Huss
Veteran
I mentioned this before, but the first LC-A 120 I was loaned on this site was garbage. Focus was off, body covering was peeling, it made a weird electrical buzzing sound, exposure did not seem good. It must have been a very early production model, before they got the kinks worked out.
Slow forward a few years... I found a great deal on a like new one on ebay and figured if I didn't like it, I could flip it w/o any loss. This camera rocks. There is nothing else in the film or digital world like it. Super easy and fun to use, with a very good and wide lens, and also a sharp lens. Really.
There is also something crazy to the coating they use on this lens. It saturates colours like I've never seen. It really pounds on blue and cyans, and deepens reds. I did not alter my pics, this is how they look after they are converted using negativelabpro.com.
Film was expired Fuji NPS 160. I get about 11 3/4 to 12 shots per roll. Depending in variations in loading, and I could never quite figure out what it is I do to get 12. I think load it slightly before the start arrow.
There really is nothing else like this camera made. I have Rolleiflexes and Hasseblads and those give perfect images. Natural tones. Evenly lit. But their lenses are not as wide. They are much slower to use. They are much bigger. And the images do not have a bite that just smacks you upside your head. So what if I can get a Yashicamat 124 for $200. It's a great camera but it is more of the same.
Want something different that gives killer colour and intense vignettes? Lomo LC-A 120. Peace out.
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Slow forward a few years... I found a great deal on a like new one on ebay and figured if I didn't like it, I could flip it w/o any loss. This camera rocks. There is nothing else in the film or digital world like it. Super easy and fun to use, with a very good and wide lens, and also a sharp lens. Really.
There is also something crazy to the coating they use on this lens. It saturates colours like I've never seen. It really pounds on blue and cyans, and deepens reds. I did not alter my pics, this is how they look after they are converted using negativelabpro.com.
Film was expired Fuji NPS 160. I get about 11 3/4 to 12 shots per roll. Depending in variations in loading, and I could never quite figure out what it is I do to get 12. I think load it slightly before the start arrow.
There really is nothing else like this camera made. I have Rolleiflexes and Hasseblads and those give perfect images. Natural tones. Evenly lit. But their lenses are not as wide. They are much slower to use. They are much bigger. And the images do not have a bite that just smacks you upside your head. So what if I can get a Yashicamat 124 for $200. It's a great camera but it is more of the same.
Want something different that gives killer colour and intense vignettes? Lomo LC-A 120. Peace out.
