Friday
May202011
AViVA - Lo-Fi SLR
Friday, May 20, 2011 at 8:20AM 
I saw this plasticky SLR at my local camera store. A real SLR with a 40mm f/2.8 fixed lens, which has markings that say "Great Wall", perhaps referring to the grandaddy of all toy cameras, the maker of the original Diana camera? It costs about $45. Has anyone tried one of these yet? I looked on Flickr, but there aren't any images taken with this camera. If you've sighted one of these in the wild, let me know.
tagged 35mm, Aviva, Great Wall, Lomo, Lomography, SLR, cheap, lo-fi camera, manual operation, photography, plastic, toy camera in Camera
35mm, Aviva, Great Wall, Lomo, Lomography, SLR, cheap, lo-fi camera, manual operation, photography, plastic, toy camera in Camera
Reader Comments (4)
http://www.ultrafineonline.com/newgrwapf35s.html
http://www.camgle.com/thread-14116-1-1.html
Hi, Im Ray from China, the great wall is a Chinese brand which doesn't exist anymore. Check the links below and above, the PF-1 is a copy of the fujica STF
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~rd2h-ari/FU_STF.htm
http://www.etsy.com/listing/70690887/vintage-fujica-st-f-replica-the
I havent seen this AViVAI logo before... very funny, maybe they use this name on foreign market. I had one PF-1 before. It was really cheap (around 10 usd) but produces surprisingly good pictures.
here's a few shots by Mijonju, an impressive photographer with a HUGE collection of new and old cameras. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mijonju/sets/72157624310888148/
"Aviva" spelled backwards is "Aviva."
Great Wall does still exist but it no longer makes cameras. The full name of the company is Great Wall (Optical) Plastic Works Ltd..