ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Diana camera

A Diana camera is like a toy camera that we can take pictures with. It is called a toy camera because it is made of plastic and is not as fancy as other cameras that we may have seen.

When we want to take a picture with the Diana camera, we have to first load it with film. Film is like a special paper that captures the image we want to take.

Once we have loaded the film, we can look through the viewfinder to decide what we want to capture in the picture. Then, we have to press a button to take the picture.

After we have taken all the pictures we want, we need to take the film out of the camera and send it to someplace that will develop the film and turn the pictures into an actual photo that we can hold and see.

Even though the Diana camera is not as fancy as other cameras, it can give us very cool and unique pictures that we may not be able to get with other cameras.
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