What is the name of the old film camera that distorts colors in photos?

Question

My friend was asking about a camera today that he remember was made awhile back- and it was really just a crappy film camera, so at first people didn't really like to use it- but then they found out that the distortion was actually really cool looking! I know I've heard of this camera before, I just can't remember the name...

Answer 1

I don't know about a camera. I gotten some pretty weird color shifts using out of date color film.

Answer 2

From my experience, color shift has less to do with the camera and more to do with the film you use. Using outdated film can give you color shifts. For even more of a shift, take pictures with old slide film and then process the film with color-negative chemisty. (Cross-processing) This will generally produce images with high contrast and unnatural, highly saturated color shifts.

If you want to try using a camera that produces some distortion in the picture (specifically blurring and vignetting around the edges), look up Holga, Lomo LC-A, and Diana cameras. You could also use these cameras in combination with cross-processing and such for some crazy experimentation.

Check out lomography.com and various lomo-related galleries on flickr.com

Good luck.

Answer 3

I use the manual focus on my DSLR the same way I do on my film SLR's...I look through the viewfinder and manually focus on the subject until it is clear. Now...there are a few things that can affect manually focusing... 1) The viewfinder diopter isn't properly adjusted to your vision 2) The camera may have front (or back) focusing issues with a particular lens in relation to the aperture. 3) Your vision may not be perfect. I was having some minor issues, so I talked with my optometrist. He is an amateur photographer and explained that since I wear glasses there is an offset with the glasses and the viewfinder. He fitted me for contacts and that took care of the issues. That was cheaper than having a custom diopter eyepiece made. For front/back focusing issues, some (but not all) cameras allow you to do a custom configuration for an individual lens. You can download a focusing chart that you print out and test the lens in question..

Answer 4

It is the Holga although i've heard people say similar things about the LC-A too. They are both very inexpensive. The Holga runs about $20-50 depending on which model you get, but they are all flimsy. They tend to shatter easily but since they are so cheap, I just buy them buy the half dozen. The LC-A runs about $120-200. It's a lot like the Holga only it is 35mm instead of 120 and it is a solid little camera.

Answer 5

Holga.

Answer 6

lomo