Vivitar Ultra Wide and Slim
£10 from ebay, its described as "The poor man's Lomo LC-A"
"This camera is a plastic camera with a 22mm lens of terrific quality - new for £10 with a roll of film! Think CULT. Think Lomo, Holga, Lens Baby, Diana, SX-70 and of course, the Vivitar Extra Wide and Slim. This cheap plastic camera offers more width of image per pound than anything else at all! You want extreme? Then this offers a 22mm lens. A 21mm lens (close enough) from any normal manufacturer would cost around £300-1800 new and around £150-800 second-hand - these are serious lenses. So what can you do with a fixed focal length, fixed aperture, fixed shutter speed camera made of plastic? Well just try googling this camera's name, there's a million (artistic licence probably used here) pictures on line showing you just how fab this can be - amazing..."
Written by Jem Kime of the Real Camera Company
That really sums it up. After having my first film from this camera developed, I'm really quite impressed. Its a small camera which is handy just to keep in your bag. Unfortunately there isn't a flash so you can only really get successful pictures "outside in ambient lighting"
It reminds me a lot of a simple disposable camera, except you can keep it forever
Heres a few of my favourite shots...
(The film, being shot over a weeks period, also documents the extreme changes in weather we've been having!)
(you should click on the images for bigger versions!)
BUT! this is my next move...
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