Pokémon Camera
The Pokémon Camera is a plastic 35mm toy camera, based on the popular Japanese TV & toy series and created by Tiger Electronics in 1999.
The camera features a beautifully carved Pikachu design. The shutter release is the Diglett on the top, which has a frame counter in a small round hole next to it. The shutter is single-speed, and the aperture and focus are fixed. The switch below the lens closes the lens and locks the shutter. The back hinges open, and the focal plane is glazed (in plastic) - presumably to prevent small fingers getting into the mechanism. The viewfinder has a blue frame, shaped a little like the hole in front of the lens. Film advance is by a thin thumbwheel on the back.
There is space for one AA-battery in the base to power the flash.
The camera superimposes a Pokemon border onto all taken photos. It has Meowth, Pikachu, Squirtle, and Blastoise featured prominently in all four corners. The camera advertised that it had all 150 Pokemon that existed at the time in its frame, but that's only technically true. The other Pokemon are displayed in an extremely small strip around the very edge of the photo, making them hard to distinguish. This feature would later be improved in the Tiger Electronics Star Wars Episode 1 Picture Plus Image.
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