Sun, September 4th, 2005 by Susan B.
For all you toy camera enthusaists--
The definitive guide for toy camera photography is now available — featuring descriptions of all the major cameras both new and vintage, with tips, tricks, mods, and information on darkroom & scanning techniques, film choices, plus musings on the nature of toy camera photography from the experts at toycamera.com.
The Toycam Handbook is the result of the collaboration of 32 members of toycamera.com.
The 32 contributors donated their time and skills to make this book so that the site can receive the benefits. All profits from the Toycam Handbook go toward making toycamera.com bigger and better – anything from paying for bandwidth to building bigger and better interactive functionality into the site.
The final result is 112 high-quality pages in full-color, perfect bound, and printed on demand by Lulu.com.
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September 5th, 2005 at 9:03 am
Film toy cameras only, as always with these TC folks. Yawn. Wake me up when they wander out of the past and find the 21st century.
September 5th, 2005 at 11:08 am
Lol..Interesting..
The funny thing is it might be useful for som other things which other cameras can't do..its still funny tho..
September 5th, 2005 at 11:40 am
I'm sure it's useful. So is toilet paper. I'm not arguing that point, at all. But it is mostly useless to an exponentially growing number of digital toy camera users, from whom TC walled itself, for reasons unknown. But hey, I've got nothing against inbreeding, I'm just a digital toy photographer, that's all.
September 5th, 2005 at 1:15 pm
susan, that is so awesome!! i love toycamera.com and can't wait to see the handbook. major kudos to all of the amazing, talented photographers there who keep our love of film alive and kicking. it is at the top of my 'to buy' list!
*doing the happy dance* for you.
September 5th, 2005 at 5:53 pm
awesome - it looks fantastic!!
definitely on my list of books to buy as well!! i too love toycamera.com - the very inspiration for the purchase of my holga which continues to please me to no end!!
September 6th, 2005 at 5:21 pm
Toy cameras making good photos
Too outdated for some who are already worshipping modern
tools and inventions. Why toy cameras if there are already cheaper cameras with which they can create anything?
Why not indeed.
First, people would not have to worry about scratching them an...
September 6th, 2005 at 9:23 pm
This will be a must purchase for me.
December 18th, 2007 at 8:51 pm
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May 4th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
Thanks for the article...