What is lomo?

Lomo is an abbreviation for a factory specializing in the production of military optical lenses in St. Petersburg, the Soviet Union in the 1950s. It was called the Leningrad Optical Instrument Factory (Leningradskoje Opitiko Mechanitscheskoje Objedinenie) and was the largest optical instrument manufacturer in Russia. , LOMO LC-A is a 35mm automatic exposure rangefinder camera developed and produced by the factory during the former Soviet Union. Now Lomo has a new meaning, Lomo is Let Our lives be Magic and Open, let our lives be open and magical. Lomo = Rama, Lomo, Naked Cat... Lomo! Although there are many translated versions, in Hong Kong and Taiwan, Lomo enthusiasts gave it an appropriate Chinese name - Lemo - allowing us to touch life happily.

LOMO camera was born on In the 1950s, the Leningrad Opto-Mechanical Joint Enterprise was a small and easy-to-operate camera used in the former Soviet spy department. Due to its special application field, it could take pictures day and night without the need for a flash. A low-tech 35mm auto-exposure rangefinder camera that can be carried anywhere. The Minox was originally modeled after Leica. This camera was not very popular at the time. It had no aperture, only a simple B door, and the image quality was not high, and the photos had relatively large vignetting.

Because the camera is particularly sensitive to red, blue, and yellow light, the photos developed with positive film are extremely bright in color.

The Lomo camera features a wide lens (32mm), fast speed, strong colors, and no flash. The darker the light, the better the effect. It also has a special "tunnel effect": the edges of the photo will appear much darker than the middle. However, these technical or optical characteristics are not the characteristics of Lomo. Its main attraction lies in a cross-regional underground creative activity.

Celebrities who own Lomo: the famous Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki (he has two photography books shot with LOMO), and there are many people who are engaged in techno music such as Moby, David Byrne, and Pulp band. Jarvis Cocker. International celebrities such as Wong Kar-Wai, Issey Miyake, Do Kefeng, Eason Chan, and domestic fashionistas such as biz Yu Siyuan all own LOMO cameras.

Lomo’s purpose is to use thousands of Snap Shots to record everything on the earth.

Lomo has always been looking for that natural, improvised aesthetic. This is a new photography orientation. Composition and focus are outdated. Blur and randomness are the trend and the classic. This Lomo attitude liberates all followers of traditional ideas. Don't think, just shoot! Lomo people are not limited by ancient photography models. Photos are the foundation of Lomo. There's nothing better than the feeling of fresh Lomo photos. Lomo Pictures collects, appreciates and displays all the wonderful photos, some are mysterious, some are pleasant, some are blurry, some are boring, to put it simply, everything in life.

Find a seat, lie back and enjoy it. Or, pick up your Lomo camera and share your photos with us! Show the world your masterpieces, your lucky things, your strange photographic touch, and your most personal photographic vision. Take out your Lomo camera now, take pictures of the people around you, and bring them into your unique perspective! No need to think too much, just be quick.

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