Overview | |
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Type | Compact, point and shoot |
Released | 1984 |
Lens | |
Lens | Fixed, Minitar 1 32mm f/2.8 |
Sensor/medium | |
Film format | 35mm (135) |
Film size | 36mm x 24mm |
Film speed | 25-400 |
Film advance | Manual |
Film rewind | Manual |
Focusing | |
Focus modes | Manual, zone focus (0.8m, 1.5m, 3m, ) |
Exposure/metering | |
Exposure modes | Programmed auto, manual with fixed shutter speed |
Exposure metering | Cadmium Sulphide (CdS light meter |
Flash | |
Flash | Hot shoe only |
Flash synchronization | 1/60s; rear sync. only |
Shutter | |
Shutter | Electronically controlled |
Shutter speed range | 2m to 1/500s |
General | |
Battery | Three S76 |
Dimensions | 107 x 68 x 43.5 mm |
Weight | 250g |
The LOMO LC-A (Lomo Kompakt Automat) is a fixed lens, 35 mm film, leaf shutter, zone focus, and compact camera introduced in 1984. Its design is based on the Cosina CX-2, with the difference being that it lacks a swiveling front and self-timer.[1] It was built in Soviet-era Leningrad by Leningrad Optics and Mechanics Association (LOMO).[2]
Production of the camera ceased in 1994.[3] In the mid-1990s, a group of enthusiasts from Vienna persuaded LOMO to restart production,[2] which continued until 2005, and they formed the Lomographic Society International, distributing these cameras around the world.
The LOMO LC-A's replacement, the LC-A+, was introduced in 2006 and production moved to China.[4] The LC-A+ featured the original LC-A Minitar-1 glass lens manufactured by LOMO in Russia.[5] This changed in 2007 and lenses on subsequent models have been made in China.[3] Some LC-As were sold badged as Zenith,[6] this label was only a sticker underneath the lens. Zenit (Zenith in some countries) is a trademark of KMZ (Krasnogorsk Mechanical Works).
Austrian company Lomography now offers three versions of the LC-A, the LC-A+ and LC-Wide in 35 mm format and the LC-A 120 in medium format.[7]