Lomo Kompakt Automat 35mm Camera

Lomo Kompakt Automat 35mm Camera | Lomo- good pocket camera.

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The legendary LOMO Kompakt Automat is a pocketsize, robust, precise and automatic snapshot camera made in St. Petersburg, Russia. Using Prof. Radionov's incredible "Minitar 1" wide-angle lens, the Lomo is forever at your side for contrast, color-drenched images.

great camera

this is a terrific camera, it works even better with colorsplash flash. ASA 25- 100 film works the best. it is also a lot smaller than most people think. its an ADORABLE camera.

Lomo- good pocket camera.

It's a good camera for day-to-day use because of its size, and can still take quality pictures. However for a beginner, its probally best to go for a used SLR (think ebay or good luck at garage sales) for the same price or less. With an SLR you'll find better options for lenses and be able to focus visually rather than guess (tip for lomo- guess the distance to your subject and go to the focus point further than it) and have better control of shutter speed / aperture than with the Lomo. The wide angle lens (35mm) is limiting for some shooting styles, and you'll find yourself needing to get up close to your subject. However as a second camera (one to throw in your backpack or laptop bag) that can provide good photos with little time to prepare or react, the Lomo is a good choice.

My Lomo is pre-english print and came apparently used, and after a few days the forward lens assembely appeared to be loose- with a fine screwdriver this was fixed in about 10 minutes, so dont expect the build quality to be Japanese by any means. Moving parts are for the most part reliable, though a fatal design flaw is that on a tripod mount you cannot operate the lens open/close lever. However I doubt most people will bother shooting with a tripod because this camera is for fun. Overall I am happy with it, but workmanship leaves something to be desired. Within the first few frames of a 36exp roll, it has failed to advance all the way and left a 1/8 inch (on the negative) or so overlap with the previous exposure. When shooting at night, I've found it best to turn the exposure meter down 1 notch (an iso lower). I've had the best results with Kodak Gold 100, but haven't experimented too much.

Enough with the bad, I think the camera makes up for most of these shortcomings by taking great pictures without requiring you to take time to set up the shot, calculate shutter speed, etc. Some of my favorite photos have come from my Lomo not just because of the good photo quality, but because I take it everywhere.

4 stars- Its enjoyable, good size, decent price, and I'm not dissapointed with the picture quality. However it leaves something to be desired in build quality.

Those who have flamed and given it 1 star probally do not own one, take their input with a few spoonfuls of salt. Yes, the lomography society people do hype it up a little too much, but the pictures come out nicely and that is what I value in a camera, not "hipster appeal" or other such advertising schemes.

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qUiRkY but functional.

Despite the wanky marketing hype of the official site, the LOMO is a funky and useful little camera.
As an artist, I often need to take images of thangs all over the place - something inspirational in a gallery, stuff for sale at a flea market, obese people in public, etc.
In places where photos are frowned-upon, you can easily take stealth photos and get away with it - no flash/autowind or beeping to give you away.
And the robust/compact construction means one can just plop it in a pocket and forget about it until it's needed.
Another bonus of sorts is the fixed focus - one can readily take snap shots through the glass of display cases - something an autofocussing snap-happy-job just won't do.
On the down side, shots taken from within a few feet of the subject are often blurry (unless you're really accurate with the appropriate distance 80cm/1.5m etc) - but landscape shots always work well.

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