Disdéri – 3 Lens Toy Camera

Some time ago I bought a Lomography SuperSampler 4 lens camera, which made really cool pictures. Unfortunately the crappy little string mechanism (a very flimsy chord that had to be pulled in order to advance the film) broke after one roll of photos, and then I made things worse by trying to fix it myself (I know, I know, shouldn’t have tried to open it, but I was pissed off…).

Anyway, after that bad experience I had decided to stop experimenting with novelty cameras, especially when they’re 40 to 50 bucks each. And then I heard about the Disdéri toy cameras, which were extremely cheap (from 10 to 15 bucks), but also very hard to find (they seem to be produced in Korea and commercialized around East Asia).

Thank god nowadays we have Ebay, and I quickly found a seller that had the 3 lens and 4 lens cameras. I wasn’t able to test them out immediately since it’s been getting grayer and rainier around Paris, but I did manage to find a sunny day to test the 3 lens camera in and around the 19th arrondissement (park and canal).

Below are some of my favorite shots from that first roll of film. Hopefully I’ll soon have more of those, including from the 4 lens camera. Enjoy!