The Diana camera is a plastic-bodied camera that originally used 120 roll film. Contemporary variants use 35mm film or 110 format, and digital versions are also available. The camera has a simple plastic meniscus lens. In recent years, the Diana has been revived and marketed by Lomography as a tool for producing soft-focus, impressionistic photographs reminiscent of early 20th-century Pictorialist art photography.[1]
Like other low-cost cameras, the Diana faces limitations such as light leaks and film advance issues. Some of these characteristics are used for artistic effect, often to produce a slightly blurred composition that can provide a 'dreamlike' or impressionistic quality.[2]
History
The Great Wall Plastic Factory of Kowloon, Hong Kong, began manufacturing the Diana in the early 1960s, with the majority of production exported to the United States and the United Kingdom.[3][4]