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What a wonderful sentiment! Thanks for stopping by 😁

My favorite camera, even if it breaks, I will fix it to the last :) The most beautiful, light and intuitive, I love to make creativity on it, the photos are made with soul, atmospheric, so I sincerely advise you to try it at least once in my life! 😌🖤

Perhaps!

Lomo films are a little harder to come by here, but that would be my best guess, also.

Although last time I compared all the ISO 800 colour films, I found that there are two non-portra versions (both of which must have been made by Kodak), and the Lomo version was a little different than the rest.

I’m planning another comparison soon, but it’ll involve the new Lucky film ;)

Thanks for the comparison! At first I was sure that Kodacolor would render more saturated colors! I observed that Pro Image in my case gives a bit desaturated, pastel colors in general even when exposing at box speed.

I read online that Kodacolor 100 may be the same as Lomo 100. Maybe it would be worth comparing those as well?

Thanks for the clarification. It probably uses steps in some way. But hopefully a lot more than those user selectable steps. Anything closer than 1m is going to need more precision, even with a wide angle lens.

Hi Robert and Mats, there is indeed no confirmation that the camera uses step autofocus.

I’ve looked over the docs they sent me, and it does not say that anywhere. So I could be wrong. I’ve changed my description to reflect that.

Figuring out something like this would take some tinkering with the actual camera and may not actually be easy to tell from the photos. A 32mm lens may be wide enough to hide the fact very well, but I have noticed that for a camera that can take a photo this close (0.4m), there are very few images showing its bokeh capabilities… Still, I wouldn’t take that as proof of anything.

Sorry if this misled you in any way!

Same. I haven’t seen it mentioned that the AF only uses those few steps anywhere else. This would be a big oversight on Lomos part. Practically rendering it useless for close focus and portraits (unless you like oof shots).

Hi! I can’t find confirmation for step autofocus anywhere. Could you link to the source?

Another great and very cheap option for mercury battery replacement is the 675 hearing aid battery. These are virtually the same as Wein Cell rated at around 1.35-1.4V but cost only a fraction of the price — here in Poland 40-50x cheaper, since Wein Cell costs around 50 PLN, and you can get 6 pack of 675 for like 6-8 PLN.

You can put them (like any other LR/SR44) into a cheap adapter without a resistor or use a rubber oring if your battery compartment is shaped to fit an old PX battery. I use 675 with Canonet, Pen FT and OM-1 and work great, giving me very accurate readings.

I took some liberties with this Lomo MC-A sample, photographed by Anil Mistry. This was a detailed scan, so I enlarged a small portion to give you a better idea of how sharp the camera’s lens is.

Edit: This post previously supposed that the camera uses step autofocus, similar to Konica Recorder (analog.cafe/r/konica-recor…). However, after double-checking the specs, that’s probably not the case.

Lomo MC-A double-exposure example. Taken by Antonio Sotelo.

One more sample from Lomo MC-A, taken by Edwin.

A sample photo from Lomo MC-A with a bit of background separation/bokeh.

At the bottom, you’ll see a tripod hold and a film rewind crank.

The camera has an LCD to help with settings and other information. Not sure if it’s backlit and what exactly gets displayed there.

Silver vesion of Lomo MC-A. Here you can see the film advance winder.

This is the black version of Lomo MC-A.