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Summary: Impressed
Review: I must confess I do nothave one of these (yet). I will try and get one used. The price new seems a little high for what it is.I am very impressed with the quality of the color in photos I have seen and the night images are also very good. I know I can do this with my slr. Some of it i can do with my Mavica. But this seems to be an analogue product programed to produce arty looking images.
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Summary: Didn't Live Up to the Hype
Review: Shocked and surprised that I received the Lomo this Christmas, I tore the camera from its packaging like some 7 year-old circa 1980 scoring a Embire Strikes Back model of the Hoth Planet. I'd read a bunch of reviews, visited countless Lomo website, and felt up on the operation/insights on this Russian beast. Put the film in right, dialed the thing in, and started snapping photos of my festive family. Didn't worry about the light in the room. Same thing later when I took photos of the crew sitting around the table playing a game of cards. Got home. Took the film to Ritz. And when I opened up the pack the next day (again thrashing at the packaging; I was ridiculously excited, I know) and the photos were super grainy and dark, some were nearly black. Even the photos that I had taken in decent light were terrible. Tell me I did something wrong. I've read that the shutter stays open as long as is needed; every picture I took was a single, simple click. No sound as if the shutter was staying open to let in extra light. Anyway -- I'll give it another try with a new roll of film, but can anyone recommend some tips?
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Summary: It's my favorite camera, but it takes some getting used to.
Review: This camera takes absolutely razor-sharp pictures if you have the distance setting configured properly. I'd be lying if I said that all my pictures were great, right off the bat; it took some time for me to get used to it. But now that I've had the opportunity to shoot about seven rolls, I've got the hang of it. The colors acheived with this camera are incredibly rich and very pleasing to look at. Night time shots turn out absolutely incredible. There's no built-in flash, so it requires a very steady hand, a tripod, or something else to rest it on when taking low light pictures. The lack of flash makes evening pictures look great since they aren't tainted by a bright flash bulb. If you did want to use it for flash photos, no problem. It has a hot shoe built-in for most universal flash adaptors. There are several websites dedicated to this camera in which everyday people, like myself, submit there Lomo pictures online for people to look at. Check out a couple of websites and you'll see for yourself what this camera can do.
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Summary: I laugh at those who scorn the "marketing hype".
Review: Yes, the Lomo is expensive for a camera of such limited function. ...
If you like the kind of photos you see in style mags like Dazed and Confused, just buy one of these cameras and follow the rules of Lomography...
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Summary: Temperment Money Pit, but when it works right...
Review: I get so mad! I have to take at least five pictures to ensure I get one absolutely breathtaking picture. You've never seen blues and yellows so rich and warm on film before. I have a digital camera that eats AA batteries and never delivers pictures with this quality. So, I'm not buying into the digital revolution. It's the camera you'll love to hate.
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Summary: To all the player haters out there
Review: ... the LOMO LCA is a fabulous camera. ... The LOMO camera takes perfectly sharp images, perfectly razorsharp images, if you learn/know how to use it.
At the same time Lomographic Society has created or at least prepared the ground and participated in creating a certain visual aesthetik where we do not judge the beauty of a picture by it's sharpness, but also by crispness of color, the mood in the image, the memory it preserves for the individual and much much more.
People actually become better photographers using the LOMO LCA because they feel free of judgement to start with. This enables many to simply learn easier and faster how to use the tool and this again makes them better in using it, etc. ...
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Summary: Surprise and Delight
Review: This is a very unique camera that makes photo taking an absolute joy. It is unobtrusive and unthreatening; you can get informality and fun if you want it. The pictures are unusually vibrant wiht color and motion created. I bought a unused "used" model and have had one problem with it. It just jammed on a trip I am taking to Israel. I have taken an unusual amount of photographs here and they are truly amazing. Now, while I wait to get mine replaced or repaired I have to go back to my Nikon 80. I am really disappointed ! Lomo is fantastik. Fantastik.
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Summary: Take it on its own terms
Review: The LCA is best regarded as a Zen exercise. Operationally infuriating at first, it is unforgiving of beginners' errors. Thread the film leader with about a half-inch of tail on the take-up spool or it will slip after a few shots, costing you the roll. Check that ASA wheel every time you pull the camera out of your pocket. Monitor the teensy screws or they will escape. Learn how far 3 meters really is or learn to appreciate blurring. Go to the gym to gain muscle control to steady your hand for dim-lighting shots. If you get through that, then you will confront the central question, grasshopper: "Why am I taking the picture?" To capture a scene? To document an experience? To show friends? To make art? Any answer at all will be wrong, and will lead to shots that are unsatisfactory. One takes the picture to see what the picture will be; once I accepted that I began to appreciate the perceptual shocks and nudges the LCA often provides. Any camera has a high dross rate, but the LOMO gives me more keepers. True, you can simply turn off the flash on a P&S, but you won't get the same shot as with the LCA, with its tunnel vision and odd optics. It excels in dubious conditions-- low light, odd perspectives, and cheap film-- and pales when conditions become more traditional. To me, this is goodness. It encourageness goofiness. A form of therapy, perhaps. Would I buy one again? Absolutely.
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Summary: The Lomo is all a marketing fad
Review: Re-read the reviews - even the five stars say it takes blurry, bad photos. You don't need a [price] camera to do that. Buy a Holga for [price] and save some money. My biggest pet peeve about these reviews is that they all talk about low light non-flash photography like it is a new party drug. Hello, you can turn the flash off on your point-and-shoot to get the same effect (the camera will adjust exposure time) and you still have a zoom and fill flash if you want it for the same money. Bottom line is I have about 10 camera and I use the Lomo for very specific photos. If you can only have 2 or 3 cameras, this should not be one of them. Hats off to the Lomo marketing team.
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Summary: It is an amazing camera.
Review: The Lomo has the best lense that I have seen in automatics cameras. It as a great buy for photography lovers.
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