LOMOKINO, anyone using one ?

removed account4 · Jan 28, 2020

for years i have thought about getting a lomo kino and have almost bought one ... but i have a few questions
for people who might be using or have used one. all the films i have seen made with one are all jumpy, even ones shot on a tripod. does anyone have experience using one and advice on not getting jumpy frames ? the good folks at the film photography podcast suggest it depens on the camera, some are more jumpy than others, doesn't really make sense but what do i know

what's your experience ?
john

Kino · Jan 28, 2020

I have one, haven't used it, but can guarantee all footage shot with these cameras will be jumpy as they have no means of registration.

However... you can easily stabilize this footage using After Effects or the Free Version of DaVinci Resolve.

What's your application?

Lee Rust · Jan 28, 2020

I also have one and it too is still in the box. The hip packaging and artful instructional booklets seem to be at least as important as the camera itself. Considering the built-in limitations of the concept, the construction and design are pretty well done. I gave one to my cinematographer son-in-law for a Christmas present a couple of years back but still haven't heard any reports from him.

The LomoKino seems to be best suited to a hyperlapse kind of approach, where the lack of registration wouldn't be much of a problem because those sequences tend to jump around anyway. Aside from the special viewer that Lomo sells, there's no easy way to view the finished film in any kind of projector, so each frame must be scanned separately and assembled into a digital movie. Lomo does offer this service if you don't want to do it yourself. The finished product is the same aspect ratio as two-perf Techniscope. Wide screen!

Lomo has a webpage sampler of short films made with the LomoKino, some of which are very well done... https://microsites.lomography.com/lomokino/screening_room/

macfred · Jan 28, 2020

I really love this one :

Lee Rust · Jan 28, 2020

macfred said:
I really love this one :

That's a great example! A 36 exposure roll of film can record about 144 of those Lomo Moments. Why use them all up in 30 seconds when you can effectively cover several hours?

Kino · Jan 28, 2020

I think the example Macfred posted is pretty much the role the camera has settled into and for which it is best suited.

Trying to make a rock solid 2 perf Techniscope-type motion picture with an all plastic, Maltese cross movement, injection molded camera is asking a bit much!

macfred · Jan 28, 2020

Kino said:
I think the example Macfred posted is pretty much the role the camera has settled into and for which it is best suited ...

Exactly what I thought.

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For those who like it more fast ...

removed account4 · Jan 28, 2020

thanks for the suggestions and links !
i've never heard of "After Effects or the Free Version of DaVinci Resolve" so i guess i have homework to do
i have been working on a project on what used to be a little island near my house. the past year ( actually i have been
photograping there off and on since about 1989? ) i want to shoot small couple of rolls of 35mm vignettes of specific scenes
and then grab a frame out of the stream to make my images. and to present it maybe have a series of those funky lomoscopes or something
similar, and have the final image be one of the kind of long processed contortions i have been making. i like the jumpy thing going on
but it is sometimes a distraction so i wanted to see if i could do it without the jumpiness .. if that makes sense... the lightening fast thing with the
powerdrill is less jumpy that is for sure !
i'm getting closer to that KINORA, kino
john

Kino · Jan 29, 2020

jnantz said:
i'm getting closer to that KINORA, kino
john

I'm rooting for you!

r u t h · Mar 14, 2020

did anyone ever make still prints from the lomokino? i am playing with the motif of repeated images in my work now and thought it might be a fun toy toward that end

removed account4 · Mar 14, 2020

r u t h said:
did anyone ever make still prints from the lomokino? i am playing with the motif of repeated images in my work now and thought it might be a fun toy toward that end

hi r u t h
not sure but its a great idea !
I used a BOLEX 8mm years ago for something similar but a LK sounds easier
seeing you don't need to send your b/w to Switzerland to be developed !
I still haven't bought the camera .. the fence is comfortable at the moment !
John

scheimfluger_77 · Mar 15, 2020

macfred said:
Exactly what I thought.

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For those who like it more fast ...

How awesome is this!!!!

I have a DeWalt gyro screwdriver that varies speed just by rotating the unit, forward and backward. It’s small and would fit into a pocket.

LOMOKINO, anyone using one ?

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