Vivitar Wide and Slim Arrives from eBay
August 19th, 2008 by DurkinPosted in Cameras
I recently purchased a Vivitar Wide and Slim from eBay, and today when I got home from work, it had arrived!
Interestingly the camera works right to left, which is different from what we would expect. It kind of reminds me of the old Russian fed rangefinders. The winder is in the bottom left hand corner, and the door opens the opposite way from usual too. The hinge is on the left hand side.
The Wide and Slim is a completely plastic camera that is manufactured in China. Its becoming very popular among toy camera enthusiasts because its cheap, and takes unusually wide angled shots for its class.
Specification:
Cost: £4.99 (apparently it can be found for cheaper!)
Film Format: 35mm Only
Camera Style: Pocket camera, Point and shoot
Lens: Plastic lens, “ultra wide angle” 22mm
Multiple Exposures: No
Bulb setting: no
Aperture: one aperture: f.22
Battery: no
Electronics: None
Hot Shoe: none and no built in flash
Shutter Speed: Roughly 1/125th second.
Example shot:
No way! u got it for £4.99 only! im gonna get one in september when i go to scotland =)
i know! i was so shocked at the price that i read the FULL listing on ebay to make sure it wasn’t a scam.
the thing even came giftwrapped! I can’t wait to get out and test out that ultra wide lens on some narrow streets