What is LomoKino?
The LomoKino is a square, plastic camera that has a crank on the side of it to make movies the old-fashioned way – old-fashioned as in the days of Charlie Chaplin!! The camera takes a standard roll of 35mm film (36 exposures recommended) and has three apertures – f5. 6, f8 and f11.
How do you use LomoKino?
To shoot with your LomoKino, just lock the advancing crank in position and turn it forward at your desired speed. The faster you turn the crank, the higher your movie frame rate will be – If you turn the advancing crank at full speed, you can reach 3-5 frames per second when filming.
What film to use with LomoKino?
35mm film
35mm film continues to be the standard format of film for still photography to this day; it’s now used and loved by Lomographers across the world as the medium for their creative and experimental snap-shooting. The LomoKino has brought this history of 35mm film around full circle.
How do you unload a LomoKino?
Open the LomoKino cover by pressing both of the door lock buttons (on either side of the camera) at the same time. Pull up the rewinding lever a bit and take out your LomoKino film from the film chamber.
What is Super 35 sensor?
The Super 35 format is essentially a production format used to shoot wide-angle shots. The Super 35 format was made by removing the safety zone for the soundtrack on the film reel to allow for more space. It meant that cinematographers could capture more than they could with the usual 35 mm film.
Is full frame better than Super 35mm?
The full-frame format has a more shallow depth of field than the Super 35, which creates a nice bokeh. This gives the cinematographer more control over what and who they want to put focus on. The camera also allows the cinematographer to get closer to subjects without sacrificing the background.
What is the difference between Lomography and photography?
Lomography is an experimental form of photography using film and old-fashioned, analogue cameras. In contrast to the crisp images produced by modern digital cameras, lomography produces soft-focus pictures in vibrant colours, developed in a lab in the traditional way.
Why are cinema cameras not full frame?
That’s because it is a format that is closer to how our eyes work than the Super 35 format. The full-frame format has a more shallow depth of field than the Super 35, which creates a nice bokeh. This gives the cinematographer more control over what and who they want to put focus on.
Why is it called Super 35?
The term ‘Super 35’ gets its origins, however, from (you guessed it) 35mm motion picture cameras. Specifically, Super 35 refers to a method of utilizing the space on 35mm film that was usually reserved for the optical audio track to capture a larger image.