Taking extreme close-ups with your Lomo LC-A+ is easy!
All you need is your Lomo LC-A+ and a magnifying glass. The important thing to remember to keep this tip simple is to use a magnifying glass with a handle, otherwise it’s just awkward. You need to experiment with your magnifying glass to find the “sweet spot” for pics to be in focus. I found that it works best when I hold the glass touching the camera with the center (the thickest part) in line with its lens and hold the entire apparatus about 3 inches from the subject.
The above pics were taken with the aperture fully open (f2.8). I think this increases the bokeh, or blurriness, in the background, but I haven’t experimented with it enough to know for sure.
Good luck and happy shooting!
11 comments
lomosexual_manboy
Shot 2 is awesome. Additional hint: The smaller the aperture / larger the f-stop(f16); the larger the depth of sharpness. Think pinhole camera. So you are right to get more bluriness from f2.8.
lawypop
hi, i think we can change the f-stop for the older LC-A not LC-A+... any suggestions?
ilovemydiana
yeah 2 is great
mrs-paul
I'm with you all on shot 2...
breakphreak
best
cyan-shine
Great tipster! There are indeed screw-on magnifying glasses called 'close-up lenses' for system SLRs. What magnifying glass strength did you use?
olique
wooow!:)
very nice!
I must try!
I have origin lca - so I will see..
mephisto19
the second shot is really amazing
born-to-ruin
Really awesome tip!! So simple so brilliant!! I always wanna get in really close to my subjects so will try this out! I have a diana so Im not sure if this will work out that well but you'll all see the results in due corse!
stouf
Wonderful shots !
zulupt
Great tip!!!