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.