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The Nickelodeon PhotoBlaster (Long Hall Technologies model N6800) is a compact toy 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 standard 35mm 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.
(a photo divided into four parts). In this way it can get 96 shots from a 24 exposure roll of film. Unlike the Lomo ActionSampler
, which takes four exposures in one second, the PhotoBlaster allows each of the four exposures to be taken one at a time.
Photo quality is limited by the fixed lens. Its primary function is as a toy camera
.
The camera itself was made in China. Long Hall 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."
An identical camera (with simply a different color scheme) is the GoPhoto X-treme Pix Quad Shot Camera. The GoPhoto X-treme Pix is currently available for $17.95 at GoPhoto's website and for $29.95 at Amazon.com.
Toy camera
Toy cameras are simple, inexpensive film box cameras made almost entirely out of plastic, often including the lens. The term is misleading, since they are not merely 'toys' but are in fact capable of taking photographs. Many were made to be given away as novelties or prizes...
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 standard 35mm 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 creates a tetraptychPolyptych
A polyptych generally refers to a painting which is divided into sections, or panels. The terminology that follows is in relevance to the number of panels integrated into a particular piece of work: "diptych" describes a two-part work of art; "triptych" describes a three-part work; "tetraptych"...
(a photo divided into four parts). In this way it can get 96 shots from a 24 exposure roll of film. Unlike the Lomo ActionSampler
Lomography
Lomography is the commercial trademark of Lomographische AG, Austria for products and services catering to the Global Modern art community of Lomographic photography. The name is inspired by the former state-run optics manufacturer LOMO PLC of Saint Petersburg, Russia...
, which takes four exposures in one second, the PhotoBlaster allows each of the four exposures to be taken one at a time.
Photo quality is limited by the fixed lens. Its primary function is as a toy camera
Toy camera
Toy cameras are simple, inexpensive film box cameras made almost entirely out of plastic, often including the lens. The term is misleading, since they are not merely 'toys' but are in fact capable of taking photographs. Many were made to be given away as novelties or prizes...
.
The camera itself was made in China. Long Hall 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."
An identical camera (with simply a different color scheme) is the GoPhoto X-treme Pix Quad Shot Camera. The GoPhoto X-treme Pix is currently available for $17.95 at GoPhoto's website and for $29.95 at Amazon.com.