optional flash (which I dont have but I do have my nikon speedflash)
http://homepage.mac.com/mattdenton/photo/cameras/kodak_duaflex2.html

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photoblaster photos

mrfreakybig — Tue, 19 Oct 2004 18:53:50 GMT

Hi,

I just got back my first couple of rolls from my nickelodeon photoblaster, and posted a few in the tribe's gallery (numbers 154 - 158).

i hope you like them.

--scott.

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Got 2 diana's

arty_gal — Sun, 17 Oct 2004 23:08:34 GMT

I caved and went to e-bay. I now own 2 more diana's. They are getting harder and harder to come by. Even the close cousins of the diana like the arrow, etc. I didn't go over my budget. I have one more I'm waiting on. I have holgas, but I still like to shoot with the orignal.

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the holga fisheye!!!

Tue, 12 Oct 2004 15:43:46 GMT

http://www.lomography.com/fisheyeholga/

yay
yay
yay!

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Photo Postcard Trading List

steve — Fri, 08 Oct 2004 03:51:20 GMT

If anyone is interested, the Internet Photographic Handmade
Postcard Trading List is a great way to gets lots of great images in your snail-mailbox and to share your own favorite shots with other photographers around the globe:

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/hmpi/

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Black amd White photography Equipment

c3 — Tue, 05 Oct 2004 16:45:54 GMT

Interested in tweaking out your own Black amd White photography?
Get the gear here!

Complete darkroom includes:
-Omega enlarger
-Enlarger Magnifying Focusing Sights
-2 easels
-Filters
-3 print trays
-Tongs
-Processing tank
-11x17 lightboard
-Miscellaneous chemistry, tools, negative sleeves & paper

$450

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toy camera show

aimee_danger — Fri, 17 Sep 2004 04:48:00 GMT

Did anything ever happen with this?

I'm new to the West Coast, so I don't have any contacts out here, but if someone else would like to solicit a gallery I'd certainly be down with submitting slides or digital files for the gallery to review.

I live in Pdx, but I'd be willing to be part of a show almost anywhere.

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digital killing film

antonioolmos — Mon, 27 Sep 2004 17:34:11 GMT

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/story.jsp?story=565781

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holga questions

Wed, 04 Feb 2004 05:07:50 GMT

hi everyone!
i am thinking about buying a holga but wanted to know how y'all feel about them. i love to take pictures but do not fancy myself a photographer at all- is a holga suitable for a beginer? any other suggestions in the same price range? also, how much does it cost to get the film developed?
thanks in advance! -summer

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Can we alphabetize our Members list, Allan?

looppool — Fri, 27 Aug 2004 10:29:20 GMT

I went looking for
Shockwave (never did find him/her)
in the members list and was chagrined to
learn that our names aren't alphabetized
in the listing.

Since we are already 149 strong and growing, it would
be really cool to be able to find photographers quickly.

Is this possible, Allan?

Can anyone admit to being Shockwave or put me in touch with
him/her...............if that subway shot isn't an
electronica CD cover............I don't know what would be.

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can we talk polaroids?

Sun, 18 Jul 2004 04:59:47 GMT

I know they are not strictly toys, but I am interested in gettin' a Polaroid camera. i don't know anything about 'em, though.

Anybody know which camera would be a good start? Maybe a camera which is a little unpredictable or toy-like, but with film and batteries that are pretty easy to get.

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Photo 150

antonioolmos — Wed, 08 Sep 2004 15:02:26 GMT

Hey everybody, I just posted photo No.150 on the Toy Camera album....I am experimenting with my New Diana Camera....If you are a Diana Camera user I would appreciate any advice,,,,for example do you know what the cloudy, partly cloudy and sunny settings actually are in f/stops and what is the shutter speed of the camera...????...

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Plastic Camera show'

Tue, 06 Apr 2004 01:20:43 GMT

I'm interested in putting together a Plastic/ toy camera show sometime in the near future.
Any ideas? I live in oakland and know a few locations, we could organize a photo exhibit. Ishoot mainly with a Diana and have lots of new work to include. Any one else interested??

pamela

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exposure

Thu, 05 Aug 2004 00:44:13 GMT

ok, I really feel silly. I cannot get my holga to work the way I want to. I finally have been brave enough to pick it up again and I got a lot of overexposed shots. I learned not to shoot in the bright sunlight, but are there other things I can do?

:)

tips appreciated

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lomo film issues

space4rnt — Sat, 14 Aug 2004 22:17:16 GMT

Grr! I was out shooting all day today with my Smena Symbol and it freakin horked the entire roll of film. When I went to rewind it the film began this not-so-nifty accordion action and piled up inside. This is the second time this has happened to me, first was with my LC-A. I'm beginning to think that it's that damned free Lomo film they sent me that's the problem. Anyone else have similar probs with Lomo film?

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SF Holga Show - Susanne Friedrich

guacamoleairlines — Tue, 10 Aug 2004 21:04:54 GMT

SUSANNE FRIEDRICH | THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 9
Club Artist of the Month, September

HOLGA PHOTOGRAPHS: DAY & NIGHT

Friedrich will be exhibiting photographs taken with a Holga camera that give a softer focus and fuzzy edges with an element of instant decay. Many images are made at night, with exposure times of up to an hour, making star trails visible. Friedrich was born in Hamburg, Germany, and has lived in the US since 1974. Her photographs have been published in magazines and newspapers, and are in numerous private collections.

5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m., Reception | Club Office, 595 Market St, 2nd floor, San Francisco | Free for Members and Non-members | Directions to the Club.

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"SCRUBS" show- Holgaroid

deadmousegirl — Fri, 11 Jun 2004 14:22:05 GMT

Anybody see Brandon Frazier on SCRUBS the other day?
He was toting a Holgaroid!
I was SO jealous!

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Cheap 35mm film recs?

space4rnt — Sun, 08 Aug 2004 18:23:58 GMT

Hoi. I'm looking for any recommendations you may have on cheap/less expensive films to use. I'm just getting started with this toycam joyfulness and as such don't want to spend a fortune on film (does anyone? ever?). I've heard about Lucky film but am having one hell of a time finding it. I live in the Pacific Northwest if that's useful info to anyone.

I probably will clean out the $.99 store soon but you never know what you get with that.

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Bresson is gone

arty_gal — Thu, 05 Aug 2004 13:08:09 GMT

Henri Cartier Bresson is gone! He's one of my all time favorites.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040805/ap_en_ot/obit_cartier_bresson_23

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Cool

Sat, 24 Jul 2004 00:46:40 GMT

Awsome! I just noticed that the main pictures on this tribe is one I took of my girlfriend during a peformance!

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Silly Question

Fri, 09 Jul 2004 04:23:51 GMT

I have quite a few "disposable" cameras that actually have winding cranks on them so that they could easily be reloaded with film by almost anyone. I even acquired a disposable underwater camera with a latch lever on the waterproofing case that has allowed me to re-use the camera over and over again without water leakage. Would these cameras fall into the toy camera catagory? I just want to make sure because I don't want to be accused of cheating!

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Photo album

antonioolmos — Fri, 09 Jul 2004 01:57:45 GMT

Can I just say that of all the photography related tribes that TOY CAMERA PHOTOGRAPHY has the best photos on its album....to all who have photos up on it...TAKE A BOW

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Brownie Fiesta?

deadmousegirl — Mon, 05 Apr 2004 03:48:58 GMT

Got a little Brownie Fiesta at the thrift store for $2.
It's so cute! Just a little square 127 film camera. I want to take a Dremel to it and modify it to take 35mm film. Anybody else ever work with one fo these?

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Adobe Photo Shope

Mon, 05 Jul 2004 01:16:55 GMT

I am curious. Where the hell can I get Adobe Photo Shop for less than an arm and a leg? I mean it is a great software package but jeebus. I'm a working stiff kinda guy and my last car was only 100 bucks more than the full adobe package. I'm also trying to start into school for photography so I'm certainly not making bank.

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Russian Zenit SLR 35mm

Wed, 07 Jul 2004 03:32:53 GMT

I have seen these cameras on ebay for a while now from different sellers. The average price is $20.00. If it takes pictures as good as the high dollar SLR cameras then I would say these are well more than worth that price. Does anyone know anything about these particular cameras that would define it's worthiness...or should I just stick with my Pentax?

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