Comments for Review of the Diana F+ at http://www.foto8.com/home , comment 1 to 2 out of 2 comments http://www.foto8.com/home Thu, 08 Jan 2009 06:27:44 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.foto8.com/home/content/view/610/226/#comment-113 yay im so glad you guys have set up a competition to appreciate the oh so wonderful diana. i have a diana f and she does wonders. since i live in bali it is hard to develop medium format films so i also purchased a separate 35mm back from the guys at lomography.com so now i can shoot and develop my film anywhere with ease. however its more of a guessing game to shoot with the 35mm because the image is half as tall and less wide than the view finder so its harder than shooting with a 120mm. i suggest whatever film you shoot with the diana, always keep your subject in the middle of the viewfinder and at a safe focal distance of 3-4m because as your focus closer, the focus rings moves out so the photo turns out like a macro. so it doesnt matter how far you are from your subject, its about how much of the subject you want in the picture and if you dont get this right, you will have offset pictures which can look cool but for the most part really sucks if you wanted to display the whole subject. also, dont always shoot according to the weather condition. if its really sunny, shoot partially cloudy to get a darker and more saturated effect. as for the light leaking, that's the beauty of the diana and if you want to prevent this make sure you wind the film straight away after you shoot a photo, if not use a black tape or just really try to appreciate all that beautiful light leaking in. anyway i uploaded my 35mm shots to foto8 flicker on vstephanie87. cheers - vstephanie Tue, 02 Sep 2008 05:10:46 +0100 http://www.foto8.com/home/content/view/610/226/#comment-103 I have an original Diana and after shooting a couple of rolls there was only really one 'good' result. In fact it was pretty much the only result. Compared to the Holga the original Diana has so far had a much lower success rate. But I do love the look and feel of it, couldn't be more cheap. - Joe www.pinkpoliceman.co.uk Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:11:33 +0100