The definitive guide for toy camera photography is now available — featuring descriptions of all the major cameras both new and vintage, with tips, tricks, mods, and information on darkroom & scanning techniques, film choices, plus musings on the nature of toy camera photography from the experts at toycamera.com.
About:
The Toycam Handbook is the result of the collaboration of 32 members of toycamera.com. The concept was initiated on the forums of toycamera.com in Febrary 2005-07, submissions were received through June 2005-07 and final production and editing ended in early August 2005-07.
The 32 contributors donated their time and skills to make this book so that the site can receive the benefits. All profits from the Toycam Handbook go toward making toycamera.com bigger and better – anything from paying for bandwidth to building bigger and better interactive functionality into the site.
The final result is 112 high-quality pages in full-color, perfect bound, and printed on demand by Lulu.com.
Here's what you get in The Toycam Handbook
Cameras Covered:
Full Profiles of: Agfa Clack, Agfa Isola, Ansco Panda, Ansco Pix Panorama,
Bioflex, Brownie Holiday, Coronet 4-4 Mark II, Diana, Fujipet, Holga 120, Imperial Mark XII, Lomo Compact Automat, Lubitell 166U, Nickelodeon Photo Blaster, Polaroid Land Camera, Skolnik, and the Spartus Full-Vue.
Quick Looks at: Bilora Bella 3c, Bilora Bella 66, Churchies Spy Cam, Corina, Druh & Druh Synchro, Etude, Ferrania Eura, Fisher-Price 110, Hamaphot P56L, Hi-Speed Insta Load, Lomo Oktomat, Lomo Action Sampler, Lomo Super Sampler, Mini Shot, Neo-Phot, Photax Blindé, Polaroid I-Zone, Spy Kids 110, Time Traveler 120 and the Wild Planet Wrist Cam.
Mods Explained:
Basic improvements, pin-Holga, close-up lenses, the "Holgarama", a Holga focus scale, intro to zone plates, 35mm in your Holga, estimating exposure times, and a filter chart.
Film & Darkroom Tips:
Available films with buying info, developing & printing tutorials, and scanning basics.
Musings:
The Handbook wraps up with 15 of toycamera.com's best talking about the nature of toy camera photography – why they love their plastic and how they use it to express things that "real" cameras just can't.
Resources:
Appendices list websites, books and periodicals dealing with toy camera photography, as well as short "bios" about all of the contributors.
and much more... get yours now - only $31.04
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