Customer Reviews

Lomography Fisheye 35mm Camera

5 star:		(25)
4 star:		(14)
3 star:		(7)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

Cheap little camera with a pretty good glass lens. Produces suprisingly sharp and striking photos. Fixed focus and shutter / aperture, and the lens barrel partly blocks the flash, so use fast film - 400 or 800 speed - and shoot in well-lit rooms or daylight. I spent the last week sticking it in peoples faces, and the prints made us laugh. If you're expecting a Nikon, you'll be disappointed - so, Don't Expect a Nikon! Expect a fun little camera with a lot of laughs for the buck. 5 stars because it does all it tries to do.

I read the comments (even the bad one) before I purchased this camera. I took a chance because for something that might be really cool, its only $40. And he was right, the viewfinder is useless, but they even tell you that in the manual. Also, you do have to get really close to the subject, and shots only come out good if there's LOTS of light (especially indoor). Anyway, my first set of prints came out just okay, with a few amazing shots. From that set of prints I learned how to maximize the potential of this camera. The key is to fill up the frame. I took a shot of my friend out in a parking lot. The foreground was just her and the background was the sky. It came out so cool because the entire frame had something in it. There were scattered clouds everywhere, if the sky had been clear it would have just been clear blue space. But because I filled up the frame with objects everywhere, there were things to be distorted with the fisheye. I took another shot of the courtyard of a tall apartment building. That came out great because there were so many vertical lines and the fisheye could bend them. This camera doesn't take great pictures by itself so don't expect it to. If you've got the talent, imagination, or just plain curiousity, it's a great way to spend $40. I love it!

Lomo cameras are a lot of fun. Shooting from the hip, so to say, is their motto and it works with their cameras. This camera has an awesome lens that capures your world in a whole new way. Yes this camera is plastic and cheap feeling, but the results are awesome. Rich in color and it bends your world through its fish eye lens. Have fun! I am!

I bought this camera to work with distorted effects in photography. When looking through the lens one does not see the fisheye effect, it occurs on the negative. The first few rolls I shot were in black and white film(kodak 400 b/w processing) and I was not satisfied. However, I began to shoot in color film (kodak 400) and the photos are absolutely beautiful. The lens has a depth of 170 degrees so aim up more when shooting vertical as to not include yourself in the image by accident. Also,beware of photo technicians, many of my photos were crop incorrectly. Overall, it is a lovely camera and I definately suggest it.

love this little camera. doesn't seem like much but it takes great shots. well worth it...try some b&w film for some beautiful shots.

A pleasant little camera that takes good (for a toy camera) quality fisheye shots. The image circle is smaller than a 35mm frame, so be prepared for images that look like they were taken through a toilet paper roll. You'll see the inside of the lens barrel. The build quality is just a hair above a disposable camera, dressed up with some faux leather. It's certainly a good alternative to going out and buying a "real" fisheye lens just to screw around, but as you would expect from the Lomographic Society - it's about twice as expensive as it should be.

Being a long time photo nut, for the holidays, my wife bought me the fish eye, in gold no less.
I shot Fujicolor 400, took pictures of my car from all kinds of crazy angles, streets, people, all were shot with the awarness that the viewfinder just was an aid.
Took the the film into a one hour developer, with the following instructions, no prints, just do the negatives and put them on a cd, he did that,got them home and viewed them.
They were wonderful, did a little work on them with Picasa 2 and converted some to black and white, it seems like artwork.
Today in Queens NY, Floyd Bennet Naval Air Station, the Concord was taken off the deck of the Intrepid and is now on view to the Public, am taking the Lomo with me, should be fascinating.
My only negative about the Fisheye is that the film advance is a bit raggedy, but really works fine.
I love this camera

This camera is a pretty basic cheap film camera, but it takes surprisingly good photos. I love how some of my photos came out with it, I caught a hot air balloon show, and the fish eye view makes it look totally surreal. this is definitely worth the money.

This adorable lightweight camera is perfect for people who want a unique look to their photos but don't have the money to invest in fancy camera bodies and wide-angle lenses. The fisheye camera is as easy to use as any point-and-click, and it's fixed-focus lens means no zooming, focusing, or other photographic buzz-killers. What you see is what you get, wrapped into a gently bended shape with vignetted corners. The only consideration is that you must photograph well-lit subjects or shoot outside, as there is no aperature or shutter speed control-but it's a lot of fun!! Try to recreate all your favorite band photos from the '90s by shooting on high-speed black and white film.

I love this camera! I brought this in chrismas 2006 and I think it was a great cheap way to try out fisheye lense. This camera is very manual: 1) You will have to load & unload the film in yourself. 2) You have to turn on the flash most of the time for your shots. 3)Every time you are done with taking a picture you'll have to rewind the film. 4) When you finish the film, you would have to wind the film all the way until you hear the click sound manually.

My 1st roll of the film didn't come out at all coz I didn't stick in the battery for the flash. On my 2nd roll of film after I started using the flash on almost every single picture (except for under super bright sunlight), then the pictures come out great! I would recommand using 400 speed film to be safe. Don't be cheap to use the 100 speed film coz it's not working very well. The pictures come out to be VERY dramatic and interesting and I love this camera ever since. Will buy the 2nd generation with the fisheye soon!!