Paper Shoot Camera - 20MP Digicam With Choice Of Cases

In order to prevent the two halves of the body getting pinched together I’ve added a couple of spacers to go on to the screws which hold the camera ‘body’ together which improves the appearance of the assembled camera. I asked Sparrow Fabrications to make a 3D printed part for another item to go with the Ring Light accessory and as part of the project he made the spacers and a useful tool to help in fitting them. Sparrow Fabrications can be found on eBay - use the advanced search facility to find the supplier name.

The camera seems basic - and it is to use, but it provides a huge variety of opportunities to play with photography with the analogue experience of having to wait to see you photos (as long as it takes to load your shots). In short, easy to use, built in filters are a good balance of fun variety and when combined with additional filters simply makes me smile. Also don't underestimate the amount of interest people have when they see the camera and its output...

I like that you can’t see the images until you plug into a camera harking back to analogue. The rechargeable batteries makes it a very sustainable camera and everyone has stopped to ask about it when I’ve been out with it. The inbuilt filters are good. The paper case does get bashed and scratched easily even wearing round my neck, when the plastic covers arrive to purchase separately will be better I think. And also only one brass lens cover at the moment which isn’t a design I like to fit with the classic vintage camera case. But the classic design one is also supposed to be on its way over soon too. It’s available abroad only at the moment.

Not my usual sort of purchase, but a fun little thing. Easy enough to assemble, easy to use. Has a tendency to over-expose in bright light, but otherwise produces reasonably sharp images. Very pocketable. Worth a look for those times when you want to experiment with digital.

A digital camera without a screen made out of 'paper'?? When you stop and think about it, the designers have been very canny in considering how we use our digicams. Perhaps we don't always pay attention to the results on the camera screen, but do spend time reviewing the results on a computer or tablet. As to it's construction, the case I chose ('Vintage Camera 1961' - Olympus Trip look-alike) feels very robust and not at all papery. I suspect the shutter button may be the first thing to go with prolonged use but the real button on the circuit board will be accessible. Image quality is suprisingly good - once you've removed the almost-impossible-to-see piece of plastic film covering the sensor /lens! When taking a picture be sure to keep your finger well away from the lens - it's quite wide-angle. To avoid camera shake in low light situations don't move the camera until you hear the SECOND sound which indicates shutter action. The first 'bleep' after pressing the shutter button indicates the camera has turned on and is doing its sums for exposure and ISO setting. When that's complete you'll hear the characteristic shutter sound. I've attached a set of images showing each of the four built-in 'filters' - colour, B&W, sepia amd blue. Image transfer to a Mac proved a bit difficult initially - use of a SD card reader was 100% OK, but USB cable less so. This was resolved by contacting the PS support people who provided a helpful procedure for overcoming the time and date setting which when followed also made file transfer via cable 100% reliable. If all this sounds daunting I'd suggest sticking with a SD card reader