Lomography
Lomography is a registered trademark of Lomographische AG based in Vienna . The cameras and films sold under this brand name are generally associated with the photographic technique of Lomography .
The name originated from the English translation of the German suitcase word Lomography , which is composed of the name of the Russian miniature camera Lomo LC-A and the term photography .
history
In 1991 a group of Viennese students discovered a model of the Russian compact camera Lomo LC-A on a trip to Prague . After the snapshots taken from the hip in combination with the partly blurred lenses found more and more fans and the students found more and more potential buyers for the LC-A, they founded the Lomographic Society International (LSI) in 1992 . At the end of 1992, the Vienna city administration provided you with a building in the 7th district of Vienna , where the first exhibitions took place and from where the LC-A cameras were also sold.
In 1994 the first version of lomo.com, a website for networking Lomography fans worldwide, went online. In 1997 this page was renamed lomography.com and expanded to include a shop and a community, which enabled the exchange of images and other projects. In 2015 the site underwent a remake, which made it easier for members to browse the more than 12 million photos and 50,000 magazine articles.
In 1998 they launched their first own camera, the Actionsampler, under the brand name Lomography. In 2001 the first Lomography Store opened in Vienna, where you could buy films, cameras and accessories. The next few years were marked by new models and films. Lomography stores have also opened in other cities. In 2012 the Lomographic Society International celebrated its 20th anniversary. In addition, a pocket film called Lomography was presented after all other manufacturers had stopped production in 2009.
Cameras
Lomography cameras are mostly characterized by their experimental character, but sometimes also by their cheap processing. There are cameras with nine lenses or cameras that also expose the perforation of the film. There is also a wealth of accessories for many models, such as lenses, flashes or underwater housings. Not all of them are listed here.
model | format | Focal length | Aperture | Shutter speed | Illustration | annotation |
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Diana F + | Medium format | 75 mm | f / 8, f / 11 or f / 16 | 1/60, bulb | Based on the Diana from Great Wall Plastics Factory from the 1960s | |
Diana F + Instant Camera | Fujifilm Instax Mini | The instant back wall can be exchanged for a normal back wall for medium format or a back wall for 35mm film | ||||
Diana Mini | 35mm film | 24 mm | f / 8 or f / 11 | |||
Diana baby | Pocket film | N / A | f / 8 | 1/100, bulb | 24mm normal lens and 12mm wide angle lens available | |
Diana Instant Square | Fujifilm Instax Square | 75 mm (38 mm KB equivalent) | f / 11 (cloudy), f / 19 (partly sunny), f / 32 (sunny), f / 150 ( pinhole ) | 1/100, bulb | Fisheye, telephoto and wide angle lenses as well as numerous adapters available | |
Lomo 'instant | Fujifilm Instax Mini | 27 mm | f / 8, f / 11, f / 16, f / 22, f / 32 | 1/125, bulb | 35 mm normal lens, fisheye and close-up lens available as attachments | |
Lomo 'Instant Wide | Fujifilm Instax Wide | 35 mm | f / 8, f / 22 | 8 s-1/500 (automatic), 1/30 (studio mode), bulb | Wide-angle and close-up lens available as an attachment | |
Lomo 'Instant Square | Fujifilm Instax Square | 95mm | f / 10, f / 22 | 8s - 1/250 (automatic), bulb up to 30 s | Close-up lens and back panel for Fujifilm Instax Mini available as accessories | |
LC-A 120 | Medium format | 35 mm | f / 4.5 - f / 16 (automatic) | Max. 1/500 (automatic) | ||
Lomo LC-Wide | 35mm film | 17 mm | Three different formats possible: full format (24 mm × 36 mm), square (24 mm × 24 mm), half format (17 mm × 24 mm) | |||
Lomo LC-A + | 32 mm | f / 2.8 - f / 16 (automatic) | Notches on the front allow accessories such as a wide-angle lens to be attached. | |||
Lomo Lubitel 166+ | Medium format or small format | 75 mm | f / 4.5 - f / 22 | 1/15 - 1/250, bulb | Based on the Lubitel from the Russian manufacturer Lomo | |
Belair X 6-12 | Medium format | 90mm standard, 58mm super wide angle lens |
f / 8, f / 16 | Max. 1/125 (automatic), bulb | Photos in 6 cm x 6 cm, 6 cm x 9 cm or 6 cm x 12 cm possible rear wall for photos with 35 mm film or Fuji Instax Wide available | |
La Sardina | 35mm film | 22 mm | f / 8 | 1/100, bulb | ||
Constructor F | N / A | f / 10 | 1/60, bulb | The camera is supplied as a plastic model kit | ||
Sprocket Rocket | 30 mm | f / 10.8, f / 16 | 1/100, bulb | The camera creates panoramic images in which the perforation holes in the film are also exposed | ||
Fisheye One | 10 mm | f / 8 | 1/100, bulb | |||
Fisheye No. 2 | Has a hot shoe and a viewfinder that is mounted in the hot shoe. | |||||
Fisheye Baby 110 | Pocket film | 10 mm ( KB equivalent ) | ||||
Spinner 360 | 35mm film | N / A | f / 8, f / 16 | N / A | The camera can produce 360-degree panoramic images. | |
Super sampler | 4 × 20 mm | N / A | Four photos in 2 seconds (0.5 seconds / photo) or four photos in 0.2 seconds (0.05 seconds / photo) | The camera takes 4 side-by-side photos one after the other on a 24 mm × 36 mm negative | ||
ActionSampler | 4 lenses | f / 8 | 1/100 | The camera takes 4 photos one after the other on a 24 mm × 36 mm negative | ||
Colorsplash | N / A | 1/125, bulb | ||||
Octomat | 8 lenses | 1/100 | The camera takes 8 small pictures one after the other on a 24 mm × 36 mm negative | |||
Pop 9 | 9 lenses | f / 11 | 1/100 | The camera displays 9 identical images on a 24 mm × 36 mm negative |
Movies
Under the brand name Lomography, Lomografische AG also offers some of its own films in small, medium and pocket film formats. Some of these are emulsions from well-known manufacturers that have been repackaged, but some are also in-house developments.
designation | format | sensitivity | Art |
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Color Negative 100 |
Medium format and 35 mm format |
ISO 100 | Negative film |
Color Negative 400 | ISO 400 | ||
Color negative 800 | ISO 800 | ||
Earl Gray B&W | ISO 100 | Black-and-white film | |
Lady Gray B&W | ISO 400 | ||
XPro Slide | ISO 200 | Slide film | |
Redscale XR50-200 | ISO 50-200 | Redscale | |
LomoChrome Turquoise XR 100-400 | ISO 100-400 | Color negative film | |
LomoChrome Purple XR 100-400 | |||
Color tiger | Pocket film | ISO 200 | Negative film |
Peacock X-Pro | Slide film | ||
Lobster Redscale | Redscale | ||
Purple | ISO 100-400 | Negative film | |
Metropolis | |||
B&W Orca | ISO 100 | Black-and-white film | |
Purple 16mm | 16mm film | ISO 100-400 | Negative film |
Lenses
In addition to cameras and films, lenses are now also sold under the name Lomography. In many cases, this involves adapting old lenses for new camera models.
New Petzval 85 type lens
The New Petzval 85 type lens is a new interpretation of the first portrait lens of the history of photography, the Petzval lens from 1840. After a successful crowdfunding campaign on kickstarter.com appeared in 2013, the lens with a focal length of 85 mm for the Canon EF and for the Nikon F bayonet . It has neither autofocus nor electronic contacts. The f-number cannot be controlled electronically or with an aperture ring, as is the case with a modern lens , but has to be regulated via plug-in apertures that are inserted into the lens. Apertures with f / 2.2, f / 4, f / 5.6, f / 8, f / 11 and f / 16 are available. The lens is manufactured by Zenit in Russia.
New Petzval 58 Bokeh Control Art lens
The New Petzval 58 Bokeh Control type lens is also based as the Petzval 85 type lens on the design of Petzvalobjektivs. It differs, however, by the shorter focal length of 58 mm and the larger aperture (maximum f / 1.9 in contrast to f / 2.2 with the Petzval 85 lens). In addition, it offers the possibility of having the bokeh turn out to be different degrees using a controller on the lens. The lens was again financed through kickstarter.com and there reached its financing goal of US $ 100,000 within three hours. It will be released from May 2016 for cameras with Nikon F and Canon EF bayonets.
Lomo LC-A MINITAR-1 Art Lens 2.8 / 32 M
The Lomo LC-A MINITAR-1 Art is a lens which Lomography sells based on the lens built into the Lomo LC-A . The lens is focused in the same way as with the Lomo LC-A: Using a zone focus (four levels: 0.8 m, 1.5 m, 3 m and infinite). The lens is only available for the M bayonet from Leica, but with adapters it can also be used on cameras with other lens connections.
New Russar +
The new Russar + is based on the Russar MR-2 super wide-angle lens, first introduced in 1958. The Russar + is a 20 mm f / 5.6 lens. It is available for the M bayonet as well as for the M39 lens connection . With the appropriate adapter, however, it can also be operated on other cameras.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c History of Lomography on lomography.de
- ↑ 110 film brought back to life by Lomography with Orca B&W 100
- ↑ Information on the Diana F +
- ↑ Information on the Diana F + Instant Camera
- ↑ Information on the Diana Mini
- ↑ Information on Diana Baby
- ↑ Information on Diana Instant Square. Retrieved March 8, 2019 .
- ↑ heise.de to the Lomo 'Instant
- ↑ mashable.com to the Lomo 'Instant Wide
- ↑ Information on Lomo'Instant Square. Retrieved March 8, 2019 .
- ↑ thephoblographer.com on the LC-A 120
- ↑ Data sheet for the Lomo LC-Wide
- ↑ Data sheet for the Lomo LC-A +
- ↑ Information on the Lomo Lubitel 166+
- ↑ Data sheet for the Belair X 6-12
- ↑ Data sheet for La Sardina
- ↑ Information on constructor F
- ↑ Information on the Sprocket Rocket
- ↑ Information about the Fisheye One
- ↑ Information on Fisheye No. 2
- ↑ thephoblographer.com for Fisheye Baby 110
- ↑ Data sheet for the Spinner 360 ( memento of the original from January 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Data sheet for the Supersampler
- ↑ Information on the ActionSampler
- ↑ Information on Colorsplash
- ↑ Information on the Oktomat
- ↑ Information on Pop 9
- ↑ Overview of all films that are sold under the name Lomography
- ^ Michael Zhang: Lomography Resurrects the 19th Century Petzval Lens for Canon and Nikon SLRs. In: PetaPixel. July 25, 2013, accessed July 30, 2016 .
- ↑ Michael Zhang: The Lomography Petzval 58 is the First Petzval Bokeh Control Lens. In: PetaPixel. May 28, 2015, accessed July 30, 2016 .
- ↑ Michael Zhang: Lomography Resurrects Its Original Lomo LC-A Lens for Leica M Rangefinders. In: PetaPixel. April 30, 2015, accessed July 30, 2016 .
- ^ Gannon Burgett: Lomo Brings Back the Iconic, 50-Year-Old Russar MR-2 Wide Angle Lens. In: PetaPixel. April 10, 2014, accessed July 30, 2016 .