{"id":1217,"date":"2010-04-09T08:00:03","date_gmt":"2010-04-09T15:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=1217"},"modified":"2011-02-22T16:13:40","modified_gmt":"2011-02-23T00:13:40","slug":"diana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=1217","title":{"rendered":"Diana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m so young and you&#8217;re so old&#8221;-<em>Paul Anka<\/em><\/p>\n<p>No not that Diana, the made in Hong Kong plastic nearly everything camera of the early 1960&#8217;s.\u00a0 I spotted this camera in an antique store.\u00a0 It was absolutely the worst camera I have ever seen, so I bought it.\u00a0 It really can be distilled down to this, it is a semi light tight box with a single element plastic lens that produces an assortment of distortion and yields images with less contrast than Banff in a blizzard.\u00a0 So what is the appeal?\u00a0 Some\u00a0 people claim it allows the freedom to just create images.\u00a0 I claim it allows you to blame the camera when you don&#8217;t.\u00a0 Yes a distinctive look can be achieved with this camera but at what cost.\u00a0 For me I believe using it was a one time deal.\u00a0 I would rather use a Zeiss Ikon or a Voigtlander Bessa, if I want to shoot 120 on an old camera, I at least might have a chance of predicting the results and I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;ll still retain artistic freedom.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"frame-outer  aligncenter size-full wp-image-1218\"><span><span><span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/K7_9935.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1218\" title=\"_K7_9935\" src=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/K7_9935.jpg\" alt=\"_K7_9935\" width=\"415\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/K7_9935.jpg 800w, 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