My friend, Phil, gave me this camera. I was shocked he could bring himself to part with it! He spent $2.99 at Value Village (unless the discounted color that day was blue, which is a good possibility). They actually work as binoculars! Granted, they aren’t very good, but I’m not necessarily an avid birder or anything like that. This plastic camera two exposures per frame on 35mm film, so don’t put a 36 exposure roll through it. It’ll take FOREVER to get through it.
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The rear view. You use the binaocular to frame your subject.
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The top view. It's very complicated.
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The top pops open and the film loads across the top. There's a mirror to reflect the image back up to the film.
Since I didn’t have any natives of Papua New Guinea to photograph, I took my National Geographic Binocular camera to Banks Lake in north central Washington. It’s a giant lake in the desert and I love it there – except for the crazy-loud boats. Here are some shots:
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See? Not so bad.
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We camp at the boat-in only sites so you feel like you have your own little sandy island.
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There's a hike to the top of Steamboat Rock. This is looking back down on our camping area.
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Steamboat Rock
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Can you see it? There's a deer in here (named Waldo, I guess).
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Banks Lake
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She found a little root to sleep in.
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Tree root bed.
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Fishing.
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Banks Lake.
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A motel and gas station straight outs Walking Dead.
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Run down motel
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Run down gas station.
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Don't hit those dust spots!
Took the bird dog and the camera out birdin’.