New toys

I went a little overboard and purchased six or seven cameras in a few hours. For the next few weeks I'll have fun seeing new arrivals on my doorstep.

The camera that started it all:
DIY 35mm camera kit. it's just a plain camera, you build it yourself just like a model car, but this thing actually functions. It took less than 2 hours to build, and it's easy to understand the inner workings, what moves what etc. Lots of fun and easy to modify. But since this was a gift, I decided to buy some other cameras to cannibalize.  it's strange how you can get 12 premade cameras for the price of 1 diy kit...

Nashika 8000- 3d lenticular camera - this one has 4 lenses and they all fire at the same time. Processing for these prints will be crazy expensive: I've heard it's about $5 per print. These are those scratchy bend back and forth to see the 3d image. oooh exciting. But I can also take the scans of the negatives and stitch them together into a "wobble" gif to get a similar and less expensive effect.

Plain plastic 35mm cameras -28mm wide angle lens- I bought a couple of these for modifications. Going to build a vertical half frame version, I also have one rigged for easy double exposures. I might make some with masks in the exposure frame, could  be exciting.we'll see.

Split frame camera - this has 2 sliders that block the top or bottom part of the frame while you expose the film. it has a shutter reset so you can switch the sliders and expose the other half of the frame. example: put a dog's head on a person's body. yeah, cheap camera tricks. Not super realistic, but funny.

Panorama camera -  22mm extra wide angle lens, and film mask to block the top and bottom portions of the frame from being exposed. So, yeah, it's like pretend pano, but different.

More should be arriving in the very near future. and based on the photos they will be very cute!