In my recent group test of lo-fi digital which the older 1.01 Camp Snap won, I did point out there was newer improved model and that I could have shot with a vintage filter firmware. Literally a week after getting home my new Camp Snap 1.03B turned up and was interestingly preloaded with the vintage film firmware. So time to uncork and sample.
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Mini Phototomic – The Y4000 Review
Another day another ten quid mini camera from China. Meet the Y3000‘s big brother the Y4000. With a flash and an optional power drive, it’s better although still flawed fun.
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South By Southwest – Lo-Fi Digital Shoot out in Bristol
Amid on the ructions around Paper shoot, let’s take one and shoot it alongside current rivals the Camp Snap and the Flashback ONE35 on a trip South by South West. Sadly my Budget couldn’t afford SXSW in Texas but I headed to equally more legendary but Autumnal Bristol followed by Manchester in the UK for a Lo-Fi Digital Shoot out.
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Paper shoot out – Big trouble in Paper Shoot land
Most of you will have heard of the Paper Shoot. Arguable the most successful Lo-Fi Digital brand of the last decade. But there been a big falling out in the land of the eco-friendly, swappable covers. Which has been a tad messy and led to a potential new camera. Time to spill the beans
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May Contain small Cameras – The Y3000 Review or is that Reviews ?
One of the smallest camera I’ve ever shot offers HD video, 2MP stills and the smallest LCD screen I’ve ever seen all for the price of round in your average pub. And It’s not spectacular, maybe even rubbish but it is fun. It’s just that not all Y3000 are the same……..
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Tinfoil hatting on a budget – The Nikon Coolpix P500 Review
The current Coolpix P models like the P1000 and the P900 have become tools of choice for some wildlife photogs and flat earth conspiracy theorists. That’s due to their bonkers zoom capability (x125 in the case of P1000). But these are well equipped cameras that have a a host of more genuine application. And you can still expect to pay a hefty price for a new or second hand one. So how about their 2011 predecessor the P500 ?
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The ProjeCamera Kickstarter – Just say no
Another day another allegedly high spec camera on Kickstarter. But no! This one as the blurb says is a “Never Seen Before A Camera that doubles As A Projector”. Except that’s not true and your Spidey senses should be tingling for a camera offering 48M photos and 2K video for under $140 for those not so lucky early backers.
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Go Go Budget Digitals No 8 – Samsung Digimax S500 Review
The S500 was a budget digicam launched in 2006. Whilst it core spec offered little over rivals, Samsung did pack in some quirky features. But whilst there’s a lot to like here for a 5MP budget digicam, there are some issues that may be a deal breaker.
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Go Go Budget Digitals No 7- Vivitar ViviCam 3745
Back to the early 2000’s with this 3.3.MP camera. The Vivitar ViviCam 3745 was one of legion that of digicams sold under Vivitar branding and you can still buy today. Almost all the models were for the budget end and this is no exception. But is it worth a few quid today ? Oddly that might be yes if you just need a simple digicam but there are issues.
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Go Go Budget Digitals No 6 -Samsung S860
Samsung launched this P&S in 2007 alongside it’s near identical but lower MP brother the S760. At the time Samsung was the world’s 4th largest camera maker behind just behind Kodak and ahead of Sony. The Samsung S860 was one of their more budget options but worthy of a sniff today.
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