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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One Roll in One Piece – Escura Snaps 35 Half
The Escura Snaps 35 Half is Escura’s half frame modified version of their Dubblefilm Show clone the Escura Snaps 35 camera. Mine arrived from Hong Kong decorated with Chibi of One Piece. That’s the manga series that has recently been launched as alive action series on Netflix. Whilst other designs are available are they all Pirates ahoy or sunk at sea ?
Continue reading One Roll in One Piece – Escura Snaps 35 HalfThe Pop up – Kodak i60 Review
The Kodak i60 actually tries to be a bit different to all the Dubblefilm show clones and similar plastic fantastic 35mm cameras with flash. It has a novel pop up manual flash and an attempt at retro styling But is it flash or just needing to pop off ? Let’s find out
Continue reading The Pop up – Kodak i60 ReviewRetro Chic Lo-Fi – Escura Snaps 35 Review
Escura are a name that have kicked around for a while. This HK & Thai based company are best known for their Kickstarters. A retro instax and the Hasselback – the long delayed Instax back. But they make other cameras and faster that you can say Dubblefilm Show clone, I ordered the Escura Snaps 35, a delightfully shabby chic styled erm….. Dubblefilm clone.
Continue reading Retro Chic Lo-Fi – Escura Snaps 35 ReviewIs this Noname 16MP Vlogging HD Camera the worst Camera in the world ?
What makes a bad camera ?
Is it image quality ? Or build ut what is one man’s nightmare lump of plastic turns into someone’s lo-fi dream. Likewise scameras like the color optical lens camera have their fans. but…
In 2020 at the start of Lockdown, in a bored moment I ordered what I thought then was the worst camera in the world from Wish. It was scammy & cr&p from build to image quality. But turns out I was mistaken.
This is much worse.
Continue reading Is this Noname 16MP Vlogging HD Camera the worst Camera in the world ?Second Half – The Agfaphoto Half Frame Film Camera Review
When Reto launched the Kodak Ektar H35 last year, they must have thought they’d carved out a niche. There was quite buzz for the new half-frame. But with Alfie Tych launched on Kickstarter it looked like there was some momentum behind the recurrence of a historic format. And now Agfaphoto has entered the frame with a tweaked version of their Dubblefilm Show Clone shooting half frame.
Continue reading Second Half – The Agfaphoto Half Frame Film Camera ReviewHalf Full or Half Empty ? – Kodak Ektar H35 Review
2022 felt like Reto’s year. The plucky HK based disrupters had garnered huge praise for their relaunch of the VUWS. But then the pulled a blindside we never expected. Half frame and in Kodak clothes. The Kodak Ektar H35.
And in the summer of ’22 the web lost it’s sh*t for this camera with vlogs and blogs a plenty. But does it really live up to hype ?
Continue reading Half Full or Half Empty ? – Kodak Ektar H35 ReviewThe Lone Star – The Urban Outfitters VF201 Review
We live in an era of film resurgence. With new models appearing it seems every month from Revo’s Plastic Shooters to Nons’s Instax SLRs. But guess what for a few years a major fashion retailer has been selling a new Autofocus 35mm compact for the measly sum of $28USD.
Except that’s not quite true. Someone is telling Porkies about the VF201.
Continue reading The Lone Star – The Urban Outfitters VF201 ReviewThe Other VUWS – The Jelly Lens UWS Camera – 1 Roll Review
Credit to to Reto, they successfully brought the VUWS back with very successful launch of the Reto UWS. But turns out that wasn’t the only VUWS clone out there. In fact the Jelly lens Camera comes straight from the same factory. It’s a bit cheaper but is it any good ?
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