Diana

The Diana camera is a so-called "toy camera" that originated in the 1960s produced by the Great Wall Plastic Co. in China.

Diana-F No. 162B

The camera was produced under many names for different markets. Some were sold as promotional items (there is a Readers Digest version, for example). Most Dianas use 120 film but some versions of the camera take 127 or 620 film.

The lens is plastic with some vignetting in the resulting photographs. Light leaks are a possibility and a lot of users put black tape over the seams to make the cameras leak proof. Each frame is 4cm x 4cm so a roll of 120 film will give you 16 frames. Focusing is done by twisting the lens to 3 zones, 4-6ft, 6-12ft, or 12ft to infinity. There are several variations in top-plate and lens-barrel style; some have fake light-meter windows and a few have flash sync.

Alphabetical List of Diana Types (Clones)

Debonair

Diana

Diana Deluxe

Anny Arrow Arrow Flash Asiana Banier Banner Colorflash Deluxe Debonair Diana Diana+ / Diana Plus Diana Deluxe Diana F Diana F+ Dionne F2

Dories Flocon RF Harrow Hi-Flash Justen Lina Lina S Mark L MegoMatic Merit Mirage Panax Photon 120 Pioneer

Raleigh Rand Reliance Rosko Rover See Shakey's Sinomax Stellar Stellar Flash Tina Traceflex Tru-View Valiant

Windsor Zip Zodiac

Links

• The Diana page by Allan Dietrich, with many Diana name variations
• The Diana Legacy at toycamera.com
• Diana manifeste by Jean-Pierre Sutto
• Manual for Diana and her clones, available at toxpose.com
• dianacamera.com Site with photos, tips and How-to videos.
• Diana and clones at www.collection-appareils.fr by Sylvain Halgand
• User manual for Diana
• Picture Gallery using Diana Camera picturenoise.com

Stellar

Shakey's

Harrow

Reader's Digest