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Revision as of 19:43, 15 February 2015
Glossary Terms
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| The ubiquitous Time camera The "Optical Lens" designation is a common trashcam feature image by Bracket ツ (Image rights) |
The term trashcam has sometimes jokingly been applied to simple plastic cameras of extremely low value. These might include promotional giveaways, dollar-store closeouts, or thrift-store finds—but also examples of outright deception such as the "Olympia" camera.
While trashiness is naturally a subjective and debatable concept, one working definition of a trashcam might be, "any camera whose value at least doubles when loaded with film."
There is a continuum between cheap plastic cameras that actually have reasonable optics, such as the Ansco Pix Panorama, and true toy cameras that are especially prized for their degraded, aberrated imagery.
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| "Focus Free" or "Made in China" may suggest trashcam status (Vivitar PN2011) image by Marty4650 (Image rights) |
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| An optical lens is a highly-prized feature in a trashcam image by Nesster (Image rights) |
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| Aperture settings: Sunny, partly sunny, partly cloudy, cloudy image by jill elise (Image rights) |
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| Garish and unfashionable colors are also a plus image by Voxphoto (Image rights) |
