Articles

  • The Beginning: Box Cameras

    written by Rafaello Palandri on 2015-07-23 #gear
    The Beginning: Box Cameras

    The history of cameras began in 1820, when Joseph Nicéphore Niépce invented a box camera prototype while working on a pinhole camera. Around 1870, in France, the very first box camera made its appearance on the market, even lacking a shutter mechanism: the photographer had to remove the lens cap to expose the photo.

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  • A Review of the Lubitel 166 Universal

    written by Rafaello Palandri on 2015-07-09 #gear
    A Review of the Lubitel 166 Universal

    Where do I begin talking about film cameras on the Lomography Magazine? Yes, you guessed right. I will begin with a LOMO, of course, a very special one: the Lubitel 166 Universal (Lubitel 166U). It’s a camera that has almost everything you might need from a camera. Plus, it’s a LOMO!

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