This week, Lomography released the “Fisheye No. 2 La Mer” camera.
It’s been very busy at the Analog.Cafe HQ — I almost forgot about the message Lomography sent on Monday about their updated creation: an ultra-wide, reusable plastic camera with a 170° angle of view!
This sixty-nine-dollar film camera comes with a detachable viewfinder mounted on a cold shoe. It is extremely wide as it’s built for a 10mm lens with a fixed f/8 aperture and a fixed 1/100s leaf shutter (with a Bulb setting).
The crazy thing about this lens is that the depth of field is so extensive that you can still get in focus with your Fisheye just 10cm away from your subject! This will definitely not be a macro shot, as everything will also be very wide, yet that makes this camera very easy to shoot, as long as you’re aware of the Sunny 16 rule and how to operate manual flash.
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Dmitri