Lomo has launched a new Twin Lens Reflex camera, which is designed to shoot 35mm as well as medium-form at 120 film.
There are four image formats: 6×6cm (12 frames on a 120 roll); 6×4.5cm (16 images); Endless panorama (16 square images on a 120 roll); and users can choose to shoot 35mm film images as ‘panoramic portraits where the image exposes the entire film – including sprocket holes’.
Lomo claims the lens focuses down to 0.8m. Features include a standard hotshoe for flash and manual focusing. The ‘zone focus’ mode can be set to 0.8m, 1.5m, 3m and infinity. The camera’s viewfinder is claimed to cover 100% of the image area. The camera back and viewfinder are interchangeable so that a different style of viewfinder or another focusing glass can be put in its place. A Lomo spokesman said there are interchangeable backs for its new TLR ‘in the pipeline’.
Built as a ‘loving re-creation’ of the original Soviet era classic, the Lomo Lubitel 166+ costs £259.65.