The megapixel race seems to have reached a dead end for a long time, but it is clear that it will not end any time soon. There are more and more digital cameras, and people are increasingly looking for something else - something that would be guaranteed to get rid of:

• Imposed prejudices associated with assessing image quality. Interesting photo does not always have to be clear, have high detail and correct color rendition!
• Spending significant sums to pay for these prejudices.
• Electronic library monotonous digital photographs that are unlikely to ever be printed on paper.

Unlike a digital SLR, crow cameras are more of a creative tool. They are cheap, easy to design and use, and reliable. And most importantly, they give the owner a unique charm of “sacrament”, inherent only in traditional photography (you never know in advance what will happen in the end).

A man armed with a crowbar challenges other people's stereotypes with just his appearance. He does not have to think about how successful the results will be, but must always be ready to take the shot.

The Lomocamera becomes a wardrobe item, but is not always obedient to the will of its owner. It is not designed for playing with composition and exposure, but involves fast shooting “from the hip”: quantity begets quality. Frames are recorded on film - standard 35 mm or wide (type 120).

Holga 120N

"Holga" is a cheap medium format point-and-shoot camera, invented in 1982 in Hong Kong and is a simple device with a lens made of plastic lenses, without a built-in flash. The name in the original version was Ho Gwong (“very bright”) - it characterizes one of the main properties of the resulting image. “Holga” cannot in any way be considered a “toy”, although formally it is classified as a toy camera. There are many amazing professional photos, filmed specifically on Holga. This camera has a “special look” at familiar things. What is valuable in it is precisely the “imperfection” of the picture, which in skillful hands turns into an artist’s brush: unnaturally rich shades, low detail, movement, dark corners.

The first model Holga 120S - with plastic optics, a shoe for an external flash, a frame format of 6 x 4.5 cm. It was replaced by the 120N version - it is distinguished by support for two formats (6 x 4.5; 6 x 6), slightly upgraded optics (also plastic), the presence of shutter speed Bulb.

In addition, you can find on sale a version of the Holga with a built-in flash that has four color filters (120FN), as well as modifications with a glass lens (Holga 120GN), a glass lens and a flash (120GCFN). And even without a lens at all, instead of which there is a tiny hole - “Pinholga”. All new Holgas have the ability to shoot square frames (6 x 6), but vignetting on this format is higher than with 6 x 4.5. New versions of "Holga" with glass lenses and flash are almost the same in price from more simple options. But photographers prefer the simplest “Holgas” - it’s not a matter of price.

Since the 120N model is equipped with a shoe for an external flash, it makes sense to pay attention to this particular Holga model. The plastic lens has a focal length of 60 mm and allows you to capture objects located at a distance of 1 m or more in the sharpness zone. The aperture has only two settings - “sunny” and “cloudy”.

LOMO Compact Automat

The first Soviet automatic point-and-shoot camera, developed at the Leningrad Optical-Mechanical Association (LOMO), which went into circulation in 1984 and gave its name to the lomography genre. In 1981, the USSR Minister of Defense Industry Igor Kornitsky was presented with a Japanese compact camera Cosina CX-2. The minister really liked the camera, and he set the task of creating a similar device in the USSR.

The Cosina camera was taken as a basis, which Soviet engineers carefully studied during two years of work on the Soviet analogue. Work under the leadership of Mikhail Kholomyansky culminated in the launch of the LC-A into production in 1983.

The first batch, released in a small edition, was presented to the delegates of the XXVII Congress of the CPSU. The camera soon became a massive success. Production of LOMO Compact at the LOMO plant was resumed several times, but the camera received well-deserved worldwide recognition only in the mid-1990s.

These days, the LC-A is more of a cult object than a technical tool. In good condition (there is nothing to break), the device can be purchased at a second-hand store - as a rule, the price does not exceed 2.5 thousand rubles.

By modern standards, the LC-A body is somewhat large for a point-and-shoot camera, but it fits easily into a pocket - it weighs 250 g and measures 107 x 68 x 43.5 mm. The Minitar-1 lens has a focal length of 32 mm with an aperture of f/2.8. It is protected by a curtain that is moved using a lever. The shutter cuts shutter speeds from 1/500 to 2 sec.

Wide-angle optics not only provide relative versatility to the camera, but also reduce the time spent focusing. The owner of the LC-A only needs to select one of four values ​​on the distance scale: 0.8, 1.5 or 3 m, infinity. Focusing is thus done by eye. There is an optical viewfinder for composing the frame, although real Lomographs do without one.

The LC-A has two modes - automatic and aperture priority (A). The film speed value is entered manually. The exposure metering system allows you to use both modes in any lighting conditions.

The lens is of fairly high quality, provides interesting color rendition (with bright, saturated shades), but is characterized by a strong vignetting effect (darkening in the corners of the frame), thanks to which photographs taken with LC-A can be easily distinguished from others.

The camera is not afraid of severe frost (-15) and, as they say, even falling from the third floor - in general, it is very, very reliable. In all aspects, except for image quality. It's unpredictable, and that's the beauty of LOMO. The artistic effect is created by: barrel distortion, shimmer effect, darkened edges, beautiful background blur.

“You don’t know in advance what will happen. And you don’t know after the shooting either.” Lomography is as popular today as ever, thanks to the hipster movement. However, it’s not only about fashion, but also about unusual and colorful photographs, which, when developed, cannot be predicted what will happen this time. In this article we will go through the entire history of the development of Lomography and find out how the Soviet plant “LOMO” changed the lives of millions of people.

“You don’t know in advance what will happen. And you don’t know after the shooting either.” Lomography is as popular today as ever, thanks to the hipster movement. However, it’s not only about fashion, but also about unusual and colorful photographs, which, when developed, cannot be predicted what will happen this time. In this article we will go through the entire history of the development of Lomography and find out how the Soviet plant “LOMO” changed the lives of millions of people.

So what is Lomography? This is the view film photography, which implies photographing with a violation of sharpness, plausibility of color rendition, uniformity of frame density. Simply put, it is life captured in its own unique way. This direction of photography appeared thanks to the LOMO-compact, the camera with which it all began.

Thirty years ago, Igor Kornitsky, Deputy Minister of Defense Industry, who was with a delegation in the German city of Cologne to exchange industrial experience, fell into the hands of a small Japanese camera Cosina CX-2. Kornitsky, who paid close attention to Soviet camera manufacturing, passed it on to his friend and director of the LOMO plant in St. Petersburg, Mikhail Panfilov.

First of all, the Japanese camera was thoroughly studied. “Already at this stage,” recalls Mikhail Kholomyansky, the leading designer of the creative team working on the creation of the camera, “it became clear that it would not be possible to completely reproduce it. We took the path of creating our own, largely original, design.” Thus, after numerous transformations, our answer to the Japanese Cosina CX-2 was born - “LOMO-Compact - Automatic” (LOMO LC-A).

In 1984, mass production of LOMO LC-A began. 1,100 cameras were produced per month, and about 1,200 people worked on them. However, soon the Kompakt-Avtomat “leaked” through the Soviet market to other communist countries: Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Cuba. By the way, since the start of production of LOMO LC-A, approximately 1.5 million of these cameras have been produced.

In 1991, having fallen from a Prague second-hand camera shop straight into the hands of students of the Vienna Academy of Arts Matthias Figl and Wolfgang Stranzinger, LOMO LC-A became the founder of the worldwide scrap movement. Having returned from Prague, which had been traveled far and wide, to their homeland and printed the photographs, the friends were amazed by the results of their spontaneous photographic work - the frames turned out to be unexpectedly very creative and original, while preserving sweet memorable moments.

Everyone wanted to get the same amazing camera, so students began to visit Russia quite often in order to purchase a LOMO LC-A for friends and relatives.

In 1992, fans of this camera united into the International Lomographic Society, whose headquarters are still located in Vienna.

Over the summer, the ten golden rules of Lomography, listed below, were written and published in the Wiener Zeitung on November 5, 1992. Shortly after this, the city council provided the society with an empty house in the 7th district on Breitegasse. It was here that the very first Lomography exhibition took place, at which 700 LOMO LC-A cameras were sold and one of the most characteristic features International Lomographic Society - lomostena.

In 1994, the LOMO plant planned to stop the production of its best-selling photo book due to a drop in demand for domestic photographic equipment, but the first Moscow Lomographic exhibition, held simultaneously in New York, saved the day. And the Viennese friends did their best: they convinced the factory bosses and the then vice-mayor of the city, Vladimir Putin, of the need to continue production of the LC-A.

Development of photographic equipment for lomography

In 1998, the Lomographic Society introduced the world to a strange plastic camera called the ActionSampler, which captured four consecutive images on film, and it became an instant hit. The lenses in it work in turn with an interval of a quarter of a second, that is, the pictures are asynchronously placed on one photograph. With one press of the shutter release, you can create a series of four mini-frames in a 2×2 pattern on one standard frame of film, allowing you to capture action in motion.

In 2000, the SuperSampler appeared - a camera with only four panoramic lenses arranged in one line. Due to the fact that they are triggered in turn, the photograph produces a series of photo stripes.

In 2005, they launched the Fisheye Camera, a small camera equipped with wide angle lens"Fish-eye" with an image coverage angle of 180°. Now there is Fisheye-2 - an improved Fisheye camera with an aluminum body and an additional viewfinder.

In general, the release date is not as important as the model itself, so we will list everything that was released.

Frogeye Underwater is an underwater camera with a waterproof body and flash.
Holga is a medium format camera.
“Horizon-Compact” is a convenient panoramic camera that allows you to take pictures with a viewing angle of 120°.
Horizon Perfect is a panoramic camera with a tripod mount and advanced settings.
Lomolitos Single Use is a disposable camera loaded with 24 frames of film.
Oktomat is a camera with eight lenses that work in turn.
Pop 9 is a camera with nine mini lenses and a flash that shoot simultaneously.
ActionSampler Flash is a camera with four lenses and a four-segment flash.
Colorsplash is a camera with an integrated flash with interchangeable multi-colored (up to 12 colors) filters for highlighting the subject and the ability to set a long shutter speed.
Spinner 360° is a camera that received the European Consumers Choice Awards in 2010.
The Sprocket Rocket is the first camera dedicated entirely to film punching.

It is worth noting that each camera is available in several color options, and many models released specifically for an event (for example, for Golden Week in Japan) have unique colors - animalistic and others.

In 2009, Lomography celebrated its 25th anniversary, celebrating this milestone with limited edition LC-A+ editions such as No Nukes, designed by South Korean designers.

Ten Commandments of the Lomographer

It is these funny rules that are fundamental for every Lomography lover.

Always keep your camera with you.
Shoot at any time of the day or night.
Lomography is part of your life.
Shoot from the hip.
Get as close to your subject as possible.
Do not think.
Be fast.
You don't know in advance what will happen.
And you don’t know after the shooting either.
Now forget all the rules and shoot.

By the way, lomography is the prototype of Instagram, mobile application for sharing photos, in which you can modify pictures using lomofilters. Therefore, if you use such a program, you can confidently consider yourself a Lomographer.

In conclusion, one cannot fail to note the speed with which the scrap movement has spread throughout the world. Lomographers are no longer just “lazy” student photographers from Vienna who lacked the time, desire and opportunity to create classic photographs according to the rules, they are hundreds of thousands of people all over the world, united by common interests, this is a subculture of the photo world that to this day attracts a lot of new supporters who capture the world as it is - amazing, unusual and sunny in any weather!

I don't want a soapbox! And I don’t need a “DSLR”. All these boring, “polished” photographs... If only I had a Lomograph with Fisheye and filters, then I would!.. But where can I look for them?

In fact, Anyone can buy a retro camera with some unusual lenses and filters. Where? Abroad. How? Order yourself or through an intermediary. I only gave a hundred dollars (or even less), got some cool stuff there, and went out of my way and filmed something like that...

Well, let's see what real photography gurus shoot with in the 21st century?

Lomographs La Sardina: we take it with color!

The next step is when flash appears on your camera. New horizons and opportunities are already opening up here. But La Sardina doesn’t stop there and offers to complement flash effects with paints: included in each camera 4 color filters. By the way, which do you prefer: or, in which your grandmother keeps family jewelry?

Diana: Lomographs of the 60s

From left to right: Diana Dreamer, Diana F Zebra, Diana F Neptune

More unusual Lomographs? Ok, let's look at the next brand. Diana releases exclusive Lomo cameras in the style of the crazy 60s. Guest No. 1 from the past - . How is it different from others? You can take endless panoramic shots, adjust the shutter and aperture, plus a removable lens. Film - 120 mm.

Kill everyone outright with a bright design? Take (film - 120mm). She also knows how to take wide-angle shots. For a bright life, she always has color filters with her. She loves to experiment with exposure and loudly shout that her owner is not a bore. If Zebra is too bright for you, a model with the same abilities but a different color is .

Diana Gold and Diana Novella

For 120 mm, Diana has another guest from the 60s: the camera. She is famous for her penchant for atmospheric images with glow effects, noise and other romantic abrasions. Luxurious - an analogue of Novella, but with a flash. Both are capable of producing panoramic images and increasing the attractiveness of their owner by 70%.

Lomography Diana F+ Flash Mini Camera

And finally, the line Diana Mini: miniature lomo cameras, and. 35 mm, flash, but the main highlight is that whole frames can be turned into halves, combining pieces from different scenes in one picture. Photo vinaigrette is guaranteed! The leopard also comes with a set of color filters.

Fisheye: dynamic depth shooting

Lomography Fisheye 2 and Lomography Gold Fisheye 2

fisheye effect(fisheye) can be called without hesitation the best way turn an ordinary photo into something special. Fisheye can add carousel-like dynamics to even the flattest and static shot. One can only guess how real fish look at this world. But while we are not fish, it is better to buy a Lomograph with additional lenses or even a lens. A couple of stylish options are pastel blue and glamorous. 180 degree view, 35mm film, built-in flash and hot shoe - the ultimate party set!

What if it doesn't turn out to be a masterpiece? It doesn't happen that way

Someone will say that you will never take a normal photograph with a Lomograph. But what kind of norm is this? What good are super-clear shots of everyone standing at attention and smiling tightly? No emotions, no memories, melancholy. It's time to breathe life into photography! Add noise, glare and scuffs (hello Instagram!), make the pictures crawl on top of each other, use unusual effects. One word... Lomography! Here's what you need.

This genre of artistic photography, like lomography, which appeared in 1992, brought the world not only a new look at everyday things, but also a large number of interesting gadgets for film photography, many of which are still in production today and are even available for purchase in our country. If you want to learn more about the history of the occurrence and the basic principles of the flow, we recommend reading the article “”, and in the meantime we will look at various Lomographic devices, of which there are quite a few in the world.

ActionSampler

The first independent product created by the Lomographic Society was the ActionSampler camera, released in 1998. Its fundamental difference from other cameras is the use of four lenses at once, triggered at intervals of 25 milliseconds. The images produced by the camera are four mini-frames in one, captured with a slight delay.

The main purpose of ActionSampler is to capture moving objects. An alternative technique would be for the operator to move towards an object. According to the developers, a viewfinder is not required here, so it has a removable design and is made in the form of a small plastic frame.

ActionSampler Flash

The advanced modification of ActionSampler received a slightly different design. It is distinguished from the original model by the presence of a four-segment flash that works synchronously with the lenses, and the presence of a full-fledged viewfinder. The approach to shooting remains the same, but the possibility of night photography has been added.

Supersampler

In 2000, another device of the Sampler family appeared, this time with the Super prefix. It uses the same four lenses, but arranged not in a square, but in a row. At the same time, the optics used in them are wide-angle, but the view is not horizontal, but vertical. The resulting image looks like four photo strips glued together into one frame.

Oktomat

A natural development of the idea of ​​​​using multiple lenses was the appearance of Oktomat. The camera is equipped with eight optical systems that allow you to create a small mini-film in one image. The mini-frames are arranged in two rows of four, and the time required for all eight shutters to fire is two seconds. Like the ActionSampler, the viewfinder here looks like a plastic frame.

Pop 9

The latest camera with a similar concept developed by the Lomographic Society is the Pop 9. It has as many as nine lenses that create images in the style of Warhol's Marilyn Monroe, as the name clearly hints at, reminiscent of pop art. The device received a flash and a full-fledged viewfinder.

fisheye

Next in line is the fisheye, a fully automatic ultra-wide-angle camera with a 170-degree viewing angle and a characteristic round image caused by uncorrected distortion. Like most Lomography devices, the Fisheye is housed in a lightweight plastic body and has a single shutter button. True, there is also a viewfinder with flash.

Fisheye 2

The second version of Fisheye, as well as the compact version of Fisheye 2 Baby, received an improved design and greater capabilities. An infinite shutter speed has appeared, allowing you to “paint with light” and multiple exposure, designed to superimpose several pictures onto one frame. The not very convenient viewfinder used in the first version has been replaced with a new one, which not only has a removable design, but also shows the picture the same as it was taken, that is, with a fish-eye effect.

All this is complemented by the appearance of a “hot shoe”, to which it is supposed to connect one of the proprietary Colorsplash Flashes, which paint the frame with a certain shade. The usual modification is made in an aluminum case, while the Baby model is made of plastic, has reduced dimensions and works with 100 mm film.

Frogeye Underwater

Toad Eye is the only Lomographic camera designed for underwater photography. It has a waterproof design and a built-in flash. The viewfinder, made in the form of a sight, bends away from the rear of the body. Everything is controlled with one button.

Colorsplash

The main idea of ​​this camera, which came from the Colorsplash Flash, is to tint the image in a certain color. The camera has a non-standard design, where the same flash sticks out from the side of the body. The set includes 12 color filters, making it easy to choose the right shade. To achieve interesting shots, you don’t have to wait until twilight; interesting effects can be achieved during the day, when not the entire image is illuminated, but only foreground objects.

It is also noteworthy that the flash can be used not only synchronously, but also by launching it manually. Particularly attractive results are obtained when using long exposure with touch-up at the very end.

Sprocket Rocket

An original panoramic camera with an ultra-wide viewing angle. It has several interesting differences. Firstly, by removing the special caps, you can shoot over the entire area of ​​the film, including the perforated area. And secondly, the design provides the ability to rewind both forward and backward. This allows you not only to make panoramas of any length, but also to shoot with multiple exposures, overlaying as many layers or partial overlays as you like. The controls include: exposure switch (1/100 second or manual), aperture selection (f/16 or f/10.6) and distance selection (0.6 - 1 m or 1 m - infinity).

Diana+

Like the original LOMO LC-A, Diana is a camera from the past, only not Soviet, but Chinese. It appeared back in the mid-60s and was positioned as one of the most budget solutions for lovers. Over time, interest in it faded and production was discontinued, but in 2007 the Lomographic community brought Diana back to life, releasing first the Diana+, and then a whole family of similar cameras.

The main differences between the device are its special pinhole design, the use of 120 mm film for shooting and the availability wide range various accessories, including five interchangeable lenses, a cable release and even a special back for mounting 35 mm film. In short, a very interesting lo-fi camera with its own signature style.

Today there are many different configurations and colors on sale, but the main modifications are the classic Diana+, DianaF+ with a flash installed, and Diana Mini, which shoots in half-frame format - 1/2 35 mm, which allows you to get 72 frames or take square images.

Holga

Another gadget from the Chinese past, reanimated by Lomography lovers. Holga is similar in design to Diana and also has a set of characteristic distortions that make the footage taken with it unique. The camera is designed to work with medium format film, on which you can take images measuring 4.5 × 6 or 6 x 6 cm. The lens of the basic version, like the body, is made of plastic, but glass can be optionally installed.

Also, due to the fact that the camera has a pinhole design, it is possible to shoot without a lens at all, which allows you to get very unusual pictures with a soft image. Holga has many modifications: with flash, color flash, glass lenses, for creating panoramas or even with two optical systems. True, fewer accessories are produced for her than for Diana, but the resulting images are no less interesting.

Spinner 360°

Spinner 360° is a very entertaining mechanical device for creating 360-degree panoramas. You can shoot on regular 35 mm film, and the entire field of the frame is used, including perforations. The camera is mounted on a special handle, inside of which there is a belt drive that rotates it around its axis. All you have to do is simply pull the pin and wait until the device makes a full circle. If you want to get into the frame, hold the gadget in front of you; if not, raise it above your head. The range of settings is traditionally minimal; there is no flash or viewfinder. One panorama takes 8 frames.

Horizon Compact

A simplified version of the panoramic camera "Horizon-202", the production of which was started by Krasnogorsky mechanical plant commissioned by the Lomographic Society in 2005. The original Horizon first appeared back in 1967 and has undergone many changes since then. The camera works with regular 35 mm film, creating 24 × 58 mm panoramas.

The lens used is a four-element MC Industar 8/28, focused at infinity and mounted inside a drum that rotates 120° during shooting. The vertical coverage angle is 45°. There is a fixed viewfinder; the use of a flash is not provided. There is also a slightly modified version of Horizon Perfect, which has a similar design and capabilities.

Lomolitos

Our review is completed by a disposable camera produced by the Lomographic Embassy for those who just want to try their hand at alternative photography. Inside - 24 frames, outside - a red, blue, green or yellow body and a shutter button. The rest is just your imagination.

Photographing on film and transferring the resulting image from film to paper is a multi-stage process that was addictive, fascinating and promised many discoveries, surprises, and sometimes even original creative revelations.

Despite the boom digital photography, today among modern creative photographers there are many who are sure that a real photographic masterpiece can only be obtained with the help of a film camera, and even then not just any one, but only a special one. One that is capable of capturing a moment in its pristine beauty or delighting with an absolutely unexpected shot that has little to do with the scene that was captured in the viewer.

Cameras for lomography. Each artist has his own brushes

Lomography recognizes the value not of a single successful shot, but of all photographs in their diversity, and it is absolutely unimportant what is captured on them and how. The purpose of lomography is to document the moments of the life of the Earth, and therefore it does not matter at all what to shoot and how to shoot it. The result is valuable; when shooting with a film camera blindly, from the hip, at arm's length, it will most likely be unpredictable and definitely unique.

So, Lomography is a well-established direction in artistic photography, allowing even a person with modest artistic abilities to feel like a real creator. People who are passionate about Lomography hunt for original photographs, which are most often found among photographic marriages.

This artistic direction arose in the early 80s of the 20th century, when the Leningrad association “LOMO” launched the “LOMO Compact-Avtomat” (“LOMO LC-A”) cameras into series. The instrument gained enormous popularity among the creative part of the population of the then Soviet Union and was sold throughout the vast country in huge quantities.

The LOMO Compact-Avtomat camera is a reference camera for lomography. This hobby has gained enormous popularity all over the world, and today cameras for Lomography can be bought without much difficulty, not only in Russia. Such cameras are produced by both famous European and little-known Asian manufacturers. A variety of design delights in this product group It's simply amazing. Modern Lomography cameras can look like anything. It may look like a vintage camera that repeats in detail a film camera from the beginning of the previous look, or a futuristic unit with numerous lenses and a stunning design.

A camera for Lomography can be absolutely anything, but Lomograph photographers fundamentally do not use modern conventional cameras, which simply fill supermarket shelves. The fact is that a camera is also a “friend or foe” recognition device. Therefore, special cameras are usually selected for Lomography, which were initially designed taking into account the specific application.

The second life of good old photographic film

Enthusiasts take the most interesting lomo photographs using film cameras. The problem is that photographic films have ceased to be a publicly available product: they are no longer sold everywhere, as they were before. It is even more difficult to buy special Lomographic films. And you will definitely have to do a lot of searching to find it on sale. Consumables for black and white lomography. However, it is difficult to stop people who are in love with their business in their movement towards their goal, and the Baza Record Shop is ready to support them in their selfless pursuit of beauty.

Everything for Lomography – in “Baza Record Shop”

You can do what you love for pleasure only when you have everything you need at hand. The Baza Record Shop offers fans of the art of Lomography everything they need for this interesting hobby. Special cameras and necessary consumables are available in stock and on order. Currently, you can buy high-quality color and black-and-white photographic film in the store. general purpose, as well as photographic films for special cameras.

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