Have you been a frustrated mad scientist all your life? Time to live that dream as Tipster brings you great analogue experiments! Read and participate in our expanding library of film and camera experiments sent in by our great community and seasoned Lomography staff. Once logged in you too can submit an experiment or modification!
- Tipster is Lomography’s Magazine section dedicated analogue experimentation.
- Tried and tested experiments, tips, tricks and modifications can be found here!
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Mini Macro, Mini Lomo
by vicuna
posted 2 days ago
6 comments and 4 votesAs I was thinking about how to use the macro lens on my Diana Mini and about what to shoot with it, I saw the Lomo Cameras keychains I just received, and thought it could be interesting to shoot these mini cameras in Diana Mini macro mode!
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Krab Isn't the End of the Roll
by lomo-camkage
posted 6 days ago
8 comments and 7 votesI loved my LC-A+ Krab a lot this summer. One thing I couldn't get used to, was the inability to reach my MX switch. I'm a nut for double exposures. So I decided to use it for a layer roll and re-use it out of the aqua.
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Diana F+ Lens Adaptors - Adjust the View
by somapic
posted 9 days ago
8 comments and 11 votesDiana F+ Lenses can do a whole lot of fantastic things but they won´t overrule physics. Your film or sensor format sets the boarders to the lenses field of view...
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The Light of the One Trick Pony
by kylethefrench
posted 9 days ago
14 comments and 11 votesBasically this is the one trick that I am really good at: I go to crappy stores, buy crappy light-up toys, set up my thrift store tripod, roll out the long cable release, and get the B setting to work it!
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The Crazy Mix : Diana F+, MPO and the Instant Back
by ndroo
posted 13 days ago
2 comments and 3 votesSo what happens when I put some magic from these three toys together?
continue reading "The Crazy Mix : Diana F+, MPO and the Instant Back"
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Lomo LC-A Fake Mega Vignette
by zark
posted 14 days ago
5 comments, 2 submissions, and 15 votesBlack corners for the advanced!
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Black Light is Alright
by kylethefrench
posted 20 days ago
8 comments and 12 votesUse one of those pen sized black lights for more than checking I.D.!
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Keep Them Safe
by copefan
posted 21 days ago
9 comments and 6 votesKeep your multi Pinhole gels safe and ready to use!
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Spooky Halloween Lightpainting with the Diana Instant Back+
by kazarareta
posted 22 days ago
9 comments and 13 votesBoo! Time to take those colorful, ghastly shots and develop them in an Instant! Our friends from Hong Kong show you how, just in time for Trick or Treat!
continue reading "Spooky Halloween Lightpainting with the Diana Instant Back+"
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Brighten up Your Supersampler Shots
by mephisto19
posted about 1 month ago
6 comments and 4 votesUse your Supersampler with the 5-in1reflector!
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Half Frame on Full Frame
by crayfish
posted about 1 month ago
19 comments and 16 votesHave you ever asked yourselves what would it like to change lenses from different type cameras? The answer is here!
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Acetate Mask
by bleach4bleach
posted about 1 month ago
9 comments and 6 votesHow to get something duplicated onto each image on a film. A piece of text, an image or anything!
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Smena 8m Pinhole
by dogma
posted about 1 month ago
10 comments and 8 votesDoes your Smena 8m works only on bulb mode? Have you broken its glass lens or you can't adjust the aperture anymore? Hmmm what should you do? Throw it in a bin? Woah! Just stop right here, it still can be useful, you know! How about making a pinhole camera with outstanding clock mechanism design, it's possible!
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Sweeping the Horizon in a Box
by nerdcist
posted about 1 month ago
12 comments and 17 votesIt is said that the Olympus XA2 is usually called the poor man's LCA. So I call my experiment camera here as poor man's Horizon. the angle of view is around 115 degrees, but you can make it wider of course!
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The World Inside a Box
by fookshit
posted about 1 month ago
12 comments and 11 votesMaking your own little pinhole camera from scratch is sure fun and most likely will make you feel proud that not only because you built the camera yourself, you'll also managed to produce images with it! But to be inside a pinhole camera? Yes, it is possible with this tipster!
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- Diana F+ Lens Adaptors - Adjust the View
- The Light of the One Trick Pony
- The Crazy Mix : Diana F+, MPO and the Instant Back
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