Lomography Instant Camera History

April 19, 2017

Lomography is another great company that decides to dive in the world of instant cameras. The company decided to use unusual way of funding their project via Kickstarter page.

Lomo Instant

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The first camera by the Lomography company collected $1,118,333 while pledging for just $100,000, the Lomo instant camera was introduced in December of 2014 and to this day this camera seems to be among the most beautiful and stylish (instant) cameras.
This model is a bit more functional than the other cameras on the market and has a bigger variety of colors.

A unique thing about the camera is the color gels meaning you can put a colored strip on your flash and change the color of a photo. (Like in the photo)
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and the end result looks like this
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Another great option for this new camera is the fact that you can turn off the flash, something you are not able to do with the Instax mini camera series.
The camera also has an infinity long exposure option to help you get a good shot while doing something fun.
On top of that, the camera offers better focus range allowing you to get closer or further from your object without any disturbance.

The Lomo `instant cameras have 3 constant colors (black, white, and brown) and much more limited edition variations.
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A great feature to this line is the manual on shooting modes at the bottom of the camera which helps you choose the right setting each time. This is really helpful when you are new to the instant photography.

This is also useful for older people or people who have no experience with photography.

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Another fun addition is the option for adding different lens, you can purchase with the camera (close up, fish eye and wide anglе) as well as a photo splitzer. Which helps you "split" the photos.

Since this is all about this model here is a gif of my favorite Limited Edition cameras

The Blue one is called Havana and is currently out of stock, but I HAD to include it since I adore Cuba (and would love to have one if they ever go back in stock). The next one is Mumbai and is currently in stock I adore this beautiful shade of pink, and the last one is Panama which is posted about (read here: Lomo' Instant Panama - New Release)

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Lomo Instant Wide

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Lomo just like Fujifilm has a wide version of their instant camera. In Spring of 2016 Lomography camera debuted their wide version, opposite to the Lomo`instant camera this version was not crowd funded.
The unique features of this model include changeable viewfinder (for the wide-angle lens), as well as a timer on the lens cap, and a dial for distance.

The design is the well-known vintage Lomography vibe. The camera is bigger than the Fujifilm wide, but the film format is the same.


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The camera offers quite a few extra options such as infinite multiple exposures, which helps you take more creative photos compared to other products of similar ranges.(90mm built-in lens that allows you as close as 0.6m)
This one has the color gels option as well, and as I mentioned above you can change the viewfinder for wide angle viewfinder which is a unique option. It also has PC Sync option.

It looks like the permanent color collection is white, black and brown (central park which is limited edition)
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Lomo Instant Automat

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The latest release from Lomography (for now) is Lomo Instant automat, this is yet another crowdfunded project which exceeded the requested for 100,000 to $919,925.
This model shoots with the mini format but has functions similar to the wide. In the new model, we have the remote control cap which is pretty useful for old time "selfies", the multiple exposures are also part of the model.A fun addition is the Led exposure counter, that allows you to chose the right setting. The automatic mode is a fun addition that will help you get the best result each time.
The range has for original colors (white (Bora Bora), black (Playa Jardìn), yellow (Punalu`u), red (South Beach))
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With two limited editions at the time. 

 Lomo'Instant Square camera

In August of 2017, Lomography released a new project on their kickstarter, for a new camera. This time the camera is a square one and just in 5 hours they had their goal reached. The camera is supposed to start shipping out in February/March of 2018. Lomo'Instant Square camera remind of the classic Polaroid SX 70 with its foldable design. Other than the foldable new design and square format nothing on the inside is different. The permanent colors are four: Black, Pigalle, Ginza and White.

  


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