Lomography Launches Gold-Plated Point-and-Shoot Film Camera
The Lomography MC-A 35mm point-and-shoot camera is celebrating its first birthday in style with a pair of new limited-edition designs, including one plated with real gold.
“One year, twelve months, 365 days, and at least 15,872 film rolls later, we’re unashamedly proud of this creative tool that has grown progressively with its community. Learning and growing with experience, the Lomo MC-A is the camera made BY, FOR and WITH film photography lovers all around the globe. The same pocket-sized rebel, just a little wiser and a lot more YOU!” Lomography says, with the company’s emphasis preserved.
Inside, the new limited-edition designs are about the same as before. They are full-frame film cameras with a built-in 32mm f/2.8 multi-coated glass lens. The lens includes five elements across five groups and can be stopped down to f/16. The lens can automatically focus or zone focus from 0.4 meters (1.3 feet).
The MC-A is designed to be accessible and approachable while also supporting manual controls and creativity. To that end, it has automatic, aperture priority, and fully manual shooting modes. It also has a built-in Xenon flash, enabling the popular, nostalgic flash look many photographers covet these days.
The camera has a tripod mount, runs on a single CR2 battery, and supports multiple exposure photography.
Lomography says it has learned a few things from the community over the past year, though, including ways to improve the MC-A. The new versions promise easier film loading, can preserve settings after powering off, are more likely to shoot at f/3.5 in automatic mode, and the built-in LCD info panel shows settings “a little longer at every half-press” of the shutter.
However, it’s on the outside where the two new cameras differ even more from the MC-A that Lomography launched just over a year ago.
The new Lomo MC-A 35mm Film Camera Gold Plated is, as its name suggests, genuinely gold-plated. Lomography doesn’t say much more about the gold, but notes that the camera also features a rich brown leather cover, ships with a free glass lens filter set, and works with a new, matching leather half-case.
The other new MC-A edition is the Film Camera Noir. It features a glossy, chunky, textured black leather reminiscent of snakeskin. How reptilian. It’s a starkly different look than the golden MC-A, but no less old-school.
Sample Photos
Pricing and Availability
Lomography says both new MC-A limited-edition cameras are slated to ship in December and are available to preorder now. The Noir one is $599, while the Gold Plated version is $649. The standard Lomography MC-A, available in black and silver, is $549.
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