2004 model Sunpet Camera (Has anyone tried one of these?)

[Mark B.]

I purchased this camera at a Target store last year. It was on sale for $5.99.
That price included a roll of Kodak Gold and a battery for the flash.
I was curious about it because it has a 22mm lens. Anyway it's one of those
cheesy transparent plastic reusable cameras. It's fixed focus with an
F11 lens and a 1/125 of a second shutter.
There isn't any brand labeling on the camera body. The only reason I
figured out it was a Sunpet was because that's what it said on the sales
receipt. I looked up the Sunpet company website and it was listed in their online catalog. Not
surprisingly the images the camera takes have lots of distortion and other
flaws. It appears to have a two element plastic (of course) lens. I don't have a scanner so I had these scanned at a 1 hour lab using
a Fuji Frontier. I think there is potential to take interesting pictures
with this camera. I'm still practicing.

http://homepage.mac.com/samotar/Sunpet/PhotoAlbum20.html

[jake]

It is photos like these that make me feel really stupid with a Leica hung around my neck sometimes.

Nice shots in other words.

There is another camera similar to this that I saw somewhere the other day (how is that for specifics? I tell you what, I barely remember where I live) only it did those letterbox panoramas. I almost bought it. $12 I think. Black. Looked very similar to this one.

J Ake

[connealy]

Very nice work.  Seems like the ideal camera for those subjects.  Hope we see some more of this nice toy work here; it is one of those kinds of photography that I just need a little more inspiration to try.

[ImageMaker]

That's not half bad for a $6 camera.  I might have to put another roll of Tri-X through one of my plastic junkers.  They only cost $1 to $2 each, but that was at Value Village...

[Benny Stevens]

These nice pictures come from thàt camera?? Oh my God, I really have been wasting a lot of money...
Congrats!

[nelsonfoto]

Hey, you even got the train depot!

[Mark B.]

Gee. Thanks for the nice comments. I was a little nervous about posting
pictures.
There is one major problem with this camera. The viewfinder is wildly
inaccurate. I think they just put in a 35mm finder to match the 22mm
lens. So if you aren't careful the subject of your photo ends up as a tiny
speck in the distance. So you have to kind of guess what your going to
end up with, but I guess that's part of the fun. You can see what I mean
here-

Tucamcari Train Depot Photo (Uncropped)

http://www.picturecorral.com/954768097/traindepotuncropped.jpg

[NancyB]

Well, now you need to get the Tony the Tiger or Toucan Sam or Rice Krispies guys cameras.  I got the Toucan Sam camera from a box of Frosted Flakes ($5 Cdn), loaded it with Fuji 400 ASA and it's ready to go.  I'm going to let my 11 year old son do all the shooting, so if he gets anything, I'll post the results.

Nancy