The language used on Lomography.com is classic Euro-perceived American slang, with sometimes cocained enthusiasm and lots of little elbow nudges and asides. It's as if you've stumbled across the website of an Austrian vintage camera-obsessed geek that has just returned from a three day vacation somewhere touristy in America and has picked up some Midwestern, antiquated catch phrases to use on his photoblog, where he personifies his collection of cameras. "I introduce to you Zork, he's an awesome guy!" and "The Diana is mad hip, and she likes zany fun!" is just a little taste...
But you can actually buy these cameras. And this is the official website of the Lomographishe company, yes of Austria, and their line of vintage camera reproductions. The site also sells weird, old, expired and rare "quirky cool color!" packs of film from around the world. They also run a photo upload album for all the lomohraphers out there who want to share their zany photos with the world.
Forget Photoshop. Go manual. It's fairly inexpensive. The Diana+ is fifty bucks, and comes with a complete package of instruction, tripod, a "storybook" (?) and other neato add-ons. If you're traveling, why wait till you get home to desaturate, add film grain, antique or overexpose? These cameras will do it for you randomly, every shot you take. Just pick up some old slide film for your Zork and shoot away on a sunny day, crazy cool American friends!
This kind of novelty photography and camera-shop scavanging community is serious about their collecting and vintage camera photo taking. It's pretty intense. Check it out. I've got my eye on the Diana+...
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dude. i got two lomocams for Christmas. the fisheye and the color flash. i was hoping we'd get another chance to hang out and take some together.
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