On the trail of Lomohunters

THE best thing about Lomography is that you never know what to expect, said Iswandi Saeit as he rooted around a giant bag with the letters LOMO printed on it

Iswandi — otherwise known as Wandy — is a Lomohunter. By day, he’s a nine-to-five government servant. After hours, the dashing 27-year-old is collecting vintage analogue cameras and taking pictures with a medium that many have forgotten — film.

While LOMO is a Russian company that manufactures medical equipment and built what was Russia’s first camera model in 1930, Lomography is the term for an experimental, artistic style of photography that throws all the rigid ‘rule-of-thirds’ rules out the window.

Lomography 920 Lomography OKTOMAT Compact 35mm Camera with 8 ...

This is my second purchase of the aircraft "toy" line, and I must say - it is great fun, especially if you follow the mantra Lomography and shoot from the hip. This device is a little hard Oktomat, it opens in my pocket all day if I get to make something interesting (or uninteresting that I have an image in an interesting way). I like light leaks and the occasional light dream of all the pictures blurry. This device is not for perfectionists, there is experimental for the masses. And I agree with some other commentators - the best pictures of moving objects.

Lomography: film sales increasing

  1. I was unable to get scans from a department-store lab due to the odd frame size, which left me to scan the film at home. Lomography offers instructions on scanning on its website, but scanning each frame individually can be extremely time consuming.
  2. By Amy Davies Lomography, the popular analogue photography brand, has revealed some interesting statistics for its film-sales in the UK, and across the globe. Heidi Mace, Online Manager for Lomography UK, told us, "Film sales are growing month on month
  3. Those two charmers are Lomography cameras, and I've just gotten a hold of them so that I can jump back into the world of analogue photography – that's 'film', for those who remember the word. The reason they look like plastic toys is because that's
  4. The LomoKino, you'll remember, is a $79 movie camera which captures 50 seconds in 144 frames on a single roll of 35mm film. It offers Lomo's trademark crappy image quality, and requires you buy film and then get it processed. You then play this movie
  5. It's also possible to choose from a range of historical photographic processes; generate cross processing effects; apply Lo-Fi photographic looks from Lomo and Holga toy cameras; age images with the looks of faded films; layer multiple effects;

Responses to Where to buy Lomography Film

pop deluxe says:
May 26, 2011
Lomography cameras and film... finally an addiction you don't need to break! Stop in to our store between May 27th...

pop deluxe says:
May 26, 2011
Lomography cameras and film... finally an addiction you don't need to break! Stop in to our store between May 27th...

Crystal says:
May 26, 2011
I'm in, can't wait! Hope I don't miss the question cause I NEED some more film!

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