The Thousands

Welcome Powershovel, the Japanese camera brand that has created, fact, the first 110mm fish-eye lens camera. ‘Demekin’, is small enough to fit right in your pocket – it could be a spy camera if not for the massive lens. The ethos of Powershovel is to use the camera not just as a machine, but a sketchbook of everyday life… and boy can it be fun.

The Army Holga is one of our favourites. A visual weapon of mass
destruction…well, not destruction per se, but in the wrong hands you never know. The camera uses 120 mm film, which creates a square frame much like a polaroid but (without the naffness).**There’s also the frame splitting Golden Half and Book Camera, which masquerades as a book when it’s off duty. Too much film is never enough.