This tendency offers a quick cheap fix for the perils of GAS that pervade the photographic hobby and is relatively harmless, except that I make a point of shooting any camera I acquire as long as it is possible.
The result is that I am now often saddled with taking along an extra camera or two to work through a roll to get some results from these adopted cameras to see what they can do. As the bulk of these cameras aren't coveted by collectors and have since been shunned by consumers, there is often little online to document them and of what they may be capable. Therefore, I shall be featuring periodic posts with mini write ups of these cameras to spotlight them and their results, offering at least a small online glimpse at what they can do. In the interest of economy, film choice is likely to be "whatever I have laying around."
Cameras that ideally fit the mold of this sort of feature should fit the following criteria:
- A point and shoot, focus free or AF consumer targeted camera, of compact nature.
- A camera with few if any special desirable features aside from flash settings and zoom.
- A camera that cost me no more than $5.25 total, including tax or shipping.
- A camera that wasn't anything I had an interest in an acquiring prior to me seeing it.
I will continue to feature many point and shoot cameras in their own more comprehensive articles, but such cameras will break one or more of the criteria above. Hopefully this will prove to be a novel way to document some basic camera models that have been largely forgotten since digital cameras (and smart phones) took over the vast majority of the consumer photo business. Enjoy!
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