Plenty of apps take retro or vintage imagery on your mobile phone, the pick of which are featured here. But here's something to add retro effects to your existing photos – Pixlr-o-matic.
Tag: camera
Polaroid Photo Album at Urban Outfitters
Yes, we know it's a bit gimmicky, but the Polaroid Photo Album at Urban Outfitters is a useful little gimmick too.
Of course, it's a photo album shaped like a vintage Polaroid camera. Open it up and you'll find 18 double-sided pages, each fitting photos sized at 10 x 15 inches. Not sure if that's the 'Polaroid', size I suspect not, but that would perhaps make the product a little too niche.
Anyway, it's available online if you want somewhere to keep your snaps, available for just £14.
Lomography introduces the La Sardina film camera range
We’re big fans of Lomo photography, so we’re always pleased to see new models – like the Lomography La Sardina film camera range.
It’s a very fishy-themed camera, based on the design of a sardine tin, as you might have guessed from the one pictured above and the three cameras featured over the page,. They go by the names of El Capitán, Fischer´s Fritze, Sea Pride and Marathon, each with their one vintage-style imagery and colour.
Retro Camera Photo Album from the V&A Shop
These days it's easy to amass hundreds of photographs digitally and not have a single one exist in print. If you're a compulsive digital snapper who rarely prints, this Retro Camera Photo Album might just persuade you to commit your work to paper.
The album measures 10 x 16cm and can hold 36 photographs in clear plastic sleeves with black backing inside. It has a magnetic clasp and carry strap and the old-school camera styling makes it perfect for housing all those retro-effect shots you've taken on your iphone.
It costs £12 and is available from the V&A Museum shop, either in person or online here.
Build-It-Yourself Recesky Twin Lens Reflect Camera
If taking photographs with a lomography camera isn’t challenging enough for you, then you might be interested in this Build-It-Yourself Recesky Twin Lens Reflect Camera.
Once put together the camera will take vintage-style soft focus photographs with the distorted colours you’d expect from lomography photographs. But first you have to built it, which looks like it could be quite a challenge judging by the number of little pieces of plastic it consists of.
The kit costs £35 from Pedlars.
Free Super 8 vintage film shooting app for iPhone and iPad
It's actually a movie tie-in, but the Super 8 app for the iPhone and iPad is still one of the best apps around. Best of all? It's free too, making it a better proposition than the similar iSupr8 app.
Essentially it turns your mobile phone or tablet into a super 8 film camera, without the film obviously. You shoot at the touch of a button, with the option to switch lenses, throw in filters and add someshake effects. When you are done, you send it off to be developed (another push of a button), then you can view it in your projector room (on our phone) or export it to a computer / share it with friends.
Seven lens effects in total, plus three animated filters, a scratch and dirt overlay and those shake effects offer real authenticity and as we said – it's absolutely free. Only free for a limited time though, so grab it now.
Find out more at the iTunes website
