My New Favourite Digicam: The Pentax X70 Bridge Camera, 15 May 2023

I picked up another of those dodgy digital cameras, the type that back in the day cost upwards of 400€ but nowadays you can pick up for chump change. This time it’s the Pentax X70. It’s what they used to call a ‘bridge’ camera – it looks like an SLR but the lens is fixed

Tiny 35mm cameras: The Minox 35GT, 05 May 2023

Although I have a good number of 120 roll film cameras, I don’t have many 35mm cameras to fall back on. There’s my precious Ikkosha Start 35k, and the malfunctioning Canon Epoca, and the Lomo LC-A,  but that’s about it.  I’ve always had a hankering for a Minox, those little miniature cameras that just fold

Urban Exploration at the Kartódromo de Oiã, 01 May 2023

Several years ago, in a dispute with the local council, the Kartódromo de Oiã was forced to close. This was a shame, as it was a great venue for the local community. I used to go there quite a lot, covering training sessions, race days and drift nights. After it closed the site was abandoned

Textures and more with the Konica Minolta Z6, 27 April 2023

I was out looking for Textures for the #CameraChallenge with the Gameboy but took the Konica Minolta Z6 with me too. Although I got some nice Textures, I thought I would check out the IR sensitivity of the Konica. The 16:9 framing is mine and it’s a little blurry because I was holding the camera

A few snaps with the Canon Powershot G5, 27 April 2023

Picked up a brick the other day, the Canon Powershot G5 from 2003. This heavy beastie was 15€ from Kamerastore and is supposed to be a little glitchy but it’s been fine so far (probably explains the price as these earlier G-series can be quite pricey). Anyhow, I took it out yesterday and really enjoyed

Picked up a mystery 6MP digital camera for 3€, 22 April 2023

The CEX website is an excellent resource for cheap digicams from the dawn of the 21st century and occasionally they have some real bargains so I always keep an eye out.  Last week they were advertising a ‘generic 6MP camera’ for 3€. I like these particularly as you are never sure what you are going

Some impromptu glitching with the cheap Vivitar digital camera, 15 April 2023

I was out for a walk taking some photos for a weekly challenge, so I took the Vivitar with me for some intentional camera movement.

Abandoned structure in Oliveira do Bairro, 04 April 2023

The area around our local Lidl is one of my favourite spots to take photographs. Today I took out the 3€ Casio for some shots of the nearby abandoned building and the supermarket.

Some regular and glitchy photographs with the cheap Vivitar digital camera, 20 March 2023

I was out for a walk, so I took the Vivitar for some intentional camera movement and regular photography. 

Some ‘proper’ snapshots with the Glitchy 1€ camera, 19 March 2023

As well as deliberately trying to move the camera during exposure  I tried to take some ‘real’ photos too. It’s not easy to remember to hold the pose until the second beep.

Intentional Camera Movement with the Glitchy 1€ camera, 19 March 2023

Since learning about glitch art, it’s something I have really wanted to try. The snag is that most glitch art involves partial destruction or modification of answerable, which I am reluctant to try. Partly because I’m  not very good at soldering and, for the Gameboy especially, I really don’t have the nerve to destroy my

Testing an old 6MP digital camera I picked up for 3€, 14 March 2023

The CEX website is an excellent resource for cheap digicams from the dawn of the 21st century and occasionally they have some real bargains so I always keep an eye out.  Last week they were advertising a ‘generic 6MP camera’ for 3€. I like these particularly as you are never sure what you are going

Urban photography in Oiã, 22 January 2023

It was a lovely sunny day today in Oiã, so it was natural to head out for a walk with the Sony Mavica MVC-FD81 and #Nintendo #Gameboy for the #ShittyCamaraChallenge #1990sCameraChallenge. Just some random images around the Zon Industrial de Oiã.

Street photography in Oiã, 23 December 2022

Out in Oiã with the Sony Mavica MVC-FD81 for the #ShittyCamaraChallenge #1990sCameraChallenge. Just some random images around the town of Christmas decorations and the ubiquitous abandoned structures.

Testing the Lomography DigitaLiza Max with images from the Lomo LC-A, 23 November 2022

On my first outing with the Lomo LC-A I used one of the expired (c. 2002) Konica VX100 films set at 50ASA. Although I obtained some images, the negatives were very thin, so I thought I would double check with a new and unexpired roll of XP2. I took a series of images with the

Out with a shitty 8MP digital camera I picked up for 5€, 6 November 2022

After getting the little #shittydigital 2MP Vivitar camera from CEX for 1€ I came across another ‘generic’ digital camera on the website. I didn’t actually know what I would be getting, but I thought that for 5€ it’s worth taking the chance and it turned out it was a Fujifilm Finepix A800 from 2007. It’s

A walk around Águas Boas, 30 October 2022

After several dismal days, the sun came out. Whether this was because today the clocks went back, or that was just a coincidence, who knows? But the clouds were amazing.

Out with the 1€ #shittydigital camera, 26 October 2022

It’s #PolaroidWeek and I had one piece of Instax Monochrome loaded into my Polaroid 600. It seemed like a waste to go out and take just one photograph, so I thought I would take the little #shittydigital 2MP Vivitar camera I had picked up from CEX for 1€. The Vivitar 3695 is as simple as

Taking the Lomo LC-A out for a test drive in Águas Boas, 03 July 2022

When the Lomo LC-A arrived it contained what I thought was a part used film. Sadly, when it was developed it turned out that the whole film had been completely exposed to light and it was blank. It was a lovely sunny day, and an opportunity to load the Lomo LC-A with one of the

Urban infrared photography in Águas Boas, 03 July 2022

It was a lovely sunny day, and a chance to ‘test drive’ my new Urth IR filter.