Lomo stands for leningradskoye
optiko mechanichesckoye obyedinenie, a company that
have been around since 1914. situated in the city of
St. Petersburg they make: cameras,
camera lenses, flashes, flash, SLR's, filters, medium
format cameras, brightfield microscopes, polarizing
microscopes, automated spectrophotometer with registration
system on multi-element photo adapters, polarized light
microscopes, phase contrast microscopes, the world's
largest telescope, night vision, aerospace and military
equipment, laser automatic interferometers,
stereo microscopes, quality control microscopes, consumer
day/night vision scopes, inspection microscopes, digital photomicrography, micro hardness testers,
micro interferometers, analytical instruments, scientific
instruments, veterinary equipment and supplies,
zoo equipment and supplies, doctor office equipment
and supplies, physician office equipment and supplies,
laboratory equipment and supplies,
industrial microscopes, monocular microscopes, metallurgical
equipment and supplies, also the major contributor to
the Soviet defense and aerospace research programs,
from Sputnik to Mir Space Station.
but most importantly in 1983 they made a small unreliable
camera called the LOMO-compact or LCA. the LCA has been
around for years and production was almost stopped completely,
fortunately a few young european men, they were german
or something, realised the potential of the camera and
set about securing its future, a task that took them
around russia including a meeting with former KGB spy
Vladimir Putin whom in August 1999 was named Russian
prime minister. cool. anyway so lomo said
we can't shift enough of them, and these guys said easy
we'll just make it cool and kitsh, the japanese will
love it and before long you can sell millions of your
over priced unreliable russian tins over the entire
planet. the idea was so good there are now lomo
embassy and galleries just about every where.
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In
Short:
I love the lomo despite it's design faults and questionable
cult marketing. I love it because it takes better pictures
than any of the other 7 cameras i own. The pictures
always come out colourful, lot's of contrast, it takes
pictures in the dark, and it's easy to use when drunk,
fucking ace. i even got my name on the V&A website
choose lomo page || about lomo || film one 2001 | london | good
i reckon | cornwall 2001 | 23rd
| amsterdam | new year 2002 | andorra
| naked girl | vodka | suncoilsect
| valencia | madrid | new
year 2003 | undercliff | kapor
| drunk | cornwall
2003 beach | cornwall
2003 food & drink | cornwall
2003 vuggar cove | cornwall 2003 random
| london wedding | australia | puerto rico
| new york 2005 || home
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