Lomo Fisheye

Perhaps just over a month ago I purchased this little bambino. More recently I got my first film developed and these are a few of my photos. I thought I would share my first impressions of this, no matter what else, piece of art.

- If nothing else this camera like all lomography products is the utmost of cute and looks a hell of a lot nicer than modern digital cameras in my opinion.

- One of the main things that drew me to this fisheye and camera in general (because they have many) was the inbuilt flash. A lot of the lomo camera's do not come with a flash and you have to buy it separately or in a pack with the camera but it ends up slapping a great big extra charge on your camera, sometimes almost doubling the price. This is not my first lomo camera, I already had the octomatt, which unfortunately does not come with a flash. I found that without a flash previously pictures ere impossible expect at the brightest time of day. Taking pictures indoors too quite often turned out a nightmare unless they were particularly well lit. So all in all I was wooed by this baby with it's flash for nothing extra that seriously increased the opportunity to actually use the camera.

- Tips on lighting however. As you can see from above even with the flash pictures taken at night or in the dark are not going to turn out as well as those you take outside in the middle of the day, so let that be noted. You will probably still end up with a few blank spaces when you get your film developed if you take a lot of photos in these circumstances. I think in general lomo are ideally daytime cameras.

- This camera is pretty good value for money compared to some and thankfully it takes 35mm film which is the easiest and cheapest to get your hands on :). You can buy it almost anywhere, I got some the other day in the pound shop so you see what I mean. Although it does mean you will have to splash out a few pounds on development every time you want to see your pictures.

- If you do get good lighting and a decent composition you will end up with some very nice pictures. The fisheye lense does not distort your subject like you might expect instead it really hones in on them and frames them nicely.

- Lomography definitely takes a bit of work and getting used to. I still have some way to go but if your up for it it can be a lot of fun.