I was checking out the website where I bought my Canon Rebel T2 and came across this camera.
It's a Yashica Dental Eye. In case the name didn't give it away, it's a purpose-built camera for taking pictures of teeth.
Although it has a fixed macro lens, it looks like it's capable of taking some really interesting macro photos, at least from what I've seen over on Lomography.
Seeing as it's only $35, it really piqued my interest, especially if everything works as intended. (And if it doesn't, I think it'd look pretty cool on a shelf.)
j_tso
Dork
8/19/24 3:28 p.m.
Only costs 2 or 3 rolls of developed film
Other than bugs I don't know what I'd use it for.
In reply to j_tso :
Exactly my conundrum.
How often would I really use this camera?
versus
It's only $35
Looks like it's not hard to find in that price range, and some have sold for less than $100 that included a sweet hard sided case. No urgency on this one, so if you don't really want it, I'd just admire it and save some photos of it.
I like shooting film but I don't think doing macro stuff with film is all that much fun when you can have live view on the back of the camera body or other tethered screen options with digital. I also prefer digital when I care about color accuracy and to have the ability to tweak colors. I'd rather put that money towards a good macro lens for an existing camera body.
my 2 cents
