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Kosmo Foto’s camera reviews of 2021
WEBDec 18, 2021 · LOMO LC-A (Kosmo Foto) The LOMO LC-A isn’t just your average Soviet knock-off of a Western camera; it spawned a genuine new movement in photography based on experimentation and shooting from the hip. Kosmo Foto does a deep dive on life with this camera after using it for more than 20 years. Salyut-C (Jayden Guthrie)
Read this before you buy a Soviet camera - Kosmo Foto
WEBJan 1, 2021 · It begins in October 1927, with a single camera exhibited in Moscow at an Exposition of Photographic Technique in the new Soviet capital, Moscow. Bostelman’s camera is a small 35mm camera with a simple, single-speed shutter and a winding key to advance the film. The camera’s back is removable, and removing it …
Three cameras for 2022 - Kosmo Foto
WEBDec 31, 2022 · The M42 mount led to an avalanche of SLR models from the likes of Pentax, Chinon, Cosina, Pentacon and KMZ, among others, but alongside the common-as-muck models were a few rarer curios. Amongst these, count the Zeiss Ikon SL 706, the last model designed and released by the famous German camera maker in 1971.
Zenit-3M review - Kosmo Foto
WEBJan 21, 2022 · The Zenit-3M is a quietly stylish camera. The top plate is a masterclass in 60s design. The film reminder and rewind known sits on the left when seen from above, with a stylish arrow printed next to it to show you which way it needs to be turned. The shoe-less viewfinder prism is all smooth angles and brushed aluminium.
About - Kosmo Foto
WEBEvery camera or film you see reviewed on Kosmo Foto I’ve used myself. I try and put 10 or 12 rolls of film through a camera before I review it. I feel that’s enough to usually encounter any common foibles. This blog is a labour of love, and apart from testing cameras for LOMOgraphy, everything is paid out of my pocket.
LOMO LC-A+ review - Kosmo Foto
WEBAug 9, 2020 · The special 25th anniversary LOMO LC-A+ (All pics: Stephen Dowling) The LOMO LC-A has always been the high priest at the centre of LOMOgraphy’s analogue cult.. Commissioned as Soviet answer to the quirky, pocket-sized Cosina CX-2, LOMO’s designers were compelled – by no less than the USSR’s deputy minister of defence, and no doubt with an unwavering stare – to come up with a Soviet ...
Watch Kosmo Foto’s guide to Soviet cameras
WEBOct 4, 2020 · To kick off Kosmo Foto’s new YouTube channel, we took a look at some of the most common Soviet camera models, still affordable and easy to find. And, despite the widespread opinion that no Soviet camera is capable of taking a decent picture, these are all very useable and capable of great results. The cameras we look at in this video are ...
KMZ FT-2 review - Kosmo Foto
WEBMay 7, 2020 · The FT-2 uses a lens with a 50mm focal length, which further reduces the impression of the remaining distortion compared to cameras of a similar type like FT-2’s successor the KMZ Horizont and a Japanese sibling the Widelux, which use 28mm and 25mm wide angle lenses respectively. An FT-2 negative covers a 120 degree angle of …
Kosmo Foto is 10 | Kosmo Foto
WEBDec 24, 2021 · Kosmo Foto-approved commemorative Zenit and sputnik model (Pic: Stephen Dowling) This week marks Kosmo Foto’s 10 th birthday. I started this blog with next to no plan, other than to document what had already been a decade’s worth of shooting on film. I already had a few dozen cameras and a Flickr account full of film pics taken on my cameras.