Lomography’s new Instax rival has been dubbed the ‘best instant camera on earth’… by Lomography

Lomography has unveiled a caller summation to its scope of instant cameras, dubbing nan Lomo Instant Wide Glass nan 'world's champion instant camera'. That's a bold declare erstwhile nan marketplace has different been dominated by Polaroid and Fujifilm Instax – truthful do instant photography lovers yet person a viable alternative?

It seems arsenic though nan best instant camera claims are based connected nan value of nan Wide Glass's lens: a 90mm multi-coated solid lens, pinch 35mm effective focal magnitude and minimum attraction region of conscionable 0.3m. It's a lens that Lomography says is nan sharpest successful immoderate instant camera. That really does sound for illustration immoderate superior glass, particularly erstwhile you comparison it to nan simpler optics of, say, nan Fujifilm Instax Wide 400.

Like nan Instax Wide 400, nan Lomo Instant Wide Glass shoots onto nan readily disposable and reasonably priced Instax Wide film. Film size aside, nan Glass Wide has much successful communal pinch nan Polaroid I-2 and nan Fujifilm Instax mini 99, being much of a photographer's instrumentality pinch plentifulness of shooting modes and manual power to descend your teeth into.

The Lomo Instant Wide Glass costs $279 / £249 and shipping starts successful November (international shipping is disposable but carnivore pinch america for Australia pricing). Fujifilm Instax Wide movie costs astir $24.90 / £21.90 for a copy 10-sheet battalion – that's 20 shots successful all.

A photographer's instant camera

The Lomo Instant Wide Glass looks nan portion pinch its classical retro brownish leather decorativeness and metal-effect trim. As you tin spot successful nan merchandise image above, it's compatible pinch accessories specified arsenic colour gels for nan built-in flash, positive lens attachments for illustration Lomography's 'Splitzer' for imaginative multi-exposure effects, which by nan measurement person much room to respire connected nan wider Instax Wide film.

In summation to nan multi-exposure effect (which useful pinch aliases without lens attachments – spot illustration below), there's semi-manual power complete aperture and shutter velocity (or 'advanced car exposure'), which includes a agelong vulnerability bulb mode, while you tin besides manually set brightness utilizing nan ±1EV vulnerability compensation switch.

Elsewhere, there's area focusing pinch a minimum 0.3m attraction region enabling you to seizure small details. There's nan action to connect an outer flash, though nan Wide Glass is equipped pinch a basal 1 already. Add a colour gel to nan flash and you tin get imaginative pinch funky colour effects. There's besides a aforesaid timer and a tripod mount, making hands-free selfies and group shots possible.

As you tin see, there's plentifulness of scope for creativity, and being nan Wide Instax format, plentifulness of room to respire successful your shots. We're presently reviewing nan Lomo Instant Wide Glass and will stock our experiences pinch you really soon. The early signs are positive, Lomography could beryllium onto a victor here.

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