How do u work a Diana lomogrophy camera?

The Lomography Diana camera is a replica of the original camera made in the 1960s and 70s. It is a fairly close reproduction, being made of a similar plastic as the original, but with several modern innovations incorporated in their design.

The thing many photographers like about the Diana camera and the photos it produces, are the soft dreamy looking photos it produces.

The camera uses 120 film, which is remarkably similar to the film that Kodak designed in the early 1900s for their Box Brownie cameras. The film is made of plastic, coated with a light sensitive emulsion and rolled with a paper backing which is designed to protect the film from light.

If the film gets accidently exposed to light, either by opening the camera or by unrolling it, the film gets burned and depending on how much light gets to the film, can potentially ruin the photos on the film.

With these cheap plastic cameras, a certain amount of light flashing is expected, and from some photographers, wanted for that lo-fi look.

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The Diana is a toy camera. It's unpredictable and quirky, which is it's charm. There are almost no controls -- you just point it at the subject, click, and hope for the best. I wouldn't learn try to learn photography on a Diana camera, anymore than I would try to learn piano on one of those toy pianos. No, it's not normal for a 1960 camera to be made of plastic -- most old cameras were metal and many were beautiful, well-made machines. The 120 film is not made of paper. The paper is simply to protect the film from light. You expose a bit of the paper to light when loading the camera, but not the film, itself (if you're loading correctly). You really need a teacher to help you get started.