Re: European Krappy Kamera

For me, pinhole and toy cameras are very, very different. Toy cameras
are just like regular cameras only "less". Less sharpness, less
contrast, less aberration control. I find pinhole to be a case of
"more". There are pictures that I think can only be created with
pinhole - there was about a year when I fought against that and tried to
get the same feeling in images using lenses, and I gave up.

Perhaps I haven't enough vision or experimentation to really understand
toy cameras. Or perhaps it is because the Holga I bought is
uncharacteristically light tight.

The toy camera world has been creating some very interesting "mutants"
recently, and I'm not just talking about that mainstay of wedding
photographers, the LensBaby. The Holga lens can be had in Nikon mount,
so that you can be digitally Krappy.

Ed

Christophe FROT wrote:
> Hi Tom,
> I practice both toy camera and pinhole (as you can see on my flickr
> account)... In my opinion, it belong to the same philosophy, a.k.a. "foto
> povera" . In Lightleaks Magazine, you can find toy camera and pinhole
> images...
> In France, there is a very good internet forum on the subjet, with a lot of
> things organized (a book is on the way, contest, exhibitions...):
> http://www.h0lg4.org/index.php
> of course, you're welcome (but it's in french...)
>
>
> Regards
> Christophe
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>> Message du 04/11/07 06:13
>> De : "Tom Miller"
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>> The U.S. crappy camera competition at the Soho Gallery includes toy and
> pinhole cameras. Their slogan is along the lines of "the camera is crappy, not
> the photo." I like that sentiment.
>> Anyway, curiosity makes me ask this question of all of you folks throughout
> the world. How much crossover is there between pinhole and toy cameras in
> exhibitions and in practice? Are there regular clubs or exhibits in your area
> that include both toy and pinhole cameras? Do you find a lot of people that
> work with both?
>> thanks,
>> Tom
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