11 Zone-focus
The Lomo LC-A and friends
Kevin Meredith
The Idea
Get to grips with low-tech, zone-focus cameras. A Lomo LC-A is a chunky-looking piece of 1980s Soviet design which takes such magical pictures it sometimes defies belief. After a rough history, including a brief break in production in 2004, it is still being manufactured, though the country of manufacture today is China, where one factory is churning them out for the Lomo-loving masses to enjoy. I could write loads about all the things that make this camera great, but, as with most cameras, what makes the picture is the lens.
Cross Walk
Zone-focus cameras are great little cameras that you can whip out of your pocket to take a quick snap without having to worry about start-up times ...
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