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LOMO Negative 400
Lomography Color Negative 400 is a versatile ISO 400 C-41 color negative film with vivid, saturated colors, believed to be a Kodak Alaris-manufactured emulsion, available in 35mm and 120 formats.
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The Lomography Konstruktor (2013) is a 35mm single-lens reflex camera sold as a self-assembly kit. The buyer receives approximately 60 plastic parts — body, pentaprism housing, shutter mechanism, mirror assembly, viewfinder, lens elements — and assembles a working SLR camera using the included screwdriver. Assembly takes roughly 3–4 hours. The resulting camera is a fully functional, if limited, SLR that shoots 35mm film.
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C41
Lomography Color Negative 400 is a versatile ISO 400 C-41 color negative film with vivid, saturated colors, believed to be a Kodak Alaris-manufactured emulsion, available in 35mm and 120 formats.
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Lomography Color Negative 800 is a high-speed ISO 800 C-41 color negative film widely suspected to be a Kodak-manufactured emulsion, delivering vibrant colors and adequate grain for challenging lighting conditions.
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About this camera
Build it yourself, shoot it yourself — the Konstruktor is a plastic 35mm SLR kit that teaches camera mechanics through assembly, then rewards the builder with a fully functional single-lens reflex for the price of a meal.
| Field | Value |
|---|
| Format | 35mm (24×36 mm) |
| Mount | Konstruktor fixed (E-mount adapter on F variant) |
| Years | 2013–present |
| Shutter | Electronic focal-plane: 1/60s (fixed) + B |
| Flash sync | X-sync 1/60s (hot shoe) |
| Meter | None |
| Exposure | Manual (match available light to ISO 200 daylight) |
| Viewfinder | Pentaprism, eye-level |
| Focus | Manual, ground glass |
| Battery | None (mechanical shutter; flash only needs battery) |
Lomography launched the Konstruktor in 2013 as a crowdfunded product after a successful Kickstarter-style campaign. The concept built on the DIY camera kit tradition — educational plastic camera kits had existed in Japan (Gakken, etc.) and occasionally in European markets — but the Konstruktor was the most accessible and polished DIY SLR kit offered to a broad consumer audience.
The camera was designed with the maker and educational photography communities in mind. Lomography had previously appealed to casual experimental photographers with the LC-A, Fisheye, Diana+, and Belair; the Konstruktor addressed a different need: understanding the mechanics of photography, not just using them. The kit format also served as a deliberate marketing differentiator — a camera that the photographer literally built themselves created a stronger personal connection than any factory-assembled body.
The Konstruktor F variant, released subsequently, added an E-mount adapter thread to the lens barrel, allowing Sony E-mount lenses (and other E-mount adapted optics) to replace the stock plastic lens. This extension transformed the Konstruktor from a fixed-lens toy into a lens-testing platform, popular with photographers who wanted to experiment with optical formulas without investing in conventional bodies.
The Konstruktor's significance is partly practical and partly cultural. Practically, it is a remarkably capable educational tool: no other camera at its price teaches SLR mechanics so directly. Culturally, it represents the intersection of maker culture, DIY aesthetics, and film photography revival that characterised the 2010s' renewed interest in analogue photography. The camera proves that a working SLR can be built from plastic components for under $40 — a statement about the engineering principles underlying a technology that once required precision metalworking and ground glass from specialist suppliers.
Fixed 50mm f/10 double-element plastic lens (stock). Konstruktor F variant accepts E-mount lenses via adapter ring. Lomography offers several creative lens attachments (double-exposure prisms, coloured filters) as accessories. Standard 52mm filter thread accepts conventional glass filters.
Kodak Gold 200 is a daylight-balanced C-41 color negative film with warm color, moderate grain, and a classic consumer-film look.
C41
Kodak Portra 400 is a professional C-41 color negative film known for flexible exposure latitude, natural skin tones, and fine grain.
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Kodak Tri-X 400 is a classic black-and-white film known for strong tonality, visible grain, and documentary character.
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