Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim, Did you make it to the LOMO room at Photokina? It was the wierdest site there was, strange modern lounge music, psychadelic video displays and sofas for relaxing, stranger still it was down a corridor, quite dark with tens of thousands of their 'sampler' photos decorating massive wall panels some 10'x15' in size. If the mood takes you, I'm only a few miles from Altrincham, send me your orders if you wish! I still have a postcard which I kept from their stand which showed 2 skeletons, one was ape like and described as a 'photographer', the other was homo-erectus and described as a 'lomographer'! Jem =============== Jim Brick wrote: > Low cost 'art' camera hits headlines > > A novel little camera has come to the attention of BJP that is causing > quite a stir with creatives around the world. Available by mail order from > Altrincham-based Incognito, the Russian Lomo Action Sampler is a cheap > plastic camera with four lenses that shoots four separate images onto one > 35mm frame at quarter of a second intervals. The film is then processed at > a standard photofinisher. > > The original Lomo Kompakt Automat spawned a cult following and the birth of > the Lomographic Society in Vienna. Fans include Fidel Castro, Yasser > Arafat, Brian Eno and Jarvis Cocker. The Lomo Action Sampler model sells at > 19 pounds in the UK and comes with an instruction guide. > http://www.lomo.com > > Jim