You might remember my post on the “$50-dollar film camera project” from Epic Edits? Well, the list is published now and there were 80 cameras reviewed, amongst them my own review of the Yashica J-7.

Epic Edits

It was a very inspiring challenge, I will keep doing similar reviews - I’ve already got more cameras to write about and also ideas on expanding the Yashica J-7 review with more photos testing all functions. Today a package arrived, with 5 rolls of Kodak TMax 100 ASA black and white-film ….

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