The Lomo LC-Wide, like nothing else.

Huss · Oct 31, 2022

Lots of us have multiple cameras. But what really makes sense is to not have multiple cameras, but cameras that actually bring something unique to the table that others that you may have do not.

Enter the Lomo LC-Wide. It is an AE 35mm camera with a 17mm lens. It can shoot FF or half frame! (thank you to the poster who informed me of this). Of course there are lots of cameras that can shoot FF - no biggie. And many that can shoot 1/2 frame. But what the Lomo allows you to do (I'm not sure if there are other cameras that can do this too) is to shoot a half frame shot on a full frame image, meaning you can deliberately overlap images to create intentionally disjointed panos or collages. It draws the viewer in to really examine the scene.
I find that very cool, and nothing else that I have can do that.

Lomo LC-Wide, Fuji C200

Huss · Oct 31, 2022

100% crop from first image.

ic-racer · Oct 31, 2022

Great stuff!

Huss · Oct 31, 2022

ic-racer said:
Great stuff!

Thanks!

Huss · Oct 31, 2022

You can make surreal scenes, like this one. Looking at the life guard station, I am looking inland. That channel is nowhere near the lifeguard station, and is headed out to the ocean.

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Sirius Glass · Dec 6, 2022

Huss said:

Why the vertical bars through the photographs?

Molli · Dec 6, 2022

Sirius Glass said:
Why the vertical bars through the photographs?

Huss has made use of the camera's ability to create panoramas by overlapping frames. The vertical bars are the areas of double exposure.

@Huss These are wonderful. You use this camera so effectively. I'd love to see these printed out across an entire wall!

Huss · Dec 6, 2022

Molli said:
Huss has made use of the camera's ability to create panoramas by overlapping frames. The vertical bars are the areas of double exposure.

@Huss These are wonderful. You use this camera so effectively. I'd love to see these printed out across an entire wall!

Thanks!
Exactly, the camera is not intended to be used like this, but this is exactly what I got it for. A constant stream of overlapping exposures on one piece of film.
It is remarkable how sharp this lens is, and does print huge very well! And that's the whole point - to make big disjointed panorama prints.

Huss · Dec 6, 2022

Sirius Glass · Dec 6, 2022

Molli said:
Huss has made use of the camera's ability to create panoramas by overlapping frames. The vertical bars are the areas of double exposure.

@Huss These are wonderful. You use this camera so effectively. I'd love to see these printed out across an entire wall!

Thank you. Mystery solved.

Arthurwg · Dec 6, 2022

Just because something can be done doesn't mean it should be.

xkaes · Dec 6, 2022

Just because something shouldn't be done doesn't mean it can't be.

Patrick Robert James · Dec 6, 2022

Just because something can be said doesn't mean it should be....

I like 'em. Not something I would do but looks cool. I assume you set the camera wind for half frame but the mask for full frame?

I didn't know there was another half frame out there. Hmmm.....

ic-racer · Dec 6, 2022

Huss said:

What a great image. Very impressive; not only using the camera to its maximum, but great image! I spend all my daylight hours working my day job...I need to get out more or retire.

armadsen · Dec 6, 2022

Arthurwg said:
Just because something can be done doesn't mean it should be.

Just because an opinion can be shared doesn't mean it should be.

I love these. Makes me want to get a Lomo LC Wide just to try this kind of photo (I had no idea it could do this).

Huss · Dec 6, 2022

Thanks! The Lomo LC Wide is a remarkable camera, for all the grief that people like to lay on Lomo.

Huss · Dec 6, 2022

Patrick Robert James said:
I assume you set the camera wind for half frame but the mask for full frame?

Correct.

xkaes · Dec 6, 2022

armadsen said:
I love these. Makes me want to get a Lomo LC Wide just to try this kind of photo (I had no idea it could do this).

Keep in mind that there are other half-frame and full-frame/half-frame cameras that might be able to do this as well -- perhaps needing some modification. And some of these might be smaller or larger formats than 35mm -- like 120 which has a lot of half-frame cameras, ex. 645

Richard Man · Dec 6, 2022

Gees, Just because you don't like it, doesn't means others don't.

Anyway, regardless whether I like it or not (and I do), great that someone is experimenting and actually taking and sharing photos

brbo · Dec 7, 2022

I like 'em. Fckit, I love them!

Went to have a look on Lomography site and it seemed too expensive for me since I already have a number of half-frame cameras (but not with overlapping frames, of course). But then I noticed that it can also shoot squares! I always wanted to have a 35mm camera that would shoot squares, but was never brave enough to pull the trigger on Zeiss Tenax II and a couple of Minolta Rapid 24 that I got both had problems...

Funny thing is, I haven't found a single square shot from Lomo LC-Wide on the internets?! So, does Lomo actually bundle the square frame for the film gate with this camera? I guess any square framelines in the viewfinder would also be too much to ask?

Molli · Dec 7, 2022

This can be done with a Holga 120. I'm unsure if it can be done as well as Huss has done it. I did it by accident with three frames - just don't wind it on to the full extent necessary to separate the frames.

I've also done it accidentally with a 6x9 folder. Same deal. That one was only two frames and wasn't as horrible a waste of film as my Holga mistake was because I was documenting a house build and got the entire front of the building across two conjoined frames.

If memory serves, Lomo's Diana F+ gives specific instructions on doing this.

Again, though, you need Huss' artistry to get the results seen here!

The Lomo LC-Wide, like nothing else.

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