China in 12 Frames

Awesome shots! I especially like #1 and #3 for the reflection and depth respectively

Thank you Will!

I tried something different this time around. I used a digital point and shoot to get my exposure settings and tried my best to appropriate them into the Diana. All eight shots I did that with came out really nice. Some of them were boring shots, since the purpose was mostly to test my assumptions, but whatever. Also, I used 100 iso Fuji Superia negative film, instead of the usual reversal. It's a good chance for more shots to come out ok with the neg film, if you're willing to give up the cross processing ability of slide film. I'd rather save the cross processing effect for post anyway. That way you can decide which pictures get it and how much, instead of the entire roll getting all funktified at once.

I was thinking the Diana would be the coolest camera ever invented if they put some decent parts into it. Even with the same crappy lens, if you want to call it that, if it had an auto-exposure/variable shutter ability, it would finally be worth the money Lomo Inc. charges for it now.

Anjo, this is a nice set. Certainly some of the best I've seen come out of a Diana! What sort of control does the Diana give you anyway? Any more than the holga's sunny/cloudy option?!
IN a way, if you want that control, you might find the Seagul TLR to your liking. No plastic lens but certainly full control and lots of fun.

Thank you very much Rob!

The Diana has aperture settings of sunny (f/22), partial clouds (f/16), cloudy (f/11), and pinhole (f/crap). The shutter speed is 1/60 or manual guess mode.

I saw what you did with your multiple exposure shots of BJ, with the tape on the sides of the lens to block out the sharp frame edges. Mine didn't work out so well, but it was fun. I took about a hundred shots on one roll. I'll post it soon.

I've read too much bad about the Seagull. I'm probably going to get a Yashica D (with Yashinon lens) or something like that. At first when I looked at those all manual cameras, I thought screw it, I want auto controls. But I'm getting the hang of it, especially with the added help of a digital point and shoot to act as my light meter. And now I even wish I had more manual controls because it's a real pain trying to do 1/10 or 1/4 second exposures by guessing. I think I figured that the fastest I can reliably click is at 1/4 second. Eh, whatever. I'm just glad I'm having fun with it again, because a few months back I started getting really frustrated with this crummy camera.