This site (and apparently late-night TV ad) has been floating around recently and it's hilarious. Remember that POS instant camera I complained about on my last photowalk? This Vivitar compact is probably no better and could be worse.

It's interesting how in this pitch, film is less work than a digital compact. Well, I suppose it is partly true if you use a crap camera and limit the user interface to one button. Psssst. Don't tell grandpa that you can do the same with a modern digital - just ignore all of the blinkies. But I understand the lure of simplicity. Yes, to some people computers are infinitely more scary than a darkroom.

The same lure is evident in this video -- now lampooned by the predictable discussion in the I Shoot Film Flickr group (I had to add my two bits in there too). I like the young girl who was turned off by all of the work involved in shooting her DSLR and now is entranced by film. "Too technical! Too much work!" Wow. I applaud the return to film and all but she is a bit misguided about the balance of complexity.

By the way, someone tell her that you can get much better medium format cameras for less than new Lomo cameras.