New LOMO Lubitel 166+ Camera
A new and improved version of the Lubitel 166+ camera has been launched by the Austria-based Lomography company. The new features include a 35mm format and endless panorama format, an improved viewfinder and much more.
Shooting with the Lubitel+ is different than anything you have shot before. The combination of its glass lenses, the flexible 120 or 35mm format, fully manual everything, fully automatic nothing, peering into a waist-level finder, slowing things down with focusing and dialing in the correct exposure settings, and a myriad of other analog factors make it a full-bodied experience that activates all of your senses and brings you into a special and very intimate place.
Lubitel+ pictures have their very own look and special analog character. They’re more “professional” than any 35mm camera, but less professional than a Hasselblad. Of course they are sharp, crispy, artistic, painted with light, and grand. But they’re also occasionally random, sometimes too vibrant, often vignetted at the edges, and totally flexible to your wishes and innovative tinkering. Rather than reflecting the objective reality in front of you, they reflect the subjective reality of the Lomographer behind the camera.
The new and improved LOMO Lubitel 166+ camera is available from the official Lomography online shop for $350.
9 comments for “New LOMO Lubitel 166+ Camera” »
17 October 2008 at 4:38 am
[...] The original Lubitel was cast in plastic and had a top down viewfinder, enclosed by a pop-up metal hood. Users composed their images by peering down and adjusting the focus knob. The new Lubitel adds the ability to use 35mm, an endless panorama option, and closer and zone focus. The cheapest camera package Lomography is offering includes the camera, 6 rolls of B&W film and 6 rolls of Redscale, and costs $350. [Lomography via Geek Alerts] [...]
17 October 2008 at 12:40 pm
[...] entonces como la Lubitel +166, la versión resucitada en este nuevo milenio mantiene el estilo de antaño a la vez que añade un par de mejoras del lado [...]
18 October 2008 at 3:39 am
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26 October 2008 at 10:00 am
very cool – i have the 166b and its a fun little camera that offers up some really sharp results!
29 October 2008 at 2:50 am
Cool to hear, thanks for stopping by!
2 November 2008 at 2:09 pm
No problem! I am a little shocked at the price though :o
17 November 2008 at 3:27 am
I’m shocked too at the price, I had one of these original cameras many years ago in the UK and it was very cheap.
22 November 2008 at 3:58 am
I agree, it feels a bit price.
3 February 2010 at 12:34 pm
[...] camera from Lomography, the company behind produtcs such as the Diana Multi Pinhole Camera and the LOMO Lubitel 166+ Camera, has now been released in a new pink edition in time for Valentine’s [...]
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