Toy Cameras

I remember when I saw toy cameras for the first time in the lomography store in Greenwich Village. At first, I thought they were really just 'toys' but they are not. In fact, they are 'real' cameras that are functional and capable of taking photos. 


Among toy cameras, the Diana, Holga, and the Lomo LC-A were/are the most widely used ones.


The Diana camera first appeared during the early 1960s as a inexpensive box camera. Originally, the Diana camera was designed for children. But later on, professional photographers started using these cameras to take soft-focus, impressionistic photos.


These the Diana cameras that I have been eyeing on to buy.

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The Hoga cameras came out as another inexpensive box camera of similar concept. The Holga was created to target an inexpensive mass-market camera for working-class people.

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The Lomo LC-A (Lomo Kompakt Autormat) was introduced in 1984, and the original Lomo  LC-A was replaced by the LC-A+ in 2006. 

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