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Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Lomo LC-A+

As pretentious as it may sound, when I'm not working for the paper, I prefer to shoot film. The limitations of using a 35mm toy camera are kind of freeing; I don't have the need to chimp and check my exposure, and I'm far more choosy about what I want shoot. Plus, there's the added bonus that they are compact and lightweight. I can throw one in my purse and not worry about damaging anything. 


The only downside of most of my toy cameras is that they are at very narrow fixed apertures. We're talking f/11-f/16 all the time. I wanted something a little more versatile for some projects I've been mulling over, and the Minitar 32mm f/2.8 of the LC-A+ seemed perfect. I can have the size and spontaneity that I get with a toy camera, plus a killer lens. Sounds sweet to me. 


I need to spend more time with it to get the focusing down (like a Holga, you adjust by estimating the distance from a subject), but I think it's going to be my new favorite camera. 


These were all shot on Lomography color negative 100 film, which lent an interesting blue cast to the roll. 





  






Like I said...I need some practice. 

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