35mm Diana Mini Camera

Though the original Diana camera was a ‘60s novelty, professional photographers loved it for the dreamy, lo-fi images it created. Upgraded with cool options, this faithful reproduction 35mm Diana Mini Camera celebrates the nearly half a million negatives, photographs and slides in the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Photo Study Collections. Comes with electronic flash; colored gel filters; flash adaptors; removable plastic lens for multiple or long exposure shots, panoramic pics or pinhole photos; Shoot Forever book; instruction manual; lens cap and neck strap. Medium format 120 or 35mm film. Flash takes one AA battery (not included). Plastic, metal.  6.5"h. x 5"w. x 3.5"d.

Museum Provenance

Our American History Museum’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation explores inventors in history and includes archives and exhibits on cameras, computers, speakers, and robots among many others.

Every Smithsonian purchase will arrive with a museum provenance card explaining how it is adapted from or inspired by an object or objects in our collection.