An A–Z of Tintypes I

The Tintype, still my favourite HipstaPak from the Hipstamatic app, comes with the Tinto 1848 lens and two films: the C- and D-Type Plates, in colour and black and white respectively.

Based on the old Tintype cameras of the mid nineteenth century, the lens cleverly uses iPhone technology to focus on the eyes of a subject and blurs the edges of the frame. The films feature the ragged frames of original tintypes, dirt, dust, scratches and general grunginess – what’s not to love? Who needs the super-sharp clarity of digital cameras, revealing every pore and flaw?

I decided to put together an alphabetic collection – there are some likely suspects, and some not so likely.