Vivitar PN2011

Vivitar’s PN2011 is by far, the worst camera I’ve every used. Superficially speaking, this one really should be my favorite: it’s small, focus free and very light weight. I also think the “panoramic” feature is very cool. It isn’t a true panoramic camera, all it does is remove a little from the top and bottom of the exposed frame. What I really like about it, of course, is that I bought it on a half price for blue tags day at my local thrift store. It was originally marked to be sold for a buck and I got it for fifty cents.

I know, however, many of my issues with this camera could have been solved if I had been more diligent about the film I put into it. I don’t remember what film I used. I would think that a very slow speed film and the bright sunny day would have fixed many of the exposures. However, that way not have been the case because there are incidents of my having taken two pictures of the same subject back to back and one came out and the other didn’t.

I took this camera with me on a little bikepacking tour I took with my buddy Chris. The camera was a secondary element to the trip and not a bad complement. The real focus (partial pun) was spending time with Chris and riding bikes.