Lady Walking Dog
by bvy

Comment by tph1:
Not your first sweet photo from this cam..

See
by bvy

Comment by bspurgeon:
Perfect leak!

Submarine
by bvy

Comment by bspurgeon:
Bizarre, took me a bit to figure this out!

Lady Walking Dog
by bvy

Comment by bspurgeon:
strong movement, including the trees!

Lady Walking Dog
by bvy

Comment by salmiakki:
I'm loving the colours from this this camera and film.

Lady Walking Dog
by bvy

Comment by krnodil:
It does have a distinctive look - I can see why it's become popular.

St. Mary Of The Mount
by bvy

Comment by krnodil:
Nice disorienting perspective, that red facade just glows.

St. Mary Of The Mount
by bvy

Comment by bvy:

Originally posted by Yo_Spiff: I like. I've seen a load of similar cheap 35mm cameras in a thrift shop of various well known names. How do you determine if something is suitable for this kind of stuff? Just buy it and try it?

Well, you can do that. My thinking lately is, if it looks cool, it will probably take cool pictures. I go to the junk stores and happily pass up most of what's there -- mass-produced cameras with popular brand names (Vivitar, Kodak, Keystone, etc.). If it doesn't look special, I don't bother.

The Vivitar Ultra Wide & Slim is kind of an exception to this. If you weren't looking for it, you (or I) would pass it up. But it's got a super wide 22mm lens, and does some neat tricks with distortion and flare. As such, it's acquired a cult following since it was discontinued (see the Flickr group and two clones that it's inspired). I got tired of waiting to find one, and bought this one on eBay for about twenty bucks. I've seen them go as high as fifty and even a hundred dollars -- laughable if you could hold the thing in your hand.

St. Mary Of The Mount
by bvy

Comment by salmiakki:
Love the colours. I am really enjoying the variety. I just wish we had some labs that still handled film here in Tampere where I live and that I didn't have to send them away to Helsinki. It takes far too long.

St. Mary Of The Mount
by bvy

Comment by Yo_Spiff:
I like. I've seen a load of similar cheap 35mm cameras in a thrift shop of various well known names. How do you determine if something is suitable for this kind of stuff? Just buy it and try it?