The Diana (2)

The Diana + and the Diana F+

The Diana + (plus) and the Diana F + are clones of the original Diana and Diana F cameras, made by the market savvy (some would say cynically so) lomographic society. This version reproduces the style and characteristics of the original cameras quite well, the plus of these cameras is the option to change inner mask sizes to give a choice of 6 x6 (12 shots on a 120 roll), 4.2 x 4.2 (16 shots) or 4.65 x 4.65 cm negative sizes.

The latter mask gives joined ‘panoramic’ if the film advance window is set to 16. Other ‘pluses’ include the ability to remove the front lens barrel for pinhole photography, the pinhole aperture (Pinhole setting f/150) being selectable on the bottom of the lens as an additional choice to the Cloudy setting (f/11), Partial Sun setting (f/16), Sunny setting (f/22).
This is one of the great advantages of this particular camera and one reason I use it more than any of my other toy cameras now. The ability to shoot pinhole and ‘normal’ plastic camera shots on the same roll of film in the one camera is great! Other pluses include tripod mount and a simple device to hold the shutter open for long exposures – the last two features needed for steady pinhole or low-light shots. Speaking of shutter – the shutter speed, “N” is approximately equal to 1/60 second and “B” Bulb mode (open)
The Diana F + has two sockets to accept a retro looking Flash powered by 1 x AA battery. The flash is (once again) modeled on the original Flash that came with the Diana F from the 60’s. You are supplied with a couple of adapters that allow you to use standard hot-shoe flashes on your Diana F + or the Diana F + flash on another camera (although why you would want to do the latter apart from the novelty factor is beyond me)

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