Film Advance

China Beach, Vancouver Island, BC.
(Camera: Belair X6-12; Lens: Belairgon 90mm; Film: Lomography Redscale XR)

One of the basic tenets of the Lomography movement is that photography should embrace random elements.  Often this means using cameras with generous light leaks, lenses that eschew sharpness in favour of dreamy distortion, or going forth with a  “shoot from the hip” approach to picture making. So when Lomography introduces a new film, it’s not surprising that it aligns nicely with that ethos. Thus we have Redscale — a film purpose-made to generate unusual and random colours. Continue reading →

As readers of my four-part review of will recall, I felt there were many things to like about Lomography’s Belair X 6-12 camera, but image quality wasn’t one of them. A good deal of the camera’s potential was limited by the two included lenses. So when Lomography announced that new lenses with glass (!) optics would soon be available, I put in my order right away. Five months later my 90mm Belairgon lens finally arrived. As soon as I had it unpacked, I loaded a roll of film into the camera and went shooting. Here’s what I found. Continue reading →