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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 SuperSampler Flash (~2004) is the flash-equipped variant of the SuperSampler (2000), retaining the four-lens horizontal panoramic sequence format while adding a built-in flash unit that fires in synchrony with each lens as it exposes its strip of the frame. The result is the same distinctive panoramic time-strip - four sequential sub-frames arranged side by side across a standard 35mm frame - made available for indoor, evening, and low-light conditions.
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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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The SuperSampler Flash extends the four-lens panoramic sequence strip into low-light territory - a built-in flash fires with each successive lens, illuminating the temporal panorama indoors and at night.
| Field | Value |
|---|
| Format | 35mm; 4 sub-frames per standard frame (horizontal panoramic strip) |
| Mount | Fixed (4x non-interchangeable lenses) |
| Year | |
| Lenses | 4x fixed plastic lenses |
| Shutter | Sequential firing, L to R |
| Timing modes | 0.2s / 0.5s / 2s / 5s between exposures |
| Flash | Built-in (fires with each lens) |
| Flash range | ~1-3 m at ISO 400 |
| Meter | None |
| Focus | Fixed (hyperfocal) |
| Battery | 2x AA (for flash) |
| Recommended film | ISO 200-400 |
The SuperSampler was introduced in 2000 as the panoramic counterpart to the ActionSampler (1999). Where the ActionSampler captured a 2x2 grid of rapid successive moments, the SuperSampler produced a horizontal panoramic strip with selectable timing intervals spanning from a fifth of a second to five seconds. The timing dial made the SuperSampler particularly suited to slower subjects - people walking, shadows moving, environments changing - rather than purely fast action.
The SuperSampler Flash was introduced around 2004, following a similar pattern to the ActionSampler Flash (2003). The flash variant was aimed at indoor and evening use - party photography, bar and club events, indoor performance - where the original camera's reliance on daylight was impractical. Because the SuperSampler's timing modes include 2s and 5s intervals, the flash variant creates an interesting creative possibility: a single frame with four flash-lit panels separated by seconds, capturing a slow unfolding of action or movement in a strip that reads almost like a storyboard.
The flash fires in synchrony with each individual lens firing, not as a single burst across all four. This means each sub-frame receives its own discrete flash exposure, rather than a single flash illuminating all four exposures simultaneously - the latter would only fully illuminate the first lens's exposure before the other three fired.
The SuperSampler Flash's combination of selectable timing modes and sequential flash firing creates a photographic capability genuinely difficult to replicate with conventional cameras: a four-panel panoramic time strip where each panel is independently flash-lit, separated by intervals ranging from 0.2 to 5 seconds. At the 5-second interval, the camera produces a sequence documenting five seconds of slow change in a low-light environment - a candle guttering, a conversation's expression shifts, a figure moving across a dark room.
This temporal range, combined with the panoramic strip format, gave the SuperSampler Flash a distinct aesthetic voice in the Lomographic camera line. Where the ActionSampler Flash was primarily a party camera (fast action in dim rooms), the SuperSampler Flash offered a slower, more deliberate form of sequential low-light documentation.
Four fixed plastic lenses in a horizontal row; none interchangeable. Built-in flash fires sequentially with each lens according to the timing dial setting. No hot shoe for external flash. The timing dial (0.2s / 0.5s / 2s / 5s) is the primary creative control. Camera accepts 35mm film cassettes via standard loading.
Kodak Gold 200 is a daylight-balanced C-41 color negative film with warm color, moderate grain, and a classic consumer-film look.
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Fujifilm Superia X-TRA 400 (marketed as Superia 400 in some regions) is an ISO 400 C-41 consumer color negative film in 135 format, one of Fujifilm's most popular consumer films. It delivers warm, vibrant colors with moderate grain and remains in production in some markets.
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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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