The Lomographic Society launched a new camera today that actually looks cool: Diana Mini. Cool enough that I might actually buy it, even though it’s definitely over-priced, and if it’s like the rest of their products, a complete piece of shit.
What makes it cool is that it shoots square format pictures on 35mm film. This is awesome. I love square format, don’t like the 3:2 aspect ratio of normal 35mm, but like the film’s cheap and convenient processing. Unfortunately, square format 35mm cameras are rare and often expensive. This is too expensive for what it is, but less than most of the other options.
Here’s the rundown:
- Film Type: 35mm film
- Lens: 24mm (Square Format: 30mm equivalent, Half Frame format: 35mm equivalent)
- Diagonal View Angles: 70° 62°
- Focusing: 0.6m-inf.
- Frame Format: 24mm × 24mm & 24mm × 17mm (select on body)
- Shutter Speed: 1/60, Bulb (N, B)
- Aperture: f8, f11 (cloudy, sunny)
- Flash Attachment: via Diana Flash Plug (flash not included)
- View Finder: built in
- Film Counter Type: frame accumulate type
- Multi- exposure: yes
- Film stopping: yes
- Cable Release: yes
- Tripod Mount: yes
- Dimension: 70mm × 101mm × 60mm
Multi-format, square and half frame – "Wide-angle" lens (unspecified focal length) – Two apertures (unspecified) – Bulb setting, other shutter speed(s?) unspecified – Cable release socket – Tripod mount
(I just love how they’re too cool to actually tell you what you’re buying. I guess Real Lomographers don’t need to concern themselves with the mundane details of, you know… exposure. It’s Lomographic, so you should just buy it.) (corrected in a comment below by davers)
The cheapest package (no, you still can’t just buy a fucking camera from these goons, you have to buy a lifestyle-enhancing, off-the-shelf Lomographic Personality Package) is US $60.