I’ve been looking for a point and shoot, more specifically the Contax t3. Until I have the funds to get my hands on one I decided to play around with what was on hand: an old Pentax IQ EZY-R. This little guy is tiny, like, fits in my hand tiny, and you can get one off of Amazon for about $8. The battery to operate cost more than the camera and film combined, go figure. It was pretty durable and very responsive – two things I need when it comes to using any camera.

Looks big here but it’s actually only about 2″x4″

It has autofocus and easy settings for flash for night time, daytime, etc. I was able to load it pretty easily and quickly on the first try and the zoom lens satisfied my framing wants. All in all I think it was a pretty awesome camera to tote around for the time being and I plan on shooting more rolls with it as the week goes on. The results from this aren’t super sharp every single time, I’d say about 7/10, but instead give that plastic lens, dreamy type of feel to the photos. Think Tumblr-esque 35mm shots.

Saw this outdated sign at the Crown the other night.

Spicy pickles are my favorite. When Andrew has club shoots I sit at the bar and stuff my face with them.

Aaron Brown kitty town.

Fuel

Haaaa. This camera made for good selfies that were actually in focus.

Without flash.

With flash. Nighttime flash worked pretty well. This was taken while driving.

This was also taken while driving.

Baltimore wall art is amazing.

Size put into perspective.

Outside, nighttime flash

This is definitely a neat camera to have around, see if you guys can dig up something similar in your parents attics or boxes. This particular one belongs to Andrew’s family but I remember using my Nan’s 35mm Kodak at school dances in middle school. Funny how something so symbolic of my childhood is now being used as an art novelty. 🙂