What's the lomo camera for?

LOMO is a miniature camera dedicated to Russian spies in the 1950s. Later, an Austrian student bought such an old camera in Prague, which was quite realistic in the former Soviet Union. After being brought back to Vienna, it became the new favorite of the underground art and cultural circles.

What's the difference between a double LOMO and a professional camera?

Although they are all optical cameras, professional optical cameras require high definition and accurate focusing. LOMO is similar to fool cameras, some of which are low-end cameras produced in early years. Most of the officially designated LOMO cameras are small in size, simple to operate and shoot with film.

What is the biggest feature of 3-lomo photos?

LOMO pursues bright colors and a free attitude, but these can also achieve very interesting effects through film or development, such as negative development with positive film.

What are the criteria for judging the quality of 4-LOMO photos?

This is not easy to evaluate, it all depends on personal preference, and the photos are not absolutely good or bad. However, LOMO's photos should be thoughtful, and the photographer's thoughts and personality should be integrated into the photos. Besides pursuing bright colors and dark corners, they should also pursue the content of photos and the photographer's personality.

Does 5-LOMO need professional knowledge?

It is best to know a little about photography, but LOMO cameras are mostly low-end cameras, and the operation is very simple. LOMO does not need batteries, apertures and focal lengths. You can operate it with more practice.

Is it expensive to play LOMO?

Compared with ordinary photography, LOMO is cheaper, because LOMO has only one camera and does not need a single lens. There won't be much difference between the prices of film and development.

Is there a difference between developing LOMO photos and ordinary photos?

It's no different from ordinary cameras. With the roll of 135, it can be developed in any print shop.

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What do 9- 135 and 120 mean?

Our common camera systems are 120 camera and 135 camera. 135 film has a small frame (generally 24×36mm), which is not suitable for putting down large photos; 120 film format can be made into 6×9cm, 6×7cm, 6×6cm, 6×4.5cm and other specifications according to different cameras, and the quality of making large photos is obviously better than that of 135 film. As for110,220 pages in various formats, most people seldom use them.

10- What are negative films and reverse films (positive films)?

The main differences between the photo renderings of LOMO camera are: the brightness and color of the image on the negative are opposite to the actual scene; The same is true for reverse films.

The English difference between the two is that the film is colored after the English brand, such as Fuji color negative. The reversal film changes color to chromium, such as Ektachrome (Ekta reversal film of Kodak Company).

The most classic way for LOMO players to play is to shoot positive films, and then let the printing shop develop them according to the process of negative films. These colors are strange and usually have surprising effects.

What's the difference between the six models of 12-HOLGA 120 series?

Holga 120 has six models, such as GCFN/CFN/GFN/FN/GN/N, in which G- stands for glass, C- stands for color, F- stands for flash and N- stands for normal. GCFN glass lens with 4-color flash can't flash, and CFN plastic lens with 4-color flash can't flash. GFN glass lens of ordinary flash cannot be connected with flash. The FN plastic lens of ordinary flash cannot be connected to the flash. GN glass lens has no flash, and can be externally connected with flash. Plastic lens without flash can be connected with flash.

13- how to convert LOMO photos into digital format (such as JPG)?

The most recommended method is negative scanning. Under normal circumstances, after taking pictures, let the print shop only develop the film, and then scan and carve it. Professional negative scanners can scan negative films into very high-quality image files, such as JPG format.

14-lomo classification

◆ Divided by performance

Multi-grid LOMO camera

This LOMO camera can take many photos arranged neatly like stamps on a negative. This LOMO camera is most commonly used to shoot continuous actions. This kind of camera mainly has four frames of animation, half frame, dynamic four frames, super dynamic four frames, eight frames, nine frames and so on.

Color LOMO camera

The photos taken by this LOMO camera are like transparent colored paper covered with different colors, and different scenes are expressed in different colors, which can fully reflect the photographer's mood at that time. This kind of camera mainly includes color mood and HOLGA, LC-A+ color flash (HOLGA needs to be used with color filter).

Special effects LOMO camera: The photos taken by this LOMO camera are exaggerated and weird. In my opinion, they are more entertaining. This kind of camera mainly includes frog's eye shot underwater, fish's eye shot with exaggerated effect, LC-A shot with multiple exposures and other special effects, and the general 202 camera that shoots panorama shakes its head.

◆ Classification by lens

Single lens LOMO camera

Like frog's eye, fish's eye, LC-A, HOLGA, 202 shaking their heads, colorful mood, princess diary, Rubik's cube box, 18K, Smina 8m, Seagull 4B, all belong to single-lens LOMO cameras, among which only half-frame LOMO cameras can present two photos on one negative.

Multilens camera

Four-frame animation dynamic four-frame, super-dynamic four-frame, eight-frame and nine-frame are all multi-lens LOMO cameras.

Dear friends who yearn for LOMO, please note that if you don't have enough economic strength (you can only support yourself), the second generation ancestors will no longer belong to this category! ), please think twice before starting the machine, because there are expensive film costs and development costs behind it.