I’ve been toying — (pun, if there is one, is accidental) — with the idea buying a toy camera for sometime, something like a lomo camera but the thought of buying films, developing them and printing them or investing in a scanner to scan the negative — which will be an expansive affair — have put off the plan.
A digital lomo camera, therefore, would be an ideal solution. So when the Pentax Q came along, I thought that that would be the lomo camera I was looking for. Yes it is, but no, it lacks the randomness of a lomo camera.
Until I came across with what seems to be a true digital lomo camera, by the name of Digital Harinezumi, released by Superheadz. Here’s a photo of the toy a person holding the camera, which is sold at Photojojo for US$185 not inclusive of shipping.
Buy the The Zumi Triple Plus at the Photojojo Store!
Here’s a dreamy macro shot with the camera. It can shoot in macro mode at 3cm, close enough for general macro shooting.
The 3-megapixel CMOS sensor camera — (hmmm… 3MP? but it’s a toy camera, right?) — shoots 640 x 480 video, has a lens of 4.5mm F2.8 and shoots either ISO 100 or ISO 800. The Zumi Triple Plus sold by Photojojo has 10 colour modes.
Buy the The Zumi Triple Plus at the Photojojo Store!
Digital Harinezumi review can be found at JPG magazine. There is an active Harinezumi community over at Flickr. Here’s a video sample of the tiny thing:
