On DIYPhotography.net a new projects has started, where you pair up with a friend and temporarily exchange a piece of gear and then write a review about it. I will try to participate, I like these kinds of projects – it reminds me of the previous $50-dollar film camera project arranged by EpicEdit which was very fun :)

Something New

One thing that comes to mind, would anyone be interested in a long term group where we send cheap M42-lenses round to eachother for testing? I guess it would have to be a closed group where you exchange adresses and place trust in eachother. Well, the idea just popped in my mind…

Brian Auer on Epic Edits has started a photo project, The <$50 Film Camera – read up on the rules on his blog an participate! The project is sponsored by ILFORD Photo and Lomography, and you can win nice prizes… and fame perhaps? ;)

These are the rules in short:

1. Get a film camera for at most $50
2. Shoot some film
3. Write a review
4. Publish a photo of the camera
5. Publich a roll of photos
6. Submit you link to Epic Edits

I will try to participate. Now I just need to choose which camera to use from my shelf! After all, most of them costs less then $50. I’m leaning towards a Yashica rangefinder or SLR, Zenit SLR or Minolta rangefinder.

Minolta Hi-Matic F