Lomography Lomo'Instant
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| LOMO'Instant Kickstarter image by Ben Chen (Image rights) |
The LOMO'Instant is a instant camera produced by Lomography. It uses Instax mini film.
The camera was funded via a Kickstarter project. The project was launched in May 27, 2014. Funding was met after only a few hours. At the end of the funding period $1,118,333 was raised surpassing the original goal of $100,000. The first cameras shipped out in October 2014.
It uses a 27mm equivalent lens with the closest focusing distance at 0.4m. There are other lens attachments available including a fisheye which provides a 170 degree view, a portrait lens with a 35mm equivalent and close up lens which provides a 10-15cm focusing distance. The aperture can be set to f/8, f/11 , f/16, f/22 and f/32. The shutter has a N normal mode which can shoot at up to 1/125 of a sec. There is also a B bulb mode. There is small mirror in front left of the lens useful for selfies. There is a electronic flash with a slot for gel filters. Blue, red, yellow and purple filters are included. There are three modes to the flash, Automatic flash on, Manual flash with N or B mode and a flash off mode. On initial film loading, it requires tripping the shutter to eject the blank cover. It takes four AAA batteries.
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| LOMO'Instant Black image by Phillip Pessar (Image rights) |
