LCA120 Fun
A few shots with the LCA120 Lomography camera. The little (well…..not little) SWC wanna-be, overpriced point-and-shoot 120 ultra-wide camera.
Lomo LCA-120
6×6 with the LC-A 120
Had the lightweight, plastic-fantastic Lomo LC-A 120 out in Boston a few weeks ago and this is rapidly becoming a favorite camera of mine. Yes, I would love a Hasselblad SWC, but I don’t have $2,000+ burning a hole in my pocket. The LCA120 (Yes, I know that not the exact name, but I like it) is one of those cameras you need to understand. It’s got ASA from 100-1600, IIRR and no intermediate speeds. No SS or Aperture control. 4-zone focus. The exposure is a fixed program which seems to prioritize wider apertures as the light fails. So as
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Square – LCA-120, Rolleiflex, and the SWC
I’ve enjoyed the Lomo LC A-120, but I have now discovered something that is an outgrowth of the camera’s design. It’s program seems to prioritize aperture when the light gets low. SO that means that the f/4.5 lens has its most pronounced vignetting and softness as the light falls. As a shooter, if you want sharper photos, you need to use faster film or shoot in lower light. If you shoot with slower film or in lower light, you have to expect that you will get those more dreamy and “flawed” photos. You can see this in the first picture.
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Sprockets in Atlanta
Sprocket photos from Atlanta. This is 35mm, Double XX film in my Lomo LC-A 120. I did make the mistake of not setting the focus before the shot, which I find is the most irritating aspect of this camera. Because it’s so much of a Point-and-Shoot camera……and it’s viewfinder camera, i.e. no rangefinder, it’s very easy to forget to focus. What I need to do is develop a better routine when shooting these sorts of cameras, i.e. those with no focusing aid. With a rangefinder patch or an SLR’s focusing screen, it’s super-intuitive to remember to focus, or something is
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Winter Canoes in X-Ray
More fun with the Lomo L-A 120. This time with FPP X-Ray film, an orthochromatic, medical X-Ray film cut down to 120 size and format. I exposed it at ISO 100 and developed it in HC110-Dilution B at the recommended 6 min. The negatives were nice, but boy were they dense. So next time I’ll cut the ISO to 200 (1 stop less) and cut the development by 1 minute. The canoes are dark green, while the wood planks are teak-colored brown, even they show almost the same tonality. I not only love the patterns, but the delicate tonality of
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LCA-120 and 35mm Film
Got a Lomo LCA-120 camera a couple of months ago and have been really having a fun time with it. In case someone doesn’t know, it’s a point-and-shoot 120 camera with an autoexposure aperture and shutter speed, 4-position scale focus, and an ultra wide angle 38mm lens (equal to a 21mm on 35mm film). Not super sharp on the edges, but a lot better than a Holga. Super-expensive for what it is at around $400, but the only alternatives are a Hasselblad SWC at $3k or a 3D-printed camera, and the closest you can get is probably a 47mm Angulon.
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More LCA-120 Urban
Back in Westfield, NJ, Walking around behind the businesses. The sterile store fronts in this “bubble town” are lovely with their windows and bucolic shoppers (I do live here), but the backs of the stores are where the interesting stuff is. This all with the 120 film LCA-120 ultra wide angle P&S.
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