A year or so ago I heard about some weird Japanese digital camera called a Harinezumi, by the unlikely named Superheadz company. It seemed to be some kind of digital Lomo type thing, by a company trying to replicate what Lomography had done in Europe with marketing quirky, designer cameras. It looked interesting, sort of expensive, and it passed me by. Then a couple of months ago I happened to be at the Lomo reseller shop in Brighton, and was offered a Harinezumi at a knock-down price, with batteries and tiny SD card thrown in. I'm a sucker for unusual cameras, and well... it just seemed too good an opportunity to pass by this time.
Learn MoreWell, in fact not from the Volga. In fact not even from Russia or East Germany or any other eastern European country, current or past. Despite the name, the Holga is a cheap, plastic (some would say “toy”) Chinese camera, originally designed in the early 80s, and now a mainstay of the Lomographic movement. It’s famous for its generally poor...
Learn MoreThe FED-2 is a solid Soviet rangefinder camera built during the 50s and 60s. In an age of tiny digital cameras which employ magic to allow you to take thousands of perfectly exposed photos of your cat, there’s something reassuring about occasionally dipping into a past where cameras were real, mechanical objects that mere mortals could just about understand. Taking...
Learn MoreI’ll admit it: I fall for every single Apple and Lomography marketing trick. They never fail to reel me in with their cunning promises of life-changingly cool gadgets at exorbitant prices. Somehow the price-tag always seems worth it though. You’re buying something more than the physical thing. You’re buying the design, the packaging, the overall brand,...
Learn MoreWell, not forgotten. But let’s face it, the marketing geniuses at Lomography haven’t exactly promoted the Lomo Smena Symbol. Its price on ebay reflects this. A brand new Lomo LC-A+ from lomography.com can set you back almost £300. Ouch. But you’re really buying a brand. You’re buying a brilliant piece of marketing. The Smena Symbol (and...
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