Lomolized iPhone Camera Hack

Sep 9, 2008 at 2:25 PM
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I use my iPhone camera mostly for shooting objects but I'm not going to limit my options by modifying the built-in camera as described by eastrain here. So I decided to try using viewfinders from Lomo cameras to see what I could achieve.

Lomolized iPhone Camera

All these Lomo camera lenses has add-on viewfinders and they have great effects on iPhone! Diana+ wide angle lens, LCA+ wide angle lens and Fisheye, each creates unique imagery.

Lomolized iPhone Camera - LCA+ wide angle lens viewfinder

Lomolized iPhone Camera - Fisheye viewfinder

I'm however settled to carry my Diana+ wide angle viewfinder with me all the time coz I love the viewfinder frame and the way I can hold the viewfinder in front of iPhone using its viewfinder holder.

Lomolized iPhone holding position

There can be numerous analog effects to play with, add prism in front, create pack film effect by painting/printing on a transparent film as filter, etc. I'm yet to find an easy way to put dozens of filters in front of the viewfinder so that I will be carrying only one gadget for a lot of different effects. Anybody has any ideas please don't hesitate to post or email.

Lomolized iPhone Camera - Diana+ wide angle viewfinder + painted film

BTW, the Diana+ viewfinder holder can actually hold any of these viewfinders, I'm sure I will take a lot more iPhontos!

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Love your blog. Wondering, where can one purchase the holder and these cool lenses in Hong Kong? And are they expensive? I think a lomo camera goes for about $500HK, but what about the lenses?

Thanks!

Amelia, check out lomo's homepage. I guess you don't actually need to use a lomo viewfinder, be creative and find stuffs around you to create something you like. I use the lomo viewfinder because I actually don't use them even when I use those wide angle lens.