Colectivo Improvisa

viernes, 3 de julio de 2009

Lomo Lubitel 166 B

I told a friend of mine I had got a LC-A+ and he told me that he had a Lomo Lubitel 166 B collecting dust somewhere. He bought the camera back in the 80s when he was an art student.

Next day, he brought the camera and gave it to me as a present! (I also gave him a present, but that's another story). I've had the camera for two months, but I haven't got my first rolls developed until today.

The Lubitel doesn't have a photometer, so you should use a hand held one, another camera or just guessing which is what I did in most of the pics (I used the photometer in my Leica D-Lux4 in a couple of them IIRC).

There's something unique in using a medium format-double lens camera. Sure, you'll get the funny looks, but... anything for a nice shot.

This camera is a joy to use, I'll shoot some more rolls soon; here are the first ones.

miércoles, 3 de junio de 2009

Fisheye

How warped, wicked, twisted can you get? Try a fisheye lens! Get a Fishseye 2 (or one)! It may seem like a one-trick pony, but I think it's full of posibilities. Add to it a multicolor ringflash, and you'll find yourself looking for that lava lamp and playing White Rabbit.

True to the spirit of the Colectivo Improvisa, I had to learn from scratch and figure out things since it was my first with such a lens, and being reluctant to the use of flashes.

Ah, the ringflash is a total blast... makes you feel like the coolest lomoslinger in many miles.

Ok, enough talking tonight; here some of my first pics:

sábado, 30 de mayo de 2009

Lomographies

Sorry, here are the pics

They Keep on Coming!!

Boy, this Lomo LC-A is addictive. One of the most funny things you can do with your clothes on. Sure, some pics are crap, but some of those are so bad, that they're good; sort of a nice B movie.

Then there is also the ocasional "good pic"; you know, the one you expected to be taken, although most times they are nice surprises.