Nothing feels more analogue than shooting on an instant camera and Lomography is adding to its growing range of instant options with the Lomo’Instant Wide GLASS.
Lomography calls the $279 Lomo’Instant Wide GLASS “the best instant camera on Earth,” which is an impressive amount of hyperbole but then it is only a small field nowadays. And it seems to make an impressive amount of them.
The camera features a 90 mm multi-coated glass lens, that has been chosen to produce sharper instant prints than ever before on Fujifilm Instax Wide film, with vibrant, true-to-life colors. It also features a close focusing distance of just 0.3 meters, enabling users to capture even fine details. Other steps along the zone focusing settings are 0.6 m, 1 – 2 m, and Infinity. The Splitzer lens attachment is included.
It has a fully programmatic shutter and a shutter speed that ranges from eight seconds to 1/250s with an auto and f/22 mode, plus a fixed 1/30s shutter speed and a bulb mode (there is a built in flash above the lens). An additional manual fixed f/22 aperture stop offers greater depth of field, and the PC-Sync port offers integration with external flashes or strobes.
It supports multiple exposures while it also includes colored gel filters to add a dynamic burst of color with the flash.
As to the Fujifilm Instax Wide film, that starts at $18.99 for 20 exposures. Analogue is fun, but it is also not necessarily cheap.
Film Format: Fujifilm Instax Wide
Lens Focal Length: 90 mm (35 mm equivalent)
Aperture: Automatic f/8, f/22, Manual Fixed f/22 Aperture Mode
Shutter Speed Range: 8s – 1/250 (Auto & f/22 Mode),
1/30 (Fixed Shutter Speed Mode), Bulb (Bulb Mode)
Exposure Compensation: +1/-1 EV (Ambient exposure)
Multiple Exposures: Unlimited
Built-in Flash: Manual On/Off Flash Mode
External Flash Connection: PC-sync Socket
Closest Focusing Distance: 0.3 m
Zone Focusing Setting: 0.3 m / 0.6 m / 1 – 2 m / Infinity
Tripod Mount: Yes
Lens Attachment: Splitzer
Filter Thread: 52 mm
Battery Supply: 4 × AA batteries (1.5V) – Not Included
Remote Control Battery Supply: 1 × CR2025 (3V) – Not Included