Week 128 - Boots disc 515

Boots disc 515, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

Kodak introduced the disc camera in 1982, each disc held 15 tiny negatives, and although the cameras were very thin, the quality was predictably poor, and the format was discontinued in 1999. Long expired discs picked up in charity shops and boot sales are the only film available today.

photo from week 127 - Kiev 35A

down in the woods, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

I set the aperture to f2.8, and the focus to 0.8m, so that the foreground plant would be in focus and everything else blurred, it seems to have worked.

photo from week 127 - Kiev 35A

Reflected self-portrait with a Kiev 35A camera and inflatable crown, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

The Kiev 35A was quite nice to use, a little clunky compared with the similarly specced Olympus XA2, but strangely enough more relaxed feeling than the Minox 35EL that it is a copy of, but maybe I just have a poor specimen of the Minox.

Week 127 - Kiev 35A

Kiev 35A, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

I found this in a charity shop recently for £5.99, it was in its original box with cyrillic lettering and an instruction manual in Russian, together with various rubber stamped documents that often seem to come with soviet camera.
The camera is a blatant copy of the West German Minox 35A, in fact I transferred the batteries from my Minox into the Kiev to see if it worked, and it does!

photo from week 126a - Kodak Instamatic 233-X

Bunting at The Ball, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

Some of the bunting that has appeared as part of the Queen's diamond jubilee celebrations.

photo from week 126a - Kodak Instamatic 233-X

reflected self-portrait with Kodak Instamatic 233-X and floppy hat, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

I set the aperture to the "dark cloud" setting to maximise the chances of getting a usable image for this available light photo. The full aperture reduces the depth of field, so this one is not particularly sharp.

Week 126a - Kodak Instamatic 233-X

Kodak Instamatic 233-X, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

Because I have many more 126 cameras than I have 126 films, I decided to give another model a quick outing by tranferring the part used cartridge from the Boots Pakmatic. The Kodak Instamatic 233-X is much more basic, but it does have five aperture settings to choose from.