Lomography has updated its DigitaLIZA Scanning Kits.
The new DigitaLIZA+ and DigitaLIZA Max modular scanning setups allow phone or camera scanning for multiple roll formats: 35mm, 120, 110, and 127. Medium format scans can be as large as 6×7.
The new backlight included in both kits features CRI 97, which means it emits 97% of wavelengths compared to incandescent light bulbs. Keeping this number as high as possible is crucial for getting accurate colours out of your negatives. Plus, you can use your own backlight instead if you’d prefer.
Both kits use magnets to keep the film flat, whereas the Max includes a phone stand as an additional component.
film Q User Guide is now public, while the app is still in private beta.
film Q is a new app that inverts film negatives on the Analog.Cafe website without the need to install any software. It connects to your Dropbox account and processes your files in the cloud.
This app will have several advantages over traditional film inversion apps, such as hands-off batch processing, zero resource usage, and an open and consistent inversion algorithm.
My goal with this app is to show you exactly what the inversion software does so that there are no unanswered questions about your exposure, film development quality, or the impact of your software on the image.
It’s the one that got away! They look very nice but seem to be quite rare lately. I will give it a try and review once I get a chance. Thank you for stopping by!
Thank you for taking the time to send me your feedback, Rafael!
I’ll definitely consider making more courses for the tools you mentioned.
I’m assuming that your comment refers to this guide: analog.cafe/r/how-to-edit-…. While it uses Photoshop for all of the examples, I believe the skills are transferrable to any image editing application that would allow you to create layers. Hope that helps.
I’d also like to mention this announcement — analog.cafe/r/how-to-edit-… — where I introduce a new film inversion tool. Most of my energy is currently directed at building that app, but once that’s complete, I’m hoping to produce more courses, and I’ll ask around what everyone wants so they’re better tailored to the community.
I appreciate this course a lot, but I believe that using Photoshop is not the reality of most photographers, as most of us are using tools like Lightroom, NLP, Fiomonat converter, etc. — a course on NLP would be formidable! Thanks!
Lomography released a development tank that makes loading film easier.
The fiddliest task of developing film is feeding it onto reels. Reels arrange it so that there’s spacing/no contact across the entire strip. This allows water and chemicals to flow freely across the entire surface, but it has to be done in darkness.
However, loading film onto reels can be difficult. Everything needs to be done by feel. Your hands are confined to a small space that can get warm quickly. As your hands get warm, the sweat makes the job harder. Films with a thin base, like Lomo 800, can be very frustrating to mount in these cases.
Lomography’s solution is a modular film loader and processing box. A core where you place your film roll is inserted into a plastic “doughnut” piece. You then wind the film from your roll into the “doughnut,” which houses the reels, remove the core with your empty canister and pour chems into the “doughnut.”
Elvis (ONDU founder) replied to my request for clarification about the discontinuation of his pinhole cameras a few days ago, but I only had the chance to post his response now. In any case, it repeats what he had earlier posted publically —
“…I want to focus on large format cameras and other projects in the future.
There’s a bunch of stock to go around for some months, depending on how many people want to snatch them now.
But I feel like I’d like to give other projects a go. If I find a solution for outsourcing (which is unlikely from my experience), I might keep going but in any case, this amount of variations and so on will not happen again. It was too much work for me, and after 12 years of making this, I feel like it’s time for a change. I will focus a bit on the large format cameras and wetplate / dryplate gear, but that’s it for now.”
Film Ferrania’s Facebook page has been in the hands of alleged scammers for almost two years. It can be rough on the Internet, even for well-known brands.
Though I haven’t had my account stolen 🤞, it appears that restoring one can be difficult. In Lomography’s case, they were able to regain full access, but all of their content and followers vanished, prompting the company to ask us, the community, to re-follow as they rebuild their presence on the platform. See attached.
Film Ferrania’s Facebook page still has all of its original posts and comments up. Ferrania’s last post was on April 2, 2023; you can see the comments related to film photography under it. But the photos and the caption are in Vietnamese, and the profile name is now Bảo Lasvegas. Bảo’s subsequent messages are cryptic cringe, advertising a service that has the appearance of a pyramid scheme.
Lomo’Instant Square Glass lets you take unlimited multiple or double exposures, which has been a big selling feature for many of Lomography’s cameras. Here’s one sample I got with the press release (shot by Lomography Hong Kong staff):
Lomography has been regularly updating its cameras with new cosmetic designs and “artist editions.”
Last year, Lomo’Instant Automat received several new skins (analog.cafe/comments/sqra), and so did its 110 camera. I expect the brand to release more colourful editions this year for at least two of its products (Instant Square Glass being the first).
Last week, Lomography updated its premium *multi-format* instant film camera designs with Pemberley (pictured) and The Blues.
Lomo’Instant Square Glass works with Instax Square *and* Instax Mini films via an interchangeable film back (compare film dimensions here: analog.cafe/r/instant-film…). It uses a 95mm lens (45mm equivalent — presumably with the square format), and its two apertures: 𝒇10 and 𝒇22 that you’ll need to zone focus (how to zone focus: analog.cafe/r/how-to-zone-…). Its fully automatic shutter can fire between 1/125s and 8s with a 30s max delay in Bulb mode.
With ‘Instant, you get to control flash, multiple exposures, and exposure compensation — but it’s otherwise a fully automatic film camera.
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