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The Lomo LC-A Book Review

Oh Horizon Kompakt, How I Love You!

The Stereo Realist: An Old Relic

Windsor: The Diana's Long Lost Cousin

LomoKino: Reinventing Amateur Filmmaking!

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Zeiss Ikon Nettar

I bought this really old German Zeiss Camera on Ebay for only 25 Euros. It was built about 70 or 80 years ago in Stuttgart/Germany, and it still works perfectly! Read more about it and see some sample photos after the jump.

February 20, 2012 10 comments 11 likes
Hoorayzon: The Horizon Kompakt Fling

I borrowed halfwakehaiku's Horizon Kompakt for a Lomo wedding shoot and was able to to use it for a couple of weeks. It was short, but nonetheless a memorable relationship.

February 17, 2012 1 comment 17 likes
Resaturate Your World with Kodak Elitechrome Extra Colour EBX 100

Elite Chrome Extra Colour EBX is a stunning highly-saturated colour slide film from Kodak. Not only do the colours pop vividly but the latitude is extremely impressive with deep blacks and bright shining whites.

February 17, 2012 1 comment 16 likes

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The Russian Tank: Zenit 12XP

The Zenit 12xp is a Russian-made camera of the 80's and early 90's. Dubbed the Russian tank is capable of dealing with all situations and all your challenges armed with 58mm f2 Helios.

February 22, 2012 2 comments 4 likes
The Stereo Realist: An Old Relic

I managed to pick up a 30+ year old stereo camera from a friend of my mom's just for fun. I ran a roll through it to test it out. The results were pleasantly surprising!

February 22, 2012 2 comments 2 likes
Oh Horizon Kompakt, How I Love You!

The Horizon Kompakt is one of my favourite camera choices. I absolutely love the results I get from it and it constantly surprises me. One of my favourite techniques with this camera is to double expose as it's so simple to do and you get great results.So here's a review of the double exposure benefits of the Horizon Kompakt.

February 22, 2012 1 comment 10 likes
Windsor: The Diana's Long Lost Cousin

We all know the many clones of the Diana and the Detrich Collection. But what makes mine so special is that I HAVE IT!

February 21, 2012 1 comment 7 likes
The Lomo LC-A Book Review

Everything you ever wanted to know about Lomography and the iconic Lomo LC-A is in this book. Get it, put it in your library, and enjoy it!

February 21, 2012 3 likes
LomoKino: Reinventing Amateur Filmmaking!

The Lomokino has got its limitations too, but the creative potential is incredible! All you need is your imagination, a roll of 35 mm film and the Lomokino for making your dreams come true! You won't regret going into the adventure of analogue filmmaking!

February 21, 2012 1 like
Zeiss Ikon Nettar

I bought this really old German Zeiss Camera on Ebay for only 25 Euros. It was built about 70 or 80 years ago in Stuttgart/Germany, and it still works perfectly! Read more about it and see some sample photos after the jump.

February 20, 2012 10 comments 11 likes
Yashica Samurai Z: Way of the Warrior

Yashica Samurai Z! What sounds like an Anime Mecha Warrior or a special combo on Streetfighter II is one of the oddest SLR bridge Cameras ever built. But in fact, it's actually a good one!

February 20, 2012 5 comments 8 likes
Zenit 12 SD: An Awkward but Likeable Customer

The Zenit 12 SD represents one of the last 'unbreakable' Zenit cameras, built like a tank. Unfortunately, it has a tendency to handle like one too, but once you master it the combination of reliability and excellent optics (58mm Helios lens) become persuasive.

February 20, 2012 6 comments 8 likes
Resaturate Your World with Kodak Elitechrome Extra Colour EBX 100

Elite Chrome Extra Colour EBX is a stunning highly-saturated colour slide film from Kodak. Not only do the colours pop vividly but the latitude is extremely impressive with deep blacks and bright shining whites.

February 17, 2012 1 comment 16 likes
Hoorayzon: The Horizon Kompakt Fling

I borrowed halfwakehaiku's Horizon Kompakt for a Lomo wedding shoot and was able to to use it for a couple of weeks. It was short, but nonetheless a memorable relationship.

February 17, 2012 1 comment 17 likes
Secondhand Love Affair: My Zenit 122

My first reflex was a Zenit E, my true "photography teacher." After this camera, I bought other Zenit models, as a Zenit EM, a TTL...funny cameras to shoot with, but they are are QUITE HEAVY. So, some years ago, I had a great secondhand affair with a Zenit 122. Same family, but with less weight to carry.

February 17, 2012 2 comments 7 likes
LomoKino: The SUPER 35mm Movie Camera

When I was young, I remember digging out a roll of an 8mm film from my grandpa's drawer. Back then, I knew it was a movie film, because I went through every single frame of the film and I noticed changes of movement in the pictures. But I do not know what made it happen.

February 16, 2012 3 comments 3 likes
Capturing Tennis Moves with Kodak Portra 160 NC!

Enjoy these tennis photographs taken with an old Praktica MTL 5 camera loaded with a Kodak Portra 160 NC film! Great colors, vivid, and well-balanced. It produces very fine grains, and very good prints!

February 16, 2012 2 comments 1 like
Digitalizing your Sprockets With the DigitaLIZA

If you are looking for a method of getting your films sprockets in your PC look no more. Just use the DigitaLIZA scanning mask especially made by Lomography for your Spinner 360, Sprocket Rocket, and Horizon Perfekt or Kompakt.

February 16, 2012 5 likes
Ilford Delta 400: Film God!

When it comes to photography, and especially film photography, black and white never fails to make a powerful and emotive impression, except when it falls completely flat with an extremely narrow tonal range. A lover of B&W since I first began to dabble in photography, I've experimented with almost every film out there! Yet time after time I find myself coming back to Ilford Delta 400! Now why is this?! Let's see shall we?

February 15, 2012 1 comment 6 likes
La Sardina vs. Vivitar Ultra Wide & Slim (Part 2)

I did a side-by-side comparison of La Sardina with Vivitar Ultra Wide & Slim, and discovered some very interesting things. Read more in the second installment of the review!

February 15, 2012 1 comment 14 likes
ADOX CHS 125 (120, 125 ISO): Medium Format Film with Excellent Quality

The ADOX CHS 125 is just a great film! Unfortunately, I found it only last summer in Berlin. Read more about what I think about this film and some sample photos after the jump!

February 15, 2012 5 likes
Hasselblad 500C/M: A Swedish Beast

Hasselblad, a name and a brand that makes every photographer, who's had experience with these amazing cameras, smile and reminisce when the beast renders square beauties!

February 14, 2012 16 comments 14 likes
Rossmann Negativ-Film fur Farbbilder: Shoot Like a Real German

When in Germany or if you're lucky and see a store nearby, go to any DM store and you'll find this film. Buy it and use it and you'll feel like a real German.

February 14, 2012 3 likes