A little creative bargain: Ilford Sporty 6 (1963)

It's important to experiment and to break loose from conventions, norms and expectations. Some would argue this will lead to more creativity - and I need some!

On this note I am writing a blog entry purely hoping to illustrate the point. After all, we lecturers too often have our heads full of rules and regs and yearly CPD (Continuous Professional Development). (Ouch, if Graham ever reads this, I will have to pay up for the swear words!)

Hence, in an attempt to keep my own creative work going and blog once a month, I am writing about what keeps me engaged in the photographic universe.

An Ilford Sporty 6 (1963)

Initially I only bought it for a laugh and £1.50 at my local car boot sale and so far it cost me a few tears with the first film coming out blank. I don't even share much with the Lomo/ Diana fascination and yet something makes me smile when bantering over this little Ilford bargain.


I'm not sure if it's the fact that it's a 6x6 and the last sincere production of it's kind or perhaps that it was manufactured in Reutlingen by Dacora Kamerawerke, just 10 miles from where I was born, and that it has traveled around for almost 50 years, just to be found around the corner from where I live today? I suppose this may be it: a nostalgic moment and a reminder that photography is often oh so autobiographical.

To see the first test shots of this little bargain camera check back shortly...

Ref: http://www.thecamerasite.net/07_Viewfinder_Cameras/Pages/ilford-sporti.htm