Transparent Camera

You have to work to get the panorama insert out, but it is removable.

I found this camera at a Value Village in Tacoma. The price tag said 99 cents but it was half price day so I got it for $.50. I know, I got screwed out of a half a penny. There was a roll of film inside and I’m such a sucker for exposed film. Okay … here’s where the evil mystery begins … I had the film processed. The first thing I noticed was that it had a fog to it. An eerie, unnatural fog. Maybe even other-worldly? The lens looks so clear. THEN I noticed that the camera has a panoramic insert. The film wasn’t exposed as panoramic. Who would: 1.) decide to donate their camera to charity. 2.) remember that they left the panoramic insert out, then replace it. 3.) not notice that there’s an exposed roll of film inside when they replaced the insert? It gets weirder. As I’m scanning the images (anyone else would have noticed this much sooner), I realize that these images were created with a flash. There’s no built-in flash on this camera and no provision for external flash.  Maybe that eerie glow is due to demonic interference from beyond our realm? With my wooden stake of photographic knowledge plunging deeper into the heart of this matter, I submit that this particular roll of film wasn’t exposed inside the camera in which is was found.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recent

GAP

I first thought this GAP camera could possibly be a relative of the Goldy as in”Goldstein A P”, or something like that. But it’s not.

Read More »

Goldy

  Whenever I see a French word ending in “…if”, it gives me a flashback to my first visit to Paris. I made the rookie

Read More »

SEM Baby

I like to think I don’t have a “type”. I like colorful, little plastic cameras that make snapping noises. I like tin and Bakelite 127s.

Read More »

Mamiya U

Seriously? He was ALL HANDS! Super HANDy to use. If you’re not too picky about making decent images, the Mamiya U might be for “U”.

Read More »

Tammy

For those of us with low expectations, this camera will make your heart sing like a violin. She looks like a 126 film camera, but

Read More »

Fotodiox Camera Review

Despite a few glitches, this camera has brought more fun into my life! While using it I had quite the epiphany. More on that later.

Read More »

Share