Oh well looks as if I'll have to take my lumps and just send the roll of film out to be developed no matter how long it takes. I just want to see a few of those test subject images so I can best decide If I want to continue using this waterproof camera. In fact today if only I had one of these cameras in house, I would have run out and played with the neighborhood kids as they played in the rain. Would have made for some interesting images for sure.
Brokenland wrote:
I was asked to take part in a photo challenge today using a 35mm camera. I thought easy enough so I registered to take part in the challenge. But reading the fine print one must use a kids 35mm film camera. This was challenge in itself as we drove to locate this camera at several stores, 5 out of 6 stores did not have this type of film camera through they did have a kids digital camera. The last store, was Walmart and within their camera department I found a kids 35mm waterproof camera. I've spent the day at a variety of locations taking pictures of everything. The problem, is that the small viewfinder was too small for me to use or even to look through. I was forced just to aim and shoot and hope for the best. I was able to locate several worthy locations with a few test subject willing to strike a pose. I used up 27 shots in a span of 10 hours. Now we're waiting to have the camera/film developed and placed on a CD or SD card. Along the way I made some new friends in that are models willing to work with me on other projects. it's been a very long time since I've used anything 35mm or even a camera that one can't look through to actually frame the image. I'm hope for the best and will report back here with a few shots once they have been developed. This is the camera I selected for my shoot. This is a kids waterproof disposable camera ISO-800 with a plastic lens. I've always wanted to test one of these camera and if successful I may resort to using this camera as a last resort or secondary camera while on our vacations.
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Sounds like you had fun. I wonder if you could figure out how to open the thing to process the film yourself? I applaud you for sticking to the intent of the challenge (kid's camera). I would have probably been a wise guy and suggested that you can give a leica to a child....no? Can't wait to see the photos.
Erich
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