Tips and Tricks! Here are the ones you absolutely must read, so we've selected them for you. The main magazine Tipster Section awaits you for more how-to tipster fun.
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★ Deja Vu - Making the Stereoscopic Film Box Pinhole Camera 2.0
I recently made a 3D stereoscopic pinhole camera from some empty film boxes and being a perfectionist, I decided to give it another go. This tutorial will show you how I made an improved version with the added feature of shooting half framed sprocket shots too. Go grab yourselves some film boxes!
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★ Honing our Beloved LC-A: Basic Tips for Good Maintenance
Whenever I'm traveling, I can not miss the company of my LC-A. But, like some old lady, through all the hustle and rides, she gets exhausted. I prepared this basic maintenance schedule to resurrect her after each trip, and have it ready for next time!
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★ How to do Easy Multiple Exposures with your Classic LC-A!
You haven't got the money for an LC-A+ or are just loving your old LC-A too much to replace it? But you want to make awesome MX Shots, too? Then I've got the perfect solution for you!
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★ 101 Ways to Take a Self-Portrait!
There are lots of self-portrait shooting methods, and in my article I will tell you about some of them.
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★ A Beginner’s Guide to C-41 Developing at Home (It’s a Lot Easier Than you Think!) - Part Two of Two
Hello again, analogue lovers! I hope you haven't been waiting too long for the second part of this tutorial. I hope that, now that you're well-informed on the basic equipment you'll need for C-41 home development, you're ready for the actual development process itself, which we will be covering in its entirety in this article.
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★ Alternative Developer: Red Wine
Some of you have tested the development of Black and White Films with instant coffee, called Coffenol. Alternatively, you can also develop the film with red wine. This process is called "Winol".
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★ Change Your World by Changing Your Angle!
What kind of angle do you usually use to shoot your shots? I do understand that everyone uses different camera angles due to the subject one likes to capture. However, what I always try to do when I shoot is to have a low angle. When you hold your camera and shoot with the low angle, you can definitely gain a different result on your film! You can change your world by changing your angle!
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★ Maintenance DIY Camera: Replacing the Sealing Foam to Prevent the Reels From Degrading
Most analog cameras have a black foam type material to isolate the light of the enclosure which houses the reel. This prevents light from leaking and to ensure the reels' integrity. Since this material degrades over time, here I explain a simple trick to replace this item with another alternative.
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★ Tutorial: How to Print with a Photographic Enlarger
Do you want to print your films in a completely analog way? This is the perfect tipster for you!
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★ Stop Throwing Away Your Pictures! How to Reclaim Your Negatives with Fuji 100C and 3000B Pack Film
Keeping our world clean is sometimes a challenge, especially when it comes to photography (film containers, photo chemicals etc.), but Lomography member chocochipcookie shows you how you can double your picture count and keep that negative out of a landfill!
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★ Avoid Thick Film Rolls with the Belair 6x12
Many Belair 6x12-owners know the "problem of the thick film rolls". With a simple modification, I have fixed this problem.
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★ Lomo Rubik Cube - DIY
Who doesn't know the worldwide famous Rubik's cube? I hope nobody says "me"! And the Lomo Rubik's cube? You don't know it? Well, you're just a few seconds away to know how to do your own!
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★ How to Organize Your Negatives
A simple cheap way to organize our negatives and keep them handy.
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★ Doubles with Flowers: A Very Useful Resort
Do you get a film swap proposal and you don't know what to shoot? You try to find your way around it, but you don't come up with anything. Well, a good way to solve this are flowers!
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★ Tutorial: How to Print with a Photographic Enlarger
Do you want to print your films in a completely analog way? This is the perfect tipster for you!
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★ Masked Photos: Decorate Your Pictures with a Cool Photo Frame
By popular demand, here is how to get a decorative photo-border around your pictures.
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★ Scanning 120 Film with the Lomography Film Scanner
Lomography’s new film scanner is a brilliant device specifically designed for quick scanning of 35mm film. For those of you who share my love for medium format, let me show an easy way to use the film scanner for 120 film scanning.
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★ Taking Back Tipsters: Spring Cleaning Edition
Love to shoot, but don’t know how to organize all the film? Then this Taking Back Tipsters instalment is for you! Now that spring’s on its way, it’s time to get cleaning!
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★ How To Reload an old Agfa Rapid Cartridge With 35mm Film
Rapid was Agfa’s reply to Kodak’s instantly popular Instamatic. Cameras are still widely available on the cheap, but the film rolls have become rare and precious. No problem: revive your Rapid camera in five minutes with this easy tutorial.
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★ Redscale Roll Goes in with my Laundry!
After shooting two layers on my roll of redscale, it stayed in my pocket accidentally and went through the wash along with all my clothes!