Diana (camera)
Diana camera | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Maker | Great Wall Plastic Factory, Lomographische AG |
| Type | Toy camera |
| Lens | |
| F-numbers | f/11, f/13, f/19 |
| Sensor/medium | |
| Sensor type | Film |
| Sensor size | Originally 42 mm × 42 mm |
| Recording medium | 120 film, 35mm, Fuji Instax Square |
The Diana camera is a plastic-bodied camera that originally used 120 roll film. Contemporary variants use 35mm film or 110 format, and digital versions are also available. The camera has a simple plastic meniscus lens. In recent years, the Diana has been revived and marketed by Lomography as a tool for producing soft-focus, impressionistic photographs reminiscent of early 20th-century Pictorialist art photography.
Like other low-cost cameras, the Diana faces limitations such as light leaks and film advance issues. Some of these characteristics are used for artistic effect, often to produce a slightly blurred composition that can provide a 'dreamlike' or impressionistic quality.