Doctor M. PopularMay 15, 2023

Digging up some old photos from my Digital Harinezumi, a lo-fi digital camera from the early 2000s.

This little toy camera is about the size of roll of 110 film. The shutter is very slow, so you need to hold it very still when using this for street photography. It can be quite challenging to use, but the results are very unique.

When shooting in monochrome mode, these grainy digital photos almost look like Tri-X film photos. #PhotoMonday #DigitalHarinezumi #StreetPhotography

Show threadMC Frontalot
@docpop how so many pixels though? What year was this thing made?
May 16, 2023 at 1:59amWeb
Show threadDoctor M. PopularMay 16, 2023
@mc_frontalot I thought the original Harinezumi was 2006, but the internet is saying 2009. We took it apart and found the camera guts were a cheap camera circuit that had been around in the late 90s. So it was reusing old tech in a new body. It’s a 2 megapixel sensor that should save jpegs at either 2048×1536 (high quality) or 1024x768 (low quality).