lomography is a con - discuss

[mr rusty]

Having just seen this

http://uk.shop.lomography.com/lomo-l...lden+Lomo+LC-A

I am amazed. These prices are just bonkers. does anybody actually buy this stuff? Marketing hype gone mad or what?

[Tom Kershaw]

I'm not sure it is a con, more of a marketing created "movement". The idea of 'don't think, shoot' seems appealing to some, when perhaps they would be better served with a Mamiya 7II etc. (other cameras are available).

Tom

[WetMogwai]

Sometimes they have good deals, but it is rare. I once got some good prices on bulk Arista II and some European store brand C-41, but they are usually far overpriced on just about everything.

[5stringdeath]

We were just talking around here today about the whole Lomo/Holga/Diana "now its hip to shoot with these things" trend going on ... and how the prices on amazon etc. are pretty ridiculous. I think I bought my Holga for like $2 years ago. A gold plated Lomo ... that's just nuts.

[Barry S]

The whole Lomo thing had me scratching my head until I realized it was about hipster fashion, not photography. Hence, the Urban Outfitters retailing makes perfect sense. The camera is a fashion accessory-like a tweed driving cap. But that's ok in my book because a few of the mob that arrives for fashion will stay for art--and that's a good thing--not everyone is freshly minted from an MFA program. It's better than wearing your pants around your ankles.

[5stringdeath]

Hmm, from my standpoint its the freshly minted MFA's who ARE carrying them :-)

[David A. Goldfarb]

I think BarryS has the right read on this. If it's getting people to shoot some film and try something different and a few of those people become more serious about it, then I'm all for it.

[dmr]

Hmm, from my standpoint its the freshly minted MFA's who ARE carrying them :-)

LOL!

Or maybe MBAs who wish to appear artsy?

[nsurit]

To paraphrase a political staement of days past, "It's the image, stupid!" I'm not talking about your image as a real hipster, but rather the photographic image you have produced. A gold plate piece is still a piece. Now don't get me wrong, I own and use "toy" cameras and have created some pretty interesting low tech images with them, however they are just one of the tools in the kit. Gold plated? I don't think so. How much film and chemistry could I buy for those bucks? Bill Barber

[MartinCrabtree]

Well it's not all bad.It's got people buying film.Can't b*tch about that.