Friday, August 17, 2012

Diana


Diana       
This camera was born in The Great Wall Plastic Factory in Kowloon, Hong Kong in the late 1950s. You could buy the Diana or Diana F (flash) model for about $2.25. The basic construction of this camera included many quirky specifications:  the shutter ranged from 1/15 to 1/250 of a second; the aperture was about f4.5 to f16; plastic lens + focusing = whimsical; the viewfinder / lens alignment needed getting used to; and of course random light leaks. But it is with all these traits that the Diana became a desired tool with amateur and professional photographers.