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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The Crazy Mix : Diana F+, MPO and the Instant Back
by ndroo
posted about 4 hours ago
one comment and 1 voteSo what happens when I put some magic from these three toys together?
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Lomo LC-A Fake Mega Vignette
by zark
posted 1 day ago
4 comments, 1 submission, and 8 votesBlack corners for the advanced!
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Black Light is Alright
by kylethefrench
posted 7 days ago
8 comments and 11 votesUse one of those pen sized black lights for more than checking I.D.!
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Keep Them Safe
by copefan
posted 8 days ago
9 comments and 5 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 8 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!
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Brighten up Your Supersampler Shots
by mephisto19
posted 22 days ago
6 comments and 4 votesUse your Supersampler with the 5-in1reflector!
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Half Frame on Full Frame
by crayfish
posted 23 days ago
18 comments and 14 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 28 days ago
9 comments and 5 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 29 days 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 29 days ago
11 comments and 16 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 29 days ago
12 comments and 10 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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Repeat Mode Switched On
by ndroo
posted about 1 month ago
9 comments and 7 votesTired of running around to find subjects to fill your 36 exposures? How about some food photography?
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Impressive Stroboscopic Horizon Tip
by dudizm
posted about 1 month ago
5 comments and 3 votesHere's something fun to do when you find yourself in the dark and there's nothing left with you other than your Horizon camera and a strobe flash!
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Red and Blue Plastic Color Gels : Add Some Color to Your Photos
by jblaze823
posted about 1 month ago
6 comments and 5 votesThis tip will allow you to use the plastic colored gels that come with your Diana flash to bring color to your 35mm Diana F+ shots.
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Ghetto Scan Those 35mm Negatives with A Window!
by falsedigital
posted about 1 month ago
19 comments, 1 submission, and 9 votesDo you have a window? Some Tape? and a digital camera? Then you can ghetto scan those 35mm negatives!
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