- Photoblaster
History
The Nickelodeon PhotoBlaster (Long Hall Technologies model N6800) is a compact "kid's"
camera which has the useful feature of being able to take 4 images onto a single 35mm frame of film, one shot at a time. The camera uses standard35mm film , and has a built-in viewfinder and flash, and works by shooting with 2 fixed lenses.The Nickelodeon PhotoBlaster was manufactured until 1999 by Long Hall Technologies of
Farmingdale, NY , and was sold for approximately $40 retail.Specifications
Instead of 24 shots on a standard 24-exposure 35mm roll, the Photoblaster created photo vignettes. In this way it can get 96 shots from a 24 exposure roll of film, thus reducing cost of development.
Photo quality is limited by the fixed lens. Its primary function was as a children's toy camera. The four images tend to vary in spacing, making commercial photo development difficult.
The camera itself was made in China. LongHall Technologies stopped manufacturing the camera before the 1999 holidays. Subsequently the Photoblaster has become somewhat hard-to-find, as a kind of photography "collector's item."
External links
* [http://www.bakon.org/bakon/photoblaster Photoblaster Worship Page]
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