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I'm sorry I've cheated on you. I've been using the imfamous Flickr instead.

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Hmm... I'm not quite sure how I feel about the lomography website of wonders. On one hand, it has a wonderous philosophy, "shoot everything." On the other hand, it's designed to move a crappy camera for twice what it's worth. Not that a crappy camera is necessarily a bad thing -- I might have to buy one when I'm rich. And the philosophy is NECESSARY to good photography! Of course, if you really want to excel, you'll need to snap thousands of shots with a decent cameara, but the emphesis is on quantity and actually looking critically at your photos so you can improve the next batch.

I'll stop going on about lomography now. Thanks for the site though! Any idea when we will be graced with glorious photos from the land of Jessa?
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My love for lomo: 1. the philosophy, 2. the variety of cameras, and thus the variety of special photo effects, 3. the COLORS, they're beautiful, man! 4. while the cameras are overpriced, they are still reasonable enough where I would have no qualms with keeping it on my person at all times (i do have qualms with keeping my SLR on my person at all times, it's cumbersome, fragile, expensive), 5. i think i would be more comfortable taking snapshots and hip shot type photos because it's not all capable of beautiful art photos, 6. the potential randomness.

I agree though, lomos=way overpriced
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I do love the website! As for the colors, that's not a product of the camera but of the film. Get yourself highly-saturated film, and you'll get the same effect.

I do get what you mean about carrying around the SLR all the time. You might consider getting a cheap film camera you don't mind dragging everywhere -- I own 3 Pentax K-1000 bodies, a "standard" for decades... It's fully manual, and although earlier K1000s didn't come with a light meter, most have a little needle that indicates exposure.

Of course there are many versions as it was produced for decades. Most (if not all) are extremely rugged, though not really weatherproofed. However, you can buy a body with a 50mm lens for $50 or less if you shop for a month on ebay. at $50, I don't have any qualms about getting it a little damp! You also have the advantage of interchangable lenses -- decades of used lenses that are cheap used...

So yeah. My advice? Shop around for a used K-1000 with a 50mm lens. Add lenses or filters or flash to taste. You'll end up with a MUCH superior product that's easily as "disposable" as the lomos. Only downside is that it'll weigh a tiny bit more -- especially the all-metal versions (one of mine seems to have a plastic housing that cuts down the weight considerably). But with a 50mm lens, it's not really that cumbersome.

Then go to the Lomo site and do everything they do with YOUR camera!. Have fun, get the shots, and you'll end up with a decent backup system to boot!
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There there jessa... I wish I could take complete credit for being so very observant but sadly, deviantart helped me out. They told on you :)
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thank you for the favourite, welcome to the DA

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Meghan
I have found freedom
...losing all hope is freedom
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