Nomad Z
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Perception is everything. When I was a kid, I had a thing called an 'adventure kit', which was basically a pouch with various things like a torch, a compass, and a camera. The camera worked, but was a plastic toy. Later (late 70s), a friend and I were both into photography. One day, he turned up with a Lubitel and a Cosmic Symbol (Smena?). They both felt like plastic toys, and neither of us took them seriously. I was using an Exa 1A at the time, and he also had a Zenit (and picked up a Zorki 4 or 4K a little later).
And 'Lomography' is what it has largely become. I don't deny that there may be serious users of such equipment, but my concern is that allowing the Lomo type cameras entails a risk of this turning into a 'Lomography' contest. I think the equipment eligibility is already quite wide (possibly wider than it has been in any previous FSU contest), but a line has to be drawn somewhere. There is nothing to stop someone from running a separate contest dedicated to such equipment.
And 'Lomography' is what it has largely become. I don't deny that there may be serious users of such equipment, but my concern is that allowing the Lomo type cameras entails a risk of this turning into a 'Lomography' contest. I think the equipment eligibility is already quite wide (possibly wider than it has been in any previous FSU contest), but a line has to be drawn somewhere. There is nothing to stop someone from running a separate contest dedicated to such equipment.
