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• Russian Antiques

  
  by pan_dre
  posted about 1 year ago
  1 vote

  Good Russian cameras are unique characters with their specific features,

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• Kodak Ektachrome 100 GX (120, 100 iso) staff-review

  
  by d_i_d
  posted about 1 year ago
  one comment, 7 submissions, and 2 votes

  A high professional slide film with very low grain, moderately enhanced colour saturation and warm colour balance. When X-processed it yields very nice results: deeper colours but not artificial.

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• The Fed 5!

  
  by pan_dre
  posted about 1 year ago
  4 comments and 2 votes

  image from "russianplaza.com":http://www.russianplaza.com/FED-1-2-3-4-5-C-page2.html

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• Fed 5

  
  by shhquiet
  posted about 1 year ago
  2 comments and 5 votes

  For precision photography with a stand-out, old-school vibe, pick up a FED 5. That's if you have the tenacity, patience and some brawn to tame its hefty body and finicky character.

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• Holga 135BC

  
  by mantozauras
  posted about 1 year ago
  3 votes

  To tell you the truth, when LSI presented the Holga 135BC, I looked at it skeptically. I don’t know why but I didn’t like it at the first sight … but it was a different story, after some time.

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• Vilia

  
  by pan_dre
  posted about 1 year ago
  4 comments and 4 votes

  image from "thecamerasite.net":http://www.thecamerasite.net/07_Viewfinder_Cameras/Pages/smena.htm

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• Be Lomo Elikon 535

  
  by johann_affendy
  posted about 1 year ago
  8 comments, 14 submissions, and 5 votes

  The Elikon 535 is one of my prized possessions. Didn't order this from LSI though, I came across this little Russian camera at a flea market (sounds familiar, no?).

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• Polaroid Spectra (Instant/Polaroid, 640 iso)

  
  by fookshit
  posted about 1 year ago
  7 comments, 11 submissions, and 1 vote

  The first thing that strikes you about the Spectra film is its noticeably larger size; 3.6 x 2.9 inches (9.2cm x 7.3cm). Then when you look closer you see how much sharper and colour perfect the shots are compared to other instant films!

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• Fuji Instax Mini (Instant/Polaroid, 800 iso)

  
  by fookshit
  posted about 1 year ago
  2 comments, 9 submissions, and 1 vote

  The “Instax” instant film system from Fujifilm come in handy cartridges of 10 and has all the speedy benefits of being an 800 ISO film.

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• Fuji Instax Wide (Instant/Polaroid, 800 iso)

  
  by fookshit
  posted about 1 year ago
  1 vote

  The “Instax” instant film system from Fujifilm come in handy cartridges of 10 and has all the speedy benefits of being an 800 ISO film.

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• Smena 8M

  
  by pan_dre
  posted about 1 year ago
  2 comments and 3 votes

  The Smena 8M is a b-e-a-utiful piece of Russian deadstock. With a contrasty and saturated lens, dead-easy manual controls, and a look that says, “I AM RUSSIAN, I AM AWESOME” – with a fleeting glance at the bottom of the lens barrel – “I WAS MADE IN THE USSR!”, this babe is a hot one, but she’s pretty useful as well. The Smena can be used in two ways. Just as the manual illustrates, you can set it up in what I call my “snapshot mode” where the aperture is 16, the shutter corresponds to those little diagrams, and the depth of field is set perfectly so I have everywhere from one meter to infinity in crystal clear, saturated, contrasty view. However, with a fiddle of the aperture, and an attitude that says, “Screw you, little diagrams, I can take the REAL numbers!” –heck, I just peer aside the camera and there they are – the Smena has a whole new, creative potential. And of course, with its dead simplicity, the Smena is easily modifiable with awesome behind the lens “masks”, the sensational lens is PERFECT for x-pro, and a “re-cockable” shutter makes for insane multiple exposures.

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• The Zenit E

  
  by pan_dre
  posted about 1 year ago
  2 comments and 3 votes

  The very best thing about the Zenit E can be summed up in one word – Versatility – well, that or weight (and either way get your head out of the gutter boys). So it is heavy as heck, which is great for urban exploring as you can use it as a pretty bitchin weapon if the need arises. Aside from that it has all the bells and whistles, as much as any old Russian has bells and whistles. Aperture setting, B setting, shutter speed, manual focus but the best thing is that the SLR lets you look at your picture as you take it, like a 1970s digital almost, what you see is what you are gonna get, except in 1-2 weeks instead of 1-2 seconds, anyways I digress. As you can see with my gallery this allows you to get the macro distance correct every time for sharp close-ups, oh thank the lord! Works well with black and white, slide, redscale, or just your standard color 35mm. You can also work it for a crisp overall look or get super wacky field of vision with the blurry back and the sharp central image. You can even go ahead and throw on the Holga filters for fun, do what you do, the Zenit E allows you.

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• Castaic Lake (Santa Clarita, Ca)

  
  by brendend
  posted about 1 year ago
  1 vote

  I've been hitting Castaic Lake in Santa Clarita, CA for a few years now and finally decided to take a date - my Diana F+! There's a swimming area, you can bring friends and a BBQ, or if you feel adventurous, you can bring a kayak or a boat and explore the shores!

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• Stone Alphabet (Ashtarak)

  
  by wil6ka
  posted about 1 year ago
  one comment and 2 votes

  One sometimes gets the feeling, that there are no secrets anymore and no insider-information to be shared. The Internet left us with no doubts and lack of knowledge. But still there are some lomo-locations, that are truly mysterious and barely to be found otherwise. There is a spot in Armenia, which I passed by on a recent trip. It is situated around a city called Astarak, directly aside to the highway leading to the capital Yerevan.

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• Metro Tokyo/ Osaka

  
  by wil6ka
  posted about 1 year ago
  1 vote

  Tokyo is a city of roughly 20 million inhabitants with all the suburbs included. Yet the city is not dying of car-pollution and noise-explosion, hence 80 percent of all traffic is done by public transport, which is generally breaking down to buses, JR (some sort of city train) and metro.

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