Lomography

Always check your LOMO LC-A+ battery!

I am a LC-A+ lomographer. My fiancee just bought me an Instant Back + & Wide Angle lens as my birthday gifts. I attached the wide angle lens and this time I can finish my 36 shots easily with the ‘wide angle’ view. And I sent the film to the camera shop for develop. I received my photo in the next day but there are only 5 frames were used. The rest of the 31 frames are blank.

And after I finished the fim, I installed the Instant Back+ to my LC-A+. And I took 2 shots but the instant film output are totally blank and dark. I followed the installation correctly and I do not think I have made any mistake.

After I spent sometimes on the Internet and did some checking on my LC-A+. I realized how stupid I am and wasted my shots. It was all due to the LOMO LC-A+ run out of battery so the camera shuttle unable to operate. That explains why my shots are blank (wasted film is fine but I feel sad that I wasted the shots I made at the moment) and why my instant film is totally dark. No shutter, no image is capture into the film.

Solution: Just buy LR44 or SR44 to replace the battery.

And how to know when is your battery run out? For doing so press the shutter and see if the two LED lights inside the camera’s viewfinder are lit. If not at least one is lit you should exchange batteries. [You amy find this instruction instant back+ manual].