Starter Kit For Newcomers~!~!
Welcome to our Forum for the Lomographers!!! Glad you've managed to join our crazy forum and find this post! Don't know anything about lomography, toy cameras or film processing? Well, stick around then~! Before you explore further, here are some must-reads to fill your head. What is Lomography? http://www.lomography.com/about/ (Check out the lomo story & the 10 golden rules!) Popular Lomo Cameras (Here's to name a few. There are many types of toy cameras! Do look around in the forum ;)) - Holga http://www.lomography.com/holga http://www.squarefrog.co.uk/ (Informative link provided by Ymmij) - LCA and LCA+ http://www.lomography.com/lca/ http://www.lomography.com/lca+/ forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=858" target="_blank">http://lomotion.20.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=858 (List by Ymmij) - Fisheye http://www.lomography.com/fisheye/ - Supersampler http://www.lomography.com/supersampler/ - Horizon http://www.lomography.com/horizon/ Where to buy the lomo cameras? a) Purchase straight from Lomography International, Lomography Asia or Singapore Embassy. b) Keep a look-out on the forums for "Want-To-Sell (WTS)" or "Mass-Order (MO)" postings (where some forumers sell their new or used cams & accessories) --- b) Check out the online auctions & marketplace e.g. eBay, Yahoo Auctions (can also try: eightstoreytree ) c) Take a walk thru the local flea markets, and you might find a few good bargains Films & Processing Formats: 35mm (Also known as 135 format film) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/135_film 120 film (Medium format film) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/120_film 110 film (*This format is not that common due to the lack of developing labs in Singapore) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/110_film Types: Negative film http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative_%28photography%29 Slide film http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slide_film Black and White film http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_and_white_film Infrared film http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infrared_film Processing: 'Normal' processing of films http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-41_process Cross-processing (X-pro) (What is it all about? What’s the effect?) forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=57" target="_blank">http://lomotion.20.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=57 Links Popular shops that sell slides films forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=249" target="_blank">http://lomotion.20.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=249 Places to process slide films forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=248" target="_blank">http://lomotion.20.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=248 Want photo samples? Click on these flickr links below to get a yummy taste of what different cameras, lenses, films and techniques can cook up~ Lomo LCA/ LCA+ http://www.flickr.com/groups/lomo_lc-a/pool/ http://www.flickr.com/groups/lomolca/pool/ Fisheye/ Fisheye2 http://www.flickr.com/groups/lomofisheye/pool/ Holga http://www.flickr.com/groups/holga_lomo/pool/ Supersampler http://www.flickr.com/groups/supersampler/pool/ Actionsampler http://www.flickr.com/groups/actionsampler/pool/ Frogeye http://www.flickr.com/groups/69916131@N00/pool/ Vivitar Ultra Wide and Slim http://www.flickr.com/groups/57074580@N00/pool/ Diana+ http://www.flickr.com/groups/diana_plus/pool/ Oktomat http://www.flickr.com/groups/oktomat/pool/ Smena 8m http://www.flickr.com/groups/smena8m/pool/ Olympus XA Series http://www.flickr.com/groups/olympusxa/pool/ Cosina CX http://www.flickr.com/groups/cosina-cx/pool/ Horizon Kompact/Perfect http://www.flickr.com/groups/horizoncameras/pool/ Noblex http://www.flickr.com/groups/noblex/pool/ Half Frame http://www.flickr.com/groups/39982990@N00/pool/page3/ Russian Camera (In general) http://www.flickr.com/groups/russiancameras/pool/ Colorsplash (The Camera) http://www.flickr.com/groups/colorsplashcamera/ Colorsplash (The Flash attachment) http://www.flickr.com/groups/colorsplash/pool/ Ringflash http://www.flickr.com/groups/lomoringflash/pool/ Tunnel Vision Lens http://www.flickr.com/groups/lomo_tunnelvision/pool/ Effects of Light Leaks http://www.flickr.com/groups/whenlightleaksin/pool/ http://www.flickr.com/groups/lightleaksandcrappylenses/pool/ http://www.flickr.com/groups/lightleaks/pool/ Effects of Double Exposured Film http://www.flickr.com/groups/double_exposure/pool/ Effects of Expired Film http://www.flickr.com/groups/expired/pool/ Effects of Cross Processed Film http://www.flickr.com/groups/85491091@N00/pool/ (Contributed by butbeautiful) Now that you're equipped with the basic knowledge.. Go Unfill that head and participate in the forum~! Introduce yourself, join 'serious' discussions, chit chat, shoot plenty and make new friends! Have Fun!

:cry: lol i didnt have the benifit of tt when i started i walked down the lomo road on my own

Obviously, Eileen is bored on a working Sunday... Hahaha!! Here's one for the "Stickys"~ :D :D :D

Thanks for the effort :)

woah welldone!

Haha~ I just thought of doing a "Go To" page for the newbies lor, so they don have to be shuttled all over the place. Also made possible thanks to the customerless CC office.. :twisted:

definitely useful for everyone *thumbs up* :)

ah great!! thanks eileen. :)

woohoo! great idead cudas!

*shy* Thanks....

that's really thoughtful! thanks lots. (:

Thanks a zillion, barracudas! it's very helpful :D Actually I'm eyeing at a Holga, but I heard that's not suitable for first-timer,sigh...

+1 to mod!

Hello all! I'm a newbie to the realm of lomography. I am more of a photography buff actually and should I also say I accidentally got acquainted with lomo and am loving it as the day passes. Haha. Will try out some lomo shots some day and get them posted here. See ya. =)