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Yes! As explained above, the shutter is triggered by pushing down the silver lever on the side of the lens. Film advancement is manual, meaning that you physically have to turn the film advance knob to get to the next frame. While this may seem primitive compared to more advanced cameras, this is actually a fantastic feature as it means you have unlimited potential for double and multiple exposures! There is a hot shoe to add a flash, which you'll need for most indoor lighting, even if you're a fan of high-speed film. An optical viewfinder is built in—it's a fine guide for general framing, but isn't as precise as one that gives you a view through the lens. Take another image. What you’re doing is making a double exposure by taking a second image over the top of this already exposed frame. We get a stated 17 or 18 shots per roll of inserted 120 roll film, depending on how competently we’ve wound it on, or haven’t. As the camera is essentially exposing the width of two frames of 35mm film to produce a single 1:3 aspect ratio panoramic image, we don’t get the regular 36 exposures one might initially expect. As there’s the ability to manually wind and rewind, the possibility is also here for creative double exposures, or overlapping shots – something that can happen unintentionally if we’ve forgot to wind on the film from the previous exposure, or simply haven’t wound the film on far enough. Obviously the panoramic shooting ratio provided by this camera makes it perfect for group shots and landscapes – with the view through the plastic viewfinder giving a rough indication of what we’ll get, rather than being faithfully precise.

For single exposures, it’s now time to wind the film advance knob to the next frame. Film is advanced by the silver knob on the right of the camera as you’re holding it in your hands, turn the wheel in the direction of the arrow. It’s (relatively) cheap. Not as cheap as a thrift store point and shoot, but this baby is brand new and you’re helping to support Lomography. When you get to the end of the roll, start winding the rewind button. The white dot will disappear, keep winding until it appears again.

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Shoot your film with single exposures one frame at a time. After you take each image, wind the film until the white dot appears in the window again. Recommended film speed is IS0400, though I’ve successfully used ISO200 film here in sunny Queensland. The camera itself is all plastic. It measures 3.0 by 6.0 by 3.3 inches (HWD) and weighs about 8.2 ounces before you add a roll of film. The lens is a 30mm f/10.8, which can also be set to shoot at f/16, and the mechanical shutter is fixed at 1/100-second. Images are captured at a wide 3:1 ratio, so expect to get about 18 shots per roll of film instead of the standard 36. It has two shutter speeds: a fixed 1/100 second (the N setting on the camera), and a very handy bulb setting (the B setting on the camera.) On the top plate you'll find knobs to advance and rewind the film. There are no hard stops, so you can feel free to get creative with multiple exposures, partial frame advances, and the like, if that's your thing. For normal operation, you'll know you've properly advanced the film and are ready to make another image when you see a white dot in the cutout window, located adjacent to the winding knob. Loading a Roll

We were sent the camera for review in a lovely sea green/ teal colour, but our UK representative tells us this particular hue has been discontinued, which is a shame. Fortunately, alternative colours are available. In terms of focusing, we just have two zone focusing options. A twist of its lens ring either arrives at its closest shooting setting of 0.6 to 1 metre, or alternatively one metre to infinity, the latter preferable for the sort of landscape shots we may be considering this camera for. Controls are as basic as they get. The lens has a ring to set focus, as well as levers to adjust the f-stop, fire the shutter, and change between the standard 1/100-second shutter and a Bulb setting for longer exposures. When the camera is set to Bulb, the shutter remains open for as long as you hold down the lever.

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Film advance and rewind knobs– when used in conjunction with the white dot window, this rewind knob is a very handy feature. Since 1982, PCMag has tested and rated thousands of products to help you make better buying decisions. See how we test.

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