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LomographyCinemaAle and His Lomo MC-A Journey A few heartbeats ago, we received Ale's email about his story with a Lomo MC-A. He chronicled his journey from receiving the camera, to travelling with it, and eventually losing it.

LomographyCinemaA Sonic Snapshot by Euan Fryer from Athens of the North with the Lomo MC-A Edinburgh-based record label Athens of The North is run by Euan Fryer (a.k.a. DJ Fryer), who documented a typical week using the Lomo MC-A.

LomographyCinemaFirst Roll Favorites with the Lomo MC-A by @chrismetz, @badmotion, and @jsphaz The series moves forward with Community members’ @chrismetz, @badmotion, and @jsphaz sharing their first roll stories with the Lomo MC-A, and some insights on their winning entries during the…

LomographyCinemaLomo MC-A Guide: Settings and Tips for Creative Film Photography Join us as we celebrate one year of the Lomo MC-A with a look back at its creative features and the many ways our Community members have made the most of it.

LomographyCinemaStaying Grounded in a Digital World: Marlene Mahn's Analogue Street Photography with the Lomo MC-A Based in the Netherlands, Marlene Mahn is an up-and-coming talent in analogue street photography. She recently took the Lomo MC-A for a spin, putting its versatility to the test on a summer day in…

LomographyCinemaLomo MC-A Turns One: Your Favorite Moments and What’s Next In celebration of the Lomo MC-A’s 1st anniversary, we turn towards the creative Community that made it all possible through keeping with the spirit of analogue and look back at a year’s worth of…

LomographyCinemaRecap: Lomomatic 110 LomoWalk with Share Your Story We teamed up with Manchester-based retail store and creative hub Share Your Story for a special Lomomatic 110 Lomowalk using the LomoChrome '92 Sunkissed ISO 400 110 film.

LomographyCinemaPainting Frames by Hand: The Magic of Coloring Black and White Photographs with @luanacolosio Explore the works of writer and photographer Luana Colosio (@luanacolosio) in this interview as she details her journey with writing, photography, and painting her black and white prints by hand.

LomographyCinemaA Story from the Passenger Seat with Hunter Mathews and the Lomomatic 110 Hunter Mathews hits the road with the Lomomatic 110, capturing friendship, spontaneous detours, and the little moments that make a trip worth remembering.

LomographyCinemaTime Capsule from the 1980s: Developing a Film Fascination with Florian Schulz Head back to the 80s with Florian's Time Capsule, and rediscover the joys of DIY darkroom developing and keeping the spark for film alive across the decades.

LomographyCinemaNow & Then in Colombo: A Breath of Color Admist the Black and White For the next stop on our Now & Then tour, we see the city of Colombo through the lens of photographer Melissa Peritore and the Lomo MC-A.

LomographyCinemaAround the World in Analogue: A Trek Through British Columbia with Jojo Ng In this edition of Around the World in Analogue, Jojo Ng (@iojo.ng) takes us on a journey through the wild wonderland of British Columbia, located in the Pacific Northwest.

LomographyCinemaMore Than an Accessory: A Tiny History of 110 Film Photography’s Huge Impact Size doesn't matter with the miniature 110 film format! These little cameras and film cartridges have been packing a punch since the 1970s, and experienced an analogue revival with Lomography's 2010…

LomographyCinemaGood Waves Only: Polish Surfing Champion Karolina Marczak with the Simple Use Reloadable Film Camera Polish National Surfing Team member Karolina Marczak invites us to a day by the sea, full of adrenaline, joy, and the satisfaction that surfing brings, all captured in daring analogue shots.

LomographyCinemaShooting LomoChrome Classicolor 120 with Alex Farmer Photographer Alex Farmer tests the LomoChrome Classicolor 120 ISO 200, exploring its bold colors, warm tones, and versatility in everyday photography.

LomographyCinemaMarc Haeffner Shoots a Fashion Editorial with the Lomomatic 110 After capturing Barcelona's sunlit beaches, photographer Marc Haeffner tests the Lomomatic 110 camera in a high-fashion editorial shoot. Read on as he gives his honest review.

LomographyCinemaA Nostalgic Stroll Through Warsaw with Adrian Norbert Cuper (@tall_bastard) & Lomo MC-A Some cameras stand out for their timeless feel, turning everyday moments into lasting memories. Polish photographer Adrian Norbert Cuper put the Lomo MC-A and Lomography film through a field test to…

LomographyCinemaPetzval Artist of the Year Diane Plas on Transforming Backstage Scenery with Petzval Lenses French cinematographer Diane Plas, one of the winners of Lomography x Lens Addiction - Petzval Artist of the Year Competition, dives into the creation process behind a short film exploring the…

LomographyCinemaThe Art of Lomography Lens Aesthetics: A Side-by-side Comparison of Classics and Newcomers With the arrival of our Joseph Petzval Métamorphose Focus-coupled Bokeh Control Art Lens, we're reflecting on the Lomography Art Lens aesthetic over the years in a side-by-side visual comparison of…

LomographyCinemaCall For Submissions: Share Your Analogue Story This holiday season, we want to hear how analogue photography brought you closer to a friend, lover, or family member. Share your stories and get featured on the Magazine!

LomographyCinemaVisual Archives of Aitutaki: Coral Kids Photography Workshops A group of children from Aitutaki in the Cook Islands recently had a chance to get their hands on Lomography cameras and film, and documented their lives and environmental work on the island as part…

LomographyCinemaValentin Ahles Explores the Lomo MC-A as a Little Documentary Camera Valentin Ahles is a freelance photographer and YouTuber from Berlin. In this interview, he shares his experience with the Lomo MC-A and showcases his own shots as well as photos taken by his friend…

LomographyCinemaFirst Impressions of the LomoChrome Classicolor 120 ISO 200 Film by Eulana Alicia George UK-based photographer Eulana Alicia George threw out some heavy summer vibes with the new LomoChrome Classicolor 120 ISO 200 film.

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The small bracket on top of every camera, from a phone rig to an ARRI.

The hot shoe is where the flash goes, and the microphone, and the monitor, and whatever the next decade bolts on. Every camera has one and nobody photographs it. This magazine is named after it because that is where the whole business meets: the body, the glass, the light, the sound, and the person holding it.

I shot news in Gothenburg for nine years and documentary for hire after that, then stopped taking assignments to write about the tools. Since 2021 I live in Tokyo, ten minutes from the used-camera shops of Shinjuku, which is not an accident: Canon, Nikon, Sony, Fujifilm, Panasonic, Ricoh and Sigma make almost everything worth pointing at a subject, and their own press writes about it first, in Japanese. So this magazine reads it there, and in German, French, Italian and Spanish, and in English from the reviewers who actually put a card in the slot — around eighty sources and thirty channels, counted and plotted so you can see what is moving.

Bodies and lenses, cinema cameras and drones, film and the darkroom, firmware and the software that finishes the picture, the rumours before the launch and the reviews after it, and the photographers and shows the rest of it is for. I test what I write about on a job before a word goes down. I shoot film on Sundays and do not think that makes me interesting.

A story here is a headline, a short excerpt, one picture and the link to whoever reported it. We never reprint the article, and the picture belongs to the photographer or the maker. A story written in Japanese appears in Japanese, as its author set it down; the link goes to the original.

— Mara Lindqvist, Tokyo