So let me get this straight... "Hipsters" or whatever get there hands on film cameras and all of a sudden photographers who choose to shoot film are mobbed for it... just because its a Hipster fad?...
Honestly wtf is wrong with you guys...
I bet allot of Hipsters drive too... and use toilets!... ah shit... I really enjoyed not shitting on the floor what am I supposed to do now? :/...
quit being bitter little haters who cant seem to see past a ridiculous little fashion scene.
I shoot both digital and film and I think people with a vendetta against lomography should be ashamed to call themselves photographers and artists to be honest.
If everyone painted a canvas the same way art wouldn't exist.
In the instance of your canvas analogy, doesnt work. Because the fact is, is that the canvas is the medium. Just as film is a medium, 35mm and 120 are mediums...
The camera is the halfway point. (Even though, "camera", doesn't necessarily mean "photograph")
And firstly i own a Holga, and love toy cameras.
But the reason I and many others have a "vendetta" against them, is the PRICE!!! What are you paying for?
@rorrt That is true, but lomography didn't really start with toy cameras, it started with the LC-A which is by no means classed as a toy camera.
The film is the canvas is what I am trying to say, just like a sensor is to a digital photographer... I cant say I disagree with you over the price though they are ridiculously over priced for what they are.
I suppose I mean the vendetta against film photography in general, I have had shit from people for using my Zenit-E lol.
To be honest, i think we both really agree with each other.
I get some stick from people for using my Holga, and people thinking that i am creating an intentionally bad photograph, or a bad negative from the camera.
This is obviously not true, some of the most interesting photos ive seen have been taken with a lo fi camera.
And ive taken to using a Zorki, which came from the same stock as Zenit, KMZ.
I've got the Diana camera, I listen to hipster music and wear a stocking hat all the time. I take loads of Lomo photos but they are not quite 'there'. I take the pictures from the hip so to speak. The photos just don't have that "Lomo Look". Should I press the button harder or buy a Mac or something else?
I think Lomography is a different take on photography. I can appreciate megapixels of perfection as well as lo fi lomo photos as long as I can have fun with it. I have the sprocket rocket and enjoyed shooting with it. Keep shooting and most importantly have fun.
in the early 90's if you had this kind of camera you were seen as a down syndrome victim...20 years later you would be the coolest/hippest kid around if you have one.
Fucken hipocrite america, grow up and end this thirst for money.
@delonge5000 im pretty sure in the 90's people maybe didn't want the most expensive 35mm or Medium format camera. i work at a thrift store and almost daily people bring in their old 35mm cameras. i've got 2 higher end ones and about 50 low end ones. so yeah....Down Syndrome
Does it even matter who uses this photography? What shoulld matter is the photography itself. Hipsters? get over it. Who even cares. So you're gonna hate a type of art thats not drowned in your modern age of eectronics just because a classification of people use this form of art? lol
i use my lomo all the time i wouldn't call my self a photographer i don't plan any of my shots i just see something that is eye catching i take a photo and move on
and i laugh at all those people who whip out there tripods in the middle of times square and line up there shots to take a picture of a billboard
and the tools who go on about mega pixels over and over with there HD 1080p crystal clear digital cameras who think that just because they own an expense camera makes them a photograpther
@barker888 but you know some of the people who use a tripod and line up their shots care alot about photography and are doing different photographs then you with a lomo, although i do agree with your second point
@facefullofflowers yeah i know the first point was just a personal vendetta at a tourist who decided to set up the tripod in the middle of the side walk in one of the busiest places in the world ha
@barker888 lol, i think people are mainly mad about the new "hipster" culture that has engulfed toy cameras. they don't have a problem with the camera or the film but the fact that this video seems to say "shoot what you want with out care! the fact that its so "indie" will make it interesting. that being said, shooting from the hip can have interesting results for shooting people discreetly. I often take my digital camera, but it on automatic and just take pictures as i walk by people.
Lomography fans don't seem to remotely understand the criticism. Lo-fi photography doesn't equal lomography. Lomography is just some marketers selling toy cameras at an inflated price.
Nice video! But I don't understand the über-silly Lomography gimmick. The LC-A is a great camera. It can in the hands of the right person, in the right moment produce some very nice pictures.
NOTE: The Lomography version of the LC-A camera is three, four, perhaps five times more expensive than the more sturdy original LOMO LC-A camera. Just check out eBay and see what mean! Almost everything on the Lomography site is sooo overpriced! Lomography is a complete marketing thing.
And I find this all too amusing given the fact that the camera "Lomography" is named for is a 35mm point and shoot rangefinder :P (which btw, is a knockoff of the Cosina CX which was on the market 3 years before the Lomo LC-A).
Mencalisssti it is quite evident that you are an idiot with absolutely no base to be giving advise, learn about film cameras first and then come back so we can teach you even more.
@TheRealSamDole The 120 format or Medium Format Film has enjoyed an unprecedented revival since the sudden popularity of Lomography or Lo-Fi Film Cameras came into place during the late 1990's. So yes Lomography is deeply rooted with medium format film.
"Lomography" (I cringe at the phrase) may be deeply rooted in medium format film but to say that the format has seen a "revival" since the popularity of Lo-Fi film is an absolute non-truth. Don't believe me? There's probably a good half a million Hasselblad, Mamiya, Pentax and Rollei users on the planet who would say otherwise (to name a few).
I guess the root for all debates is that LOMO's popularity is overwhelmed others genre in film photography, lomogarphy is about result guys and to achieve the result this video explain. However you can do lomo just in any camera not just lomo's brand toy camera...and you can have fun with any camera, LOMO as a company gives you an idea and provide you with an adequate device...you can argue all the way, or even thumbs down my comment, but it truth is. I shoot Holga anyway and a fan of med format
Lomography is an idea created by someadvertising students, to sell shitty cameras. If you want to use a crappy camera and shoot ''for fun'' you dont need to get a ''lomo'' just get any toy camera or get a shitty lens and old garage sale barely working camera and shoot without putting any thought in your composition, same results. toy holgas do the exact same shit and arent ''lomos'' I use film and I pains me to think people think lomo=film. Just fucking build a pinhole camera more fun garanteed.
@Mencalisssti ok true its an advertising scheme to sell cameras, but tell me one company that sells you stuff that does not want you to buy their product. also, "shitty" is a term relative to the beholder. you can't just say that because everyone's taste is different, and that you do not like the outcome of the pictures. and if you dont like the video, then dont watch it for shit's sake! and don't pull that "educating the masses" crap, because people will not listen to you!
I'll never understand the hate people have for lomography.
It's good fun. Why can't people understand that not every photograph needs to be 18 megapixels of technical perfection.
Just because a few hipster dofus' carry a Holga as a fashion accessory doesn't mean it can't be fun. If you've ever decided NOT to do something fun, just because someone you don't like does it, you really need to take a long hard look at your life.
@hossrex man being a dick is americas favorite pastime! it seemed like people didn't realize lomography as a company, maybe it isn't just a company...and im ignorant, but people can like computers and hate dell right?
Irrelevant. People who like computers, and dislike Dell, do so because they disapprove of Dell's business practices.
People who dislike Lomo do so because they're elitists who own $3,000 cameras (or wish they owned $3,000 cameras), and feel they must deride toy cameras simply because they feel the need to rationalize their purchase (or desire).
Those people misunderstand the core principle of photography.
@Sammy213 That's actually not a bad comparison, and I say this as a zealous Mac user (not fanboy). Do bear in mind though that the brand premium on Lomo cameras is ridiculously high even compared to Apple.
@hossrex See, the thing is that lomography promotes being spontaneous, not thinking. For an educated photographer, this is relieving and liberating. You know, forget all the rules and shoot.
But then with uneducated amateurs (like hipsters), they never knew any of the rules, so it's not liberating, but simply an excuse for bad photography. And because of expired film and cross processing, any amateur can show off their colorful pictures and people will worship him as an artist.
I agree. So what? Just because hipster idiots miss the point while using something doesn't mean that thing is bad. The people who have a knee jerk reaction to hipsters, and reject the thing being misused solely because hipsters like it are just hipsters in reverse, and it's pretty pathetic.
Use the things you enjoy. Don't use the things you don't enjoy.
If you break either rule because someone does, or doesn't use something... you're a hipster.
@hossrex You do have a point there. I can't stand hipsters one bit, yet I'm labelled a hipster more often than i'd like. Why must we all have the same identity crisis? :P
@manusdextra i think hating hipsters because they like the same things we do makes us the most supreme hipsters of all... that kinda bums me out. hah hah.
You forgot the rule about paying waaaay too much for a cheaply made camera from lomography that should cost $50 max... oh and the rule about cross processing all film and telling people the strange colors are from the lomos lens.
@facefullofflowers when I said "lomography" I meant actual lomography with a lomo lc-a, not the cheap china-made holga that should cost $2. I paid about $30 for my lc-a (including shipping) about 10 years ago. Its all good though, if people are out taking pictures I consider it a good thing. Take care.
@aztr0zombie lomography is a company. i'm sure the lc-a is a good camera. i have never used one, but have heard good things about it. however part of the cheapness of the holga, gives it unique qualities. im not saying encouraging people to use film, especially medium format, is a bad thing, but that the COMPANY lomograghy is charging much to much for the cameras.
It was a mock advert made by a fan. And how can a photography firm sell out? If they get more custom then good for them, the prices are more than fair and the cameras are fun. I'd love for more people to find out about them.
@snelsonismint lomographys prices are much less then fair. thei holga 120GN is 45$. I went to a store and picked one up for 27$+tax. A Holga CFN 120 is 70$ through them at the store i went to, it was 39$+tax, these weren't used cameras either
I don't own a lomography camera and i'm definitely not a hipster (thank god)
But this doesn't have anything to do with good compositions or perfectly lined up horizons. It's just good old fashioned FUN. I can't believe you don't get that :S
Must've got your pivate area stuck between the elevator doors...
@JesusFister im actually about to start a video project using a holga as i wanna use some pics taken with analog, and i totally agree with you on that, there is absolutely no composition in the shit i see from all the douches who shop at urban outfitters lol
Ha Ha, expired film, true gives a closer to noir look. only ever use expired film in a holga cause my techinition gave we loads of roles for free. i prefer to use E6. dont get it cross processed. and just get the negative and scan in anygood images. but that was back in the day i coudl get a role process for a pound. but btw, Mencalisssti 'lol idiot' stop being such dick. okay?
lomo-style cameras usually use medium format film (more expensive than 35mm), don't ask me why as the extra detail that medium format can capture is not exactly required. But it's fairly easy to get from any decently stocked specialist, just ask for a roll of 120.
I have an Action Sampler. My sister has a Holga, and a SuperSampler, I think. Lomography is so beautiful. I don't think I'll ever go back to normal cameras.
..hmm...ok....what does the holga do that the diana+ cant?...i need to exchange my diana+ for something else..i was thinking about getting a holga or a fisheye instead
Hmm. Personally, I prefer Lomo. In my opinion it brings the most emotion to the pictures, however- I'm not very superficial about the type of cameras, but the art itself. c:
That's why you prefer a marketing scam and think it's cool...bleh. Abstract photography has been around since the beginning of photography. It didn't need commercials, or a brand of camera, or any Austrian marketers.
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I can't stand this. The "lomography" movement is so SNOB! It doesn't represent a honest philosophy of the photography. It only makes people have bad quality photos, thoughtless and lack of knowledge. People really don't learn NOTHING about photography shooting from the hip.. And the pity is that most of them doesn't appreciate film and photography tradition. And I have to say I own a lomo lca and I use it with passion and brain. I don't shoot from the hip.
snob? who is saying shooting from the hip can replace accurate, thought-through photography anyway? No one is... people just like the look and style of these. If they want proper photos they'll go and do just that. its simple really, there's no pity or lack of passion and "philisophy". No need to take it seriously, they aren't exactly posing as pro photographers!
these cameras are usually junky. thats the point of it though. you can only get photos with weird and pretty colors and funny looking spots on it that make it have a vintage or eerie look to it. you cannot get this with a normal camera.
Lomo is, in fact, the brand of the original 'lomo style' cameras. Just like a french press is a 'bodum' and a soda is a 'coke.' Not that it isn't widely accepted as the de facto term for this type of photography, just saying- it is a brand.
lomographic cameras are handy for alternative picture shots. Its good to get pictures with that crazy saturation where the colors really come out. I like using my digital camera, but every now an then, I'd like to actually develop my pictures in a lab and throw em' in an album. It takes away from getting into photoshop and working everything manually. It minimizes the qaulity of the picture.
let's see.. digital has became " the cheap option" right, while lomography is certainly not cheap (a lomo costs over 200 u$S), and revealing every film roll another 10.. so.. it depends on what you're looking to..
THE 10 golden rules of LOMOGRAPHY: - Take your LOMO everywhere - Use it day or night - It's part of your life - Shoot from the hip - Get as close as possible - Don't think - Be fast - Don't try to control it - Be surprised - Ignore all these rules Lomography is absolutely wonderful.
Lomography is cool, but man who made these rules? "shoot from the hip"? I thought photography is a means to an ends, looking at this video it seems whoever made it thinks its more like a fashion accessory.
I dont see this as a fashion advert at all. It's all about bringing photography onto the streets to be enjoyed by all. Not just bird watches or fashion photographers.
Its a shame film will eventually die out or become to expensive to use. I think people of any class or calibre can have fun with these cameras.
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codycalhoun13 1 week ago
Shoot first, questions later >:P
GerbilEssences 3 weeks ago
can i use DSLR to shoot Lomography...?
TheLaibc2003 3 weeks ago
This video went viral on Oslo
nickolascook718 1 month ago
I just got a Diana F+ for Christmas & I can't wait to photograph everything!
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ogtw 1 month ago
So let me get this straight... "Hipsters" or whatever get there hands on film cameras and all of a sudden photographers who choose to shoot film are mobbed for it... just because its a Hipster fad?...
Honestly wtf is wrong with you guys...
I bet allot of Hipsters drive too... and use toilets!... ah shit... I really enjoyed not shitting on the floor what am I supposed to do now? :/...
quit being bitter little haters who cant seem to see past a ridiculous little fashion scene.
MrSnapFlash 2 months ago
LIES! There are no rules of Lomography!
mrghosty2010 3 months ago
I shoot both digital and film and I think people with a vendetta against lomography should be ashamed to call themselves photographers and artists to be honest.
If everyone painted a canvas the same way art wouldn't exist.
Just monotonous images.
MrSnapFlash 4 months ago 15
@MrSnapFlash I love you but i hope that you are only a girl and not a guy xD
b1tTutorials 3 months ago
@MrSnapFlash
But that doesnt work at all!
In the instance of your canvas analogy, doesnt work. Because the fact is, is that the canvas is the medium. Just as film is a medium, 35mm and 120 are mediums...
The camera is the halfway point. (Even though, "camera", doesn't necessarily mean "photograph")
And firstly i own a Holga, and love toy cameras.
But the reason I and many others have a "vendetta" against them, is the PRICE!!! What are you paying for?
Oh i know...A really expensive perspex box
rorrt 2 months ago
@rorrt That is true, but lomography didn't really start with toy cameras, it started with the LC-A which is by no means classed as a toy camera.
The film is the canvas is what I am trying to say, just like a sensor is to a digital photographer... I cant say I disagree with you over the price though they are ridiculously over priced for what they are.
I suppose I mean the vendetta against film photography in general, I have had shit from people for using my Zenit-E lol.
MrSnapFlash 1 month ago
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To be honest, i think we both really agree with each other.
I get some stick from people for using my Holga, and people thinking that i am creating an intentionally bad photograph, or a bad negative from the camera.
This is obviously not true, some of the most interesting photos ive seen have been taken with a lo fi camera.
And ive taken to using a Zorki, which came from the same stock as Zenit, KMZ.
rorrt 1 month ago
I've got the Diana camera, I listen to hipster music and wear a stocking hat all the time. I take loads of Lomo photos but they are not quite 'there'. I take the pictures from the hip so to speak. The photos just don't have that "Lomo Look". Should I press the button harder or buy a Mac or something else?
JoeCubicle 6 months ago 2
whats the music in the background?
Ballet4Everz 6 months ago
I think Lomography is a different take on photography. I can appreciate megapixels of perfection as well as lo fi lomo photos as long as I can have fun with it. I have the sprocket rocket and enjoyed shooting with it. Keep shooting and most importantly have fun.
lightandsound 9 months ago
in the early 90's if you had this kind of camera you were seen as a down syndrome victim...20 years later you would be the coolest/hippest kid around if you have one.
Fucken hipocrite america, grow up and end this thirst for money.
delonge5000 10 months ago
@delonge5000 why downsyndrome?
Ballet4Everz 6 months ago
@delonge5000 im pretty sure in the 90's people maybe didn't want the most expensive 35mm or Medium format camera. i work at a thrift store and almost daily people bring in their old 35mm cameras. i've got 2 higher end ones and about 50 low end ones. so yeah....Down Syndrome
U23Drocs 6 months ago
Dont think Just Shoot
Thats what she said!
minicotexx 11 months ago 10
This commercial almost makes me want to use one.
Morahman7vnNo2 11 months ago
those were actully great photos, well besides the other flashed 1's at the start :p
djbumbum123 1 year ago
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MrPadawan555 1 year ago
Thinking: Bad! Bad photos: Good!
asigravitate27 1 year ago
What the hell is a hipster anyway?
I thought it was just a style of jeans!
lkwry 1 year ago 2
Just got my Lomo LC-A+ and I'm having a blast with it!
netando 1 year ago
и почему у меня таких красивых фоток не получается....
olyandex 1 year ago
Hey, does lomocams provide soft copies? :))
yogurtshake 1 year ago
@yogurtshake
Yes....yes you can.....
Athrunwong 1 year ago
@Athrunwong how? I mean, does it have any USB cable? Or you have to scan the printed photo? Thanks.
yogurtshake 1 year ago
@yogurtshake
No No...it wasnt a digital camera,it doesnt even need a battery....
but if you dig up online,you should find some digital camera for lomo.
cheers mate.
Athrunwong 1 year ago
@Athrunwong hey thanks. ;) actually, i havent tried but im planning to buy one coz i find it really interesting :) thanks again.
yogurtshake 1 year ago
shut up jesusfister
89eatsleepdesign 1 year ago
I want my own Holga, but first I have to pay to get my Pentax K1000 35mm SLR repaired. :D
jjjjjokerface 1 year ago
i think people dont like lomography cuz it looks like a commercial.
aeroces7 1 year ago
Does it even matter who uses this photography? What shoulld matter is the photography itself. Hipsters? get over it. Who even cares. So you're gonna hate a type of art thats not drowned in your modern age of eectronics just because a classification of people use this form of art? lol
jessicafacee727 1 year ago
i use my lomo all the time i wouldn't call my self a photographer i don't plan any of my shots i just see something that is eye catching i take a photo and move on
and i laugh at all those people who whip out there tripods in the middle of times square and line up there shots to take a picture of a billboard
and the tools who go on about mega pixels over and over with there HD 1080p crystal clear digital cameras who think that just because they own an expense camera makes them a photograpther
barker888 1 year ago
@barker888 but you know some of the people who use a tripod and line up their shots care alot about photography and are doing different photographs then you with a lomo, although i do agree with your second point
fuck those people!
facefullofflowers 1 year ago
@facefullofflowers yeah i know the first point was just a personal vendetta at a tourist who decided to set up the tripod in the middle of the side walk in one of the busiest places in the world ha
barker888 1 year ago
@barker888 lol, i think people are mainly mad about the new "hipster" culture that has engulfed toy cameras. they don't have a problem with the camera or the film but the fact that this video seems to say "shoot what you want with out care! the fact that its so "indie" will make it interesting. that being said, shooting from the hip can have interesting results for shooting people discreetly. I often take my digital camera, but it on automatic and just take pictures as i walk by people.
facefullofflowers 1 year ago
Lomography fans don't seem to remotely understand the criticism. Lo-fi photography doesn't equal lomography. Lomography is just some marketers selling toy cameras at an inflated price.
reother 1 year ago
1. Take your camera everywhere you go.
2. Use it anytime, day and night.
3. Lomography is not an interference in your life, but part of it.
4. Shoot from the hip.
5. Get up close.
6. Don't think
7. Be fast.
8. You don't have to know beforehand what you captured on film.
9. Afterwards, either.
10. Don't listen to any of these rules.
TigerSlashX 1 year ago
What?? There were 10 rules! last rule was ignore all these rules!
MetalGuitarMayhem 1 year ago
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combatfairy 1 year ago
Nice video! But I don't understand the über-silly Lomography gimmick. The LC-A is a great camera. It can in the hands of the right person, in the right moment produce some very nice pictures.
NOTE: The Lomography version of the LC-A camera is three, four, perhaps five times more expensive than the more sturdy original LOMO LC-A camera. Just check out eBay and see what mean! Almost everything on the Lomography site is sooo overpriced! Lomography is a complete marketing thing.
admiralasthma 1 year ago
Is the 35 film easier to develop, because when I took my 120 film to a photo shop, they got confused because they didn't know how to develop it.
ITSbigwillystyle 1 year ago
dont forget that they can be converted to 35mm in ways that would put McGuyver to shame =p mostly duct tape, foam and luck,
NickBK007 1 year ago
And I find this all too amusing given the fact that the camera "Lomography" is named for is a 35mm point and shoot rangefinder :P (which btw, is a knockoff of the Cosina CX which was on the market 3 years before the Lomo LC-A).
TheRealSamDole 2 years ago
Mencalisssti it is quite evident that you are an idiot with absolutely no base to be giving advise, learn about film cameras first and then come back so we can teach you even more.
kojak1969 2 years ago
Since when is Lomography synonymous with medium format film?
TheRealSamDole 2 years ago 16
@TheRealSamDole The 120 format or Medium Format Film has enjoyed an unprecedented revival since the sudden popularity of Lomography or Lo-Fi Film Cameras came into place during the late 1990's. So yes Lomography is deeply rooted with medium format film.
kojak1969 2 years ago
"Lomography" (I cringe at the phrase) may be deeply rooted in medium format film but to say that the format has seen a "revival" since the popularity of Lo-Fi film is an absolute non-truth. Don't believe me? There's probably a good half a million Hasselblad, Mamiya, Pentax and Rollei users on the planet who would say otherwise (to name a few).
TheRealSamDole 2 years ago
@TheRealSamDole Since the Holga and Diana. Durr
U23Drocs 5 months ago
@U23Drocs ...despite the fact that the camera for which Lomography (the LOMO compact automat) is named after is a 35mm camera.
TheRealSamDole 5 months ago
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U23Drocs 5 months ago
@U23Drocs ...no, the LC-A is a 35mm camera. The only adapter they make for it is a (grossly overpriced) Fuji Instax back.
TheRealSamDole 5 months ago
I guess the root for all debates is that LOMO's popularity is overwhelmed others genre in film photography, lomogarphy is about result guys and to achieve the result this video explain. However you can do lomo just in any camera not just lomo's brand toy camera...and you can have fun with any camera, LOMO as a company gives you an idea and provide you with an adequate device...you can argue all the way, or even thumbs down my comment, but it truth is. I shoot Holga anyway and a fan of med format
jankrix 2 years ago
Frisco cisco my life is like an nabisco chocolate chip cookie dont .... with me rookie... - kris 1
good film
ensile 2 years ago
I just got my lc-a this week... Omg, I love it. I'm heading up to Seoul next week and really gonna open her up.... Stoked.
schnitzelmopi 2 years ago
Lomography is an idea created by someadvertising students, to sell shitty cameras. If you want to use a crappy camera and shoot ''for fun'' you dont need to get a ''lomo'' just get any toy camera or get a shitty lens and old garage sale barely working camera and shoot without putting any thought in your composition, same results. toy holgas do the exact same shit and arent ''lomos'' I use film and I pains me to think people think lomo=film. Just fucking build a pinhole camera more fun garanteed.
Mencalisssti 2 years ago
@Mencalisssti ok true its an advertising scheme to sell cameras, but tell me one company that sells you stuff that does not want you to buy their product. also, "shitty" is a term relative to the beholder. you can't just say that because everyone's taste is different, and that you do not like the outcome of the pictures. and if you dont like the video, then dont watch it for shit's sake! and don't pull that "educating the masses" crap, because people will not listen to you!
but nice video!
narutokun5790 1 year ago
Haters :(
I cant wait to get mine!
I love digital but this will be my first film camera in such along time I'm so excited to see what comes out of it!
sophiawoodpearl 2 years ago
I'll never understand the hate people have for lomography.
It's good fun. Why can't people understand that not every photograph needs to be 18 megapixels of technical perfection.
Just because a few hipster dofus' carry a Holga as a fashion accessory doesn't mean it can't be fun. If you've ever decided NOT to do something fun, just because someone you don't like does it, you really need to take a long hard look at your life.
hossrex 2 years ago 164
@hossrex people hating people for lomography isn't the same as hating people for toy cameras. lomography is a company. remember that now.
facefullofflowers 1 year ago
@facefullofflowers
Of course I know that. People hate lomo for the same reason they hate toy cameras, and people hate toy cameras for the same reason they hate lomo.
It's all backlash against hipsters (even though it's still hipsters that hate other hipsters).
I'd be interested in talking to a person who loves toy cameras, but hates Lomo's... or vice versa.
So... other than to be a dick... what was your point?
hossrex 1 year ago
@hossrex man being a dick is americas favorite pastime! it seemed like people didn't realize lomography as a company, maybe it isn't just a company...and im ignorant, but people can like computers and hate dell right?
facefullofflowers 1 year ago
@facefullofflowers
Irrelevant. People who like computers, and dislike Dell, do so because they disapprove of Dell's business practices.
People who dislike Lomo do so because they're elitists who own $3,000 cameras (or wish they owned $3,000 cameras), and feel they must deride toy cameras simply because they feel the need to rationalize their purchase (or desire).
Those people misunderstand the core principle of photography.
hossrex 1 year ago
@hossrex
lomo is a lot like apple... I really like what the product does for me, but I find the fanbase and marketing kind of revolting.
Sammy213 1 year ago
@Sammy213 That's actually not a bad comparison, and I say this as a zealous Mac user (not fanboy). Do bear in mind though that the brand premium on Lomo cameras is ridiculously high even compared to Apple.
manusdextra 1 year ago
@manusdextra true that. my friend who introduced me to the style shot his stuff with a nickelodeon gack camera.
Sammy213 1 year ago
@hossrex See, the thing is that lomography promotes being spontaneous, not thinking. For an educated photographer, this is relieving and liberating. You know, forget all the rules and shoot.
But then with uneducated amateurs (like hipsters), they never knew any of the rules, so it's not liberating, but simply an excuse for bad photography. And because of expired film and cross processing, any amateur can show off their colorful pictures and people will worship him as an artist.
manusdextra 1 year ago
@manusdextra
I agree. So what? Just because hipster idiots miss the point while using something doesn't mean that thing is bad. The people who have a knee jerk reaction to hipsters, and reject the thing being misused solely because hipsters like it are just hipsters in reverse, and it's pretty pathetic.
Use the things you enjoy. Don't use the things you don't enjoy.
If you break either rule because someone does, or doesn't use something... you're a hipster.
hossrex 1 year ago
@hossrex You do have a point there. I can't stand hipsters one bit, yet I'm labelled a hipster more often than i'd like. Why must we all have the same identity crisis? :P
manusdextra 1 year ago
@manusdextra i think hating hipsters because they like the same things we do makes us the most supreme hipsters of all... that kinda bums me out. hah hah.
Sammy213 1 year ago
@hossrex Thank you for making my day with that comment!
iSpinify 1 year ago
@hossrex oh i love you comment! there's nothing sweeter than a Diana! We lomographers are going to rule the world with our catching-dreams-photos!
UnaaMunaa 1 year ago
@UnaaMunaa
:) Thank you for the nice comment. Just keep shooting, and let the haters wonder what photoshop filter you're using.
hossrex 1 year ago
@hossrex What Hate? I never knew someone who didn't like lomography cameras, that's interesting. xD
DixieSolo 11 months ago
You forgot the rule about paying waaaay too much for a cheaply made camera from lomography that should cost $50 max... oh and the rule about cross processing all film and telling people the strange colors are from the lomos lens.
aztr0zombie 2 years ago
@aztr0zombie 50 max is way to expensive, my holga was 30$ w/tax (that was without flash)
facefullofflowers 1 year ago
@facefullofflowers when I said "lomography" I meant actual lomography with a lomo lc-a, not the cheap china-made holga that should cost $2. I paid about $30 for my lc-a (including shipping) about 10 years ago. Its all good though, if people are out taking pictures I consider it a good thing. Take care.
aztr0zombie 1 year ago
@aztr0zombie lomography is a company. i'm sure the lc-a is a good camera. i have never used one, but have heard good things about it. however part of the cheapness of the holga, gives it unique qualities. im not saying encouraging people to use film, especially medium format, is a bad thing, but that the COMPANY lomograghy is charging much to much for the cameras.
...
wait, we;re on the same side.
*high five*
facefullofflowers 1 year ago
brilliant
jamescracksthesky 2 years ago
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fuck those emo kids and their lomos
konax666 2 years ago
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how emo of you...
tiffanygf88 2 years ago
sei un rottinculo pazzesco.
joaoselekta 2 years ago
i can't get over how cheap they are !! every1 in the world should own one
tomthegreat29 2 years ago 4
the faint :]]
vhjosh 2 years ago
final rule: forget about the rules
Herman618 2 years ago 6
this has just proved lomography has sold out...
FeedMoi 2 years ago
because there's a video on youtube about it?
cautioner 2 years ago 2
It was a mock advert made by a fan. And how can a photography firm sell out? If they get more custom then good for them, the prices are more than fair and the cameras are fun. I'd love for more people to find out about them.
And I loved the ad :)
snelsonismint 2 years ago
@snelsonismint lomographys prices are much less then fair. thei holga 120GN is 45$. I went to a store and picked one up for 27$+tax. A Holga CFN 120 is 70$ through them at the store i went to, it was 39$+tax, these weren't used cameras either
facefullofflowers 1 year ago
I like it!
Stas123 2 years ago
I am an Anthropology student and i decided to write a research paper on Lomography.
DieAlptraume 2 years ago
I think there is much more depth in this phenomena than it seems. I can imaging something really interesting coming out of it.
mmmrenkas 2 years ago
this makes me feel cool having a holga
alexinreallife 2 years ago 4
yeah, that's it ;)
going to get one in a few days :D
motionprogress 2 years ago
yeah that's true ;)
going to get one in a few days :D
motionprogress 2 years ago
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Graaaainy 2 years ago
I have one
Alex149 2 years ago
what kind of that?
stefizsolo 2 years ago
120
Alex149 2 years ago
Glass Danse. Great song.
ILikeMusic17 2 years ago
kinda interesting
deidei44 3 years ago
The 5 golden rules of lomography:
1) Dress in hip clothes
2) Dance down the street while listening to downtempo electronica on your ipod
3) Shoot hundreds of rolls of expired film and let them sit in the oven for a couple of days before developing
4) Post bad scans of your prints with ripped edges effects added all over flickr
5) Tell women you're an artist
The Do Nots:
1) Do not attempt to create any type of composition in your photos as this is looked down upon.
JesusFister 3 years ago 25
LOL!!!!!
TacticalToast619 3 years ago
ahahaha! thats funny.
xxgcgdmcrtuxx 3 years ago
@JesusFister
Dear Jesus,
Never thaught you would be such a HATER!
I don't own a lomography camera and i'm definitely not a hipster (thank god)
But this doesn't have anything to do with good compositions or perfectly lined up horizons. It's just good old fashioned FUN. I can't believe you don't get that :S
Must've got your pivate area stuck between the elevator doors...
motosuwaurbyz 1 year ago 2
@JesusFister You're a genius..do you want to marry me?
UnaaMunaa 1 year ago
@JesusFister for someone who calls himself jesus you are pretty judgmental.
PetiteFarfalla 1 year ago 4
@PetiteFarfalla was too bored to look for jesus' comment but LOL xD just had to laugh with your comment xD xD
hidoko12 9 months ago
@JesusFister 6) fuck off
migasaguiar 11 months ago
@JesusFister im actually about to start a video project using a holga as i wanna use some pics taken with analog, and i totally agree with you on that, there is absolutely no composition in the shit i see from all the douches who shop at urban outfitters lol
alistahr 9 months ago
@JesusFister Yup, sounds exactly like someone who doesn't get it or tried it and failed miserably because they don't get it.
brattette 9 months ago
this is a joke, yes? inspired.
ssenmail 3 years ago
was that the LC-A? if so... can it take normal 35 mm/400 film?
xXJaeFaceXx 3 years ago
Is there any chance I can find that music??
STELGR12 3 years ago
It's from The Faint
makemudpies 3 years ago
Yep. I found it, it is the "Glass Danse"
Thanks!
STELGR12 3 years ago
Just wondering.. is there special film I have to buy, or can I just use regular film for the Lomo?
crayonssssss 3 years ago
u can use regular films and especial one if u want "specials" effects :D
scofys 3 years ago
Thank you! :)
crayonssssss 3 years ago
expired film gives you even more vivid colours
xanderlicous 3 years ago 2
lol idiot expired film is washed out and bland. use some ''non expired'' velvia 50 slide film for ultimate color saturation
Mencalisssti 2 years ago
Ha Ha, expired film, true gives a closer to noir look. only ever use expired film in a holga cause my techinition gave we loads of roles for free. i prefer to use E6. dont get it cross processed. and just get the negative and scan in anygood images. but that was back in the day i coudl get a role process for a pound. but btw, Mencalisssti 'lol idiot' stop being such dick. okay?
xanderlicous 2 years ago
expired film gives more noise too.
lomo-style cameras usually use medium format film (more expensive than 35mm), don't ask me why as the extra detail that medium format can capture is not exactly required. But it's fairly easy to get from any decently stocked specialist, just ask for a roll of 120.
ssenmail 3 years ago
I have an Action Sampler. My sister has a Holga, and a SuperSampler, I think. Lomography is so beautiful. I don't think I'll ever go back to normal cameras.
DrMeatus 3 years ago
which lomo camera do u think is a good one? diana+ or a holga?
justinartcore 3 years ago
A Holga, i've got one and it's terrific ! U've got a SuperSampler too
mangeouillette 3 years ago
..hmm...ok....what does the holga do that the diana+ cant?...i need to exchange my diana+ for something else..i was thinking about getting a holga or a fisheye instead
justinartcore 3 years ago
im not a huge expert, but i wouldnt recommend just a fisheye camera.
i got the holga, because it has everything that the diana + has, and a release shutter..
but for the money, who cares, but all of em. they make really great birthday gifts.
deathcab7 3 years ago
Hmm. Personally, I prefer Lomo. In my opinion it brings the most emotion to the pictures, however- I'm not very superficial about the type of cameras, but the art itself. c:
DacheeKun 3 years ago
That's why you prefer a marketing scam and think it's cool...bleh. Abstract photography has been around since the beginning of photography. It didn't need commercials, or a brand of camera, or any Austrian marketers.
bluecow91 3 years ago 2
HOLGA, all the way man lolol
23snowy23 3 years ago
Can you tell me the song please????
giuliano85 3 years ago
awesome :D
scofys 3 years ago
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I can't stand this. The "lomography" movement is so SNOB! It doesn't represent a honest philosophy of the photography. It only makes people have bad quality photos, thoughtless and lack of knowledge. People really don't learn NOTHING about photography shooting from the hip.. And the pity is that most of them doesn't appreciate film and photography tradition. And I have to say I own a lomo lca and I use it with passion and brain. I don't shoot from the hip.
LadyDaySings 3 years ago
snob? who is saying shooting from the hip can replace accurate, thought-through photography anyway? No one is... people just like the look and style of these. If they want proper photos they'll go and do just that. its simple really, there's no pity or lack of passion and "philisophy". No need to take it seriously, they aren't exactly posing as pro photographers!
ofdarknessandlight 3 years ago 4
One huge point is - why not just use a normal camera? Why one that is plastered with this "lomography" brand?
jsynnott 3 years ago
precisely. i have to agree with you.
sazz21 3 years ago
these cameras are usually junky. thats the point of it though. you can only get photos with weird and pretty colors and funny looking spots on it that make it have a vintage or eerie look to it. you cannot get this with a normal camera.
Bbones18 3 years ago
Lomography isn't a brand. It's a style of photography achieved by the kind of camera one uses.
katbamkapow 3 years ago
Lomo is, in fact, the brand of the original 'lomo style' cameras. Just like a french press is a 'bodum' and a soda is a 'coke.' Not that it isn't widely accepted as the de facto term for this type of photography, just saying- it is a brand.
ImTheDarkcyde 3 years ago
Lomography isn't a style of photography achieved by the kind of camera one uses. It's a marketing ploy.
ohotis 3 years ago 3
I was just wondering why Lomo Compacts are so expensive. I got a fisheye and it was 40 quid. And then I saw the LC-A and its like 150-200.
46lar 3 years ago 2
find an old one one ebay
spaded 3 years ago
I just got my LC-A deluxe package. Can't wait to try out the Colorsplash :-)
WatermelonMachete 3 years ago
lomographic cameras are handy for alternative picture shots. Its good to get pictures with that crazy saturation where the colors really come out. I like using my digital camera, but every now an then, I'd like to actually develop my pictures in a lab and throw em' in an album. It takes away from getting into photoshop and working everything manually. It minimizes the qaulity of the picture.
EZA757 3 years ago
"Minimizes the qaulity (sic) of the picture"
Only in commenting on Youtube videos do human beings really think the least about what they've just said :P
TheRealSamDole 3 years ago
alright
EZA757 3 years ago 2
well, if you have a lc-a for that price, i'm glad to buy it haha. on ebay they are quite more expensive..
ramagarcia 3 years ago
let's see.. digital has became " the cheap option" right, while lomography is certainly not cheap (a lomo costs over 200 u$S), and revealing every film roll another 10.. so.. it depends on what you're looking to..
ramagarcia 3 years ago
You can get a cam for $38 if you wanted...Ones that cost $200 are special packs
uRwutUeat 3 years ago
nicely produced video. I'll be getting my lc-a in a couple of weeks! Can't wait.
bustak 3 years ago
phototrip 3 years ago
True true!!
dkgrkmd 3 years ago
hahahah extremly helpfull!
jftvrwk 3 years ago
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I think Lomography can survive if it moves to digital. (however the way) :D
plampitan 4 years ago
Nah, digital's too expensive actually and there's certain thing you can't really do with digital, such as double exposure.
edscoble 4 years ago
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If you're smart you can do a double exposure with ANY camera.
TheRealSamDole 3 years ago
if it's digital, it's not lomo. most of it involves alternative film processing.
johannaffendy 3 years ago
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TheRealSamDole 2 years ago
mmm, the sounds of the faint coupled with pretty pictures
c'arrrnn
melissapitch 4 years ago
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!Cool!!!!!
jeepeng 4 years ago
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Bah, hipster garbage.
TheRealSamDole 4 years ago
and it's better than rubbish camera phone?
edscoble 4 years ago
No, then again, I don't like camera phones either :P
TheRealSamDole 3 years ago
Lomography is cool, but man who made these rules? "shoot from the hip"? I thought photography is a means to an ends, looking at this video it seems whoever made it thinks its more like a fashion accessory.
DAVEtheMAGICIAN 4 years ago 7
I dont see this as a fashion advert at all. It's all about bringing photography onto the streets to be enjoyed by all. Not just bird watches or fashion photographers.
Its a shame film will eventually die out or become to expensive to use. I think people of any class or calibre can have fun with these cameras.
Lomography speaks a million languages.
RichmondPhotography 4 years ago 5
it won't die out as long as there are hobbyists.
many many people prefer film over digital and other modern film mediums.
wiltors 3 years ago
shooting at the hip is where you can get some great shots.
i dont know about fashion or whatever, but i usually get some great spontaneous shots like that.
Bbones18 3 years ago 4
shoot from the hip is the way!
Wasn't it originally said in the context of rangefinder cameras though?
Durkin 3 years ago