Thinking of Buying a Lomo

Puck

Like the topic says guys, I'm thinking of buying a Lomo.
Has anyone got any experience with this? I've wanted to get my hands on one for ages but have never managed to. What do ye think of the Lomo, is it a good buy/bit pricey/whatever?

If ye want to use this as an excuse to post some lomography up then fire away. I'd love to see some!

Samson

This is some sort of camera I take it ?

I did have a quick perusal of the site but I'm not sure I get it !

How does a Lomo differ from a normal camera (if at all) ?

harVee

I wouldn't mind one myself, but really they are over hyped.
Get a quad-cam instead. you can get them for about €15 and once you get the hang of them, they can look deadly. I'd show you some pics but my scanner is broken....

Puck

Well I don't own one (yet) so I don't know too much about them. But to sum it up and explain it to the best of my knowledge and ability I would say a Lomo is different because it has a completely different type of lense to most cameras.

AFAIK the camera doesn't use a flash or anything, instead the shutter just stays open and keeps taking in light untill it has enough for a picture. It can even be used at night I think. The light in some of the pictures looks really bright and vivid from what I've seen. It centres whatever you're taking a picture of and intensifies its colours.

Figment

i posted some photos from my one here: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=38835&highlight=photo
a while ago.
i love the camera and the photos come out great an even the cheepest of cameras.

It has no flash and it needs daylight to work. even a well lit room will probably be too dark for it.
and for those that dont know, it has 4 lenses that take 4 photos on to a normal exposure. each lens is delayed by a split second from the previous so its great for action shots.

Samson

Those pictures don't look very sharp Figment (no offense), would the cause of that be the camera (lens), the scan or you (camera shake) ?
Also, what type of film does this camera take ?
120 or 35mm ?

Figment

no the pictures arnt sharp and thats why i like it. they are a little abstract and have more atmosphere in them. For sharp photos i use my lovely minolta slr.
Generally i walk around and just point in the general direction of what i see and like and press the button. (actually camera shake could well be a contributing factor in the bluriness ) I love seeing what developes.
For some reason colours come out really highly saturated with it which i like.
It takes normal 35mm film and i actually like the cheeper film in it.

Monkey

"shutter just stays open and keeps taking in light untill it has enough for a picture. It can even be used at night I think." Any good camera with manual settings can do this if someone is moving they will be blurry if the shutter is open a long time.

If you are serious about photography as art or commercial photography get yourself a decent SLR camera.

Puck

Originally posted by Figment
i posted some photos from my one here: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=38835&highlight=photo
a while ago.
i love the camera and the photos come out great an even the cheepest of cameras.

It has no flash and it needs daylight to work. even a well lit room will probably be too dark for it.
and for those that dont know, it has 4 lenses that take 4 photos on to a normal exposure. each lens is delayed by a split second from the previous so its great for action shots.

Isn't that just the Action Sampler Fig? I was talking about the Lomo Kompakt Automat.

Figment

oops! your right