Lomo Fisheye 2 35mm Compact Camera Starter Kit
Posted by Notcot on May 16, 2010 in Photography |
Product Description
Lomo Fisheye 2 35mm Compact Camera Starter Kit
The world’s greatest compact Fisheye camera is now more amazing than you ever thought possible! Not only does it have the same 180-degree wide-angle view and stunning fisheye barrel distortion, but the Fisheye 2 adds a bulb setting for long exposures, a switch for multiple exposures on the same frame, the ability to fire both a hotshoe flash and the built-in-flash, a true fisheye viewfinder, and a full metal jacket body treatment. With this new arsenal, the possibilities for your Fisheye Lomography are endless! Uses normal 35mm film that can be delveloped anywhere.
I bought the Fish Eye 2 in preparation for a holiday in Paris, and it was definitely worth it. The pictures are brilliant and with the ability for long and multiple exposures almost anything is possible. The Fish Eye view finder is good for those planned photo’s where you want to see what you’re capturing but it’s much more fun to just shoot everything and see what comes out. And the fact that it uses normal 35mm film is also good as it means you can treat it just like a normal film camera, which I personally think should be used more rather than digital cameras. The only downside I have is the position of the flash, this means that for close pictures of people etc there is a shadow on the right of the picture where the lens blocks the flash, most of the time this is not a problem but sometimes you just wish you could see everything. This can be overcome with a hot shoe flash but unless you’re a serious photographer I’d say it’s just not worth it and you can have equal fun with the original flash. Overall it is an excellent camera that can bring lots of fun to any occasion.
Rating: 5 / 5
With the advent of digital photography, and flickr, “analogue” photography has taken a bit of a backseat. Have been somewhat obsessed with it for a few years: Polaroid Instants led to fisheye photography, so I finally took the plunge and bought a Fisheye 2. I own a Polaroid, also but, as with so many of us, my day to day camera is digital, so I’ve actually never had to put film in a camera or flick switches to allow for more light. If you’re a little lost as to all of that, too, hopefully this will be helpful in deciding whether you want to buy one.
The camera takes standard 35mm film which is very cheap, and the camera runs on 1 single AA battery. It lasts much, much longer than it does with a digital camera so actually taking photos costs very little. The instructions for putting the film in and winding it on are simple enough, with written directions and a numbered line drawing. Tis v simple, indeed, and nothing to worry about. It gets a little confusing after that, though.
The fisheye2 comes with a glossy booklet filled with photos, and it’s a fab little addition. I can well imagine the little booklets being sold individually, such is its coolness. It also comes with a huge poster-sized “recipe” poster, where it gives you hints and clues as to how to take weird and wonderful photos. Assuming you don’t want to add a colour flash, you can still take a surprisingly wide variety of photos. Streaky, reversed, multiple exposure… and there are instructions for each style. Not that I could figure out what they were saying.
Once you’ve wound the film in, you can alternate between “Night”, “Day” and “Bulb” setting, you can chnage the exposure length, and you can decide whether you want an internal or external flash. Much of this is written in gobbledygooky yoot speak: lots of “slammmin'” and “buckwild” and it doesn’t make a lick of sense. But experimenting is fun, and cheap, and the wonderful thing about fisheye photography is no photo is a failure.
You can take photos from a distance or right up close, and the closer you are, the more the photo distorts. In other words, if you’re a little sensitive about the size of your honker, don’t let anyone take a photo of your face up close. It’ll be hugely stylish, but your snozz will be bigger than your face… and that giant oak standing tree behind you. The tiny oak tree mocks your snozz.
The photo quality is really good, and it definitely isn’t a toy. Fisheye lenses for digital cameras cost upwards of £500, so this is a much cheaper, less intimidating alternative, and it will enable you to cover your fridge and walls in fab 180 degree shots.
Rating: 5 / 5
great product, brings fun back into photography. the fact that it uses 35mm film means you have to be creative when taking the photo’s and adds to the excitement of they’re outcome when getting them developed. some great shots possible. love this product.
Rating: 5 / 5
Thank you very much! Arrived swiftly after a bit of confusion.
Camera is better than expected,really happy.
Many Thanks.
Rating: 5 / 5
brought this for my partner as a birthday present . he loves it very much and is having fun playing with it. could do with a better flash
Rating: 4 / 5