Camera Talk

Lomography says this is the 30th anniversary of the Lomo LC-A.

I bought one of these around 1998, complete with the book and the special Lomo film. It's a solid little camera with simple controls.

I used it a few times, but with various moves and job changes, I don't think it's seen any real action in about six or seven years. I believe that it is still loaded with some Tri-X.

PopPhoto did a review of the camera back then, which prompted me to buy the camera. Turns out, I wasn't that kind of photographer.

I just looked at the new prices for this camera, and they sell for between $250 and $300. When you think about it, it's one of the few 35mm cameras still in production. Now, that's shocking.

Anyone else use their Lomo regularly?

I use an 8M. It is a quirky and fun little camera with a nice 40mm triplet. Remember to cock the shutter and keeping you finger away from the cocking arm when you shoot is always fun.

Remember to cock the shutter and keeping you finger away from the cocking arm when you shoot is always fun.

I got it - it's a trainer for shooting an Argus C3!

I bought one of these LCA'S in the mid eighties, before they became "fashionable". Mine was sharp, and produced pretty good shots. The only thing I really didn't like was the film advance, which wasn't that smooth. I used it for quite some time, but it got bashed around a couple of times and eventually stopped working reliably. I think it cost me less than UKP20 from Jessops.

It amazes me what they sell for now.

I have a Lomo U-BOOT kit that I picked up at a charity shop for 50 pence. The box was unopened and it has all the books, vouchers, film, brochures and op manual. I wonder if this was competition to the Kodak Instamatic?

I recently discovered that even Praktica this model in its lineup : it was called the CX-1, which was a rebadged Cosina CX-1. It existed also under the Petri and Porst brand names. They were all, as was the Lomo, a copy of the original Cosina. Interesting feature is the dedicated motordrive and flash unit. I was tempted (but resisted !) an offer on the auction site for a Praktica CX-1 at EUR50 - new in the box! Mmmm, maybe I should investigate that again tonight?

GrahamS wrote:I have a Lomo U-BOOT kit

I had one of these cameras but not your wonderful 'u-boot' kit. IIRC it was an 'action sampler' camera.