{"id":54,"date":"2025-05-11T16:11:29","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T20:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danielgstephens.com\/?p=54"},"modified":"2026-01-11T16:27:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T21:27:23","slug":"lomo-lc-a-camera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielgstephens.com\/?p=54","title":{"rendered":"Lomo LC-A Camera"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/danielgstephens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_0977_finished-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Color image of LOMO LC-A camera beside a roll of Kentmere 100 ASA 35mm film.\" class=\"wp-image-55\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danielgstephens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_0977_finished-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/danielgstephens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_0977_finished-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/danielgstephens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_0977_finished-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/danielgstephens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_0977_finished-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/danielgstephens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_0977_finished-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/danielgstephens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_0977_finished-1568x1045.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">My early 2000s era Lomo LC-A 35mm camera. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2005 I read an article about what some considered the greatest point and shoot camera ever made. It was a camera famous for its rugged metal body, its quick workflow, an excellent auto mode and a dreamy 32mm glass lens. It was also a product of late Soviet-era deisgn and engineering. I knew I must have one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As it turns out, getting one wasn&#8217;t all that difficult. In fact a certain large on-line retailer had them in stock for $189.00 and it could be at my house in less than a week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I bought one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It became my go-to camera for fun, no-stress, point and shoot fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I keep mine attached to the right-side shoulder strap of my backpack and take it with me everywhere I go. It makes taking candid, unobtrusive photos easy with no more than a whisper of a click when the shutter release is depressed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2005 I read an article about what some considered the greatest point and shoot camera ever made. It was a camera famous for its rugged metal body, its quick workflow, an excellent auto mode and a dreamy 32mm glass lens. It was also a product of late Soviet-era deisgn and engineering. I knew I &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/danielgstephens.com\/?p=54\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Lomo LC-A Camera&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[5],"class_list":["post-54","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photography","tag-photography","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielgstephens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielgstephens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielgstephens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielgstephens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielgstephens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=54"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/danielgstephens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58,"href":"https:\/\/danielgstephens.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54\/revisions\/58"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielgstephens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=54"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielgstephens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=54"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielgstephens.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=54"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}