Monday, March 22, 2010

Low-fi, low-cost, idiot-proof: toy cameras

Toy cameras, often entirely made of plastic, and (I'm told) dead cheap, seem to have been designed strictly for amateurs and technophobes: 'The Fujipet Camera' wrote Fuji reassuringly about its own model 'enjoys great popularity among children, mothers and all the members of the family and affords happiness in all homes.'

Nevertheless, toy cameras do take pictures, which can be quite intriguing. The Holga, in fact, has become something of a cult gadget among photographers. There's a whole collection of them at Magnesium.

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