What is the cheapest used Vivitar IC 101 Panorama in the UK?

The cheapest used Vivitar IC 101 Panorama currently listed is £5.18 at eBay, based on 8 listings compared across 1 UK retailers.

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Used Vivitar IC 101 Panorama for Sale — From £5

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Great for: street travel general landscape

Vivitar's fixed-panoramic 35mm snapper — focus-free 28mm lens, f/8 at 1/125s, no flash, fully mechanical.

The Vivitar IC 101 Panorama was a 1990s plastic 35mm compact permanently fixed in panoramic format: internal masks crop each frame to a letterbox strip, a fashion of the era also seen in disposables. Sold in huge numbers as a promotional and budget camera under the Vivitar name, it has a camera-wiki entry and remains a common charity-shop and eBay find.

The lens is a fixed-focus 28mm behind a single-speed shutter of around 1/125s at a fixed f/8 aperture, so exposure relies entirely on film latitude. There is no flash and no hot shoe; unusually for its class it has a frame counter, and a sliding lens cover locks the shutter release to prevent accidental exposures. The back plate is curved to counter aberrations from the simple lens, and film advance is by thumb wheel.

With no flash and a slow fixed aperture this is strictly a daylight camera, best with ISO 200-400 negative film outdoors. The letterboxed 28mm view suits street scenes, seafronts and landscapes, and lomography-minded shooters like its soft-edged, cropped look. Some owners remove the panoramic masks to unlock the full frame, though roughly cut mask edges then show as borders.

As an all-mechanical, battery-free camera there is little to fail: check the shutter clicks, the advance wheel turns and the frame counter increments, and that the sliding cover still unlocks the release. Many survive new-in-box from promotional stock, so avoid paying user-camera prices for worn examples, and inspect the lens window for scuffs since the plastic scratches easily.