.:SAYMOARNAO:.

Lomography sent me their half of the prizes I won from that contest back in the autumn. Pleasantly, the lovely marketing and PR manager who I was talking to there sent me this nice camera kit with three lenses and a strap instead of just a camera with no lenses, which she easily could have done since the contest didn’t specify anything more than a camera and film.

I haven’t been able to test the camera and show off any shots, since it literally just arrived like an hour ago, and we don’t have any AAA batteries on hand.But like all Lomography products, the kit itself is top-notch. In addition to the beautiful packaging for all of us design freaks, there are of course front and back caps for all lenses, colored gels for the on-board flash, detailed instruction books (in multiple languages) for both camera and lenses, and a set of cards showing a large range of effects that can be gotten with this camera, and the settings used to obtain them.

and I can’t afford to do it. :(

Lomography never sent me my prize. Apparently, the marketing director in charge of getting it to me got caught up in helping the warehouse in getting holiday shipments out, and it slipped her mind. And in a twist of fortune, she offered me a Lomo’Instant camera instead of a La Sardina as a consolation prize for the delay. 

I totally jumped at that one. I mean, the La Sardina looks like a fun camera, but I’ve got a small pile of 35mm cameras that take similar photos -- but I do not have an instant camera that uses Fuji Instax film. I can walk into my local Walgreen’s or Walmart and buy that stuff anytime. I might even be able to buy it at my local supermarket; I’ll need to check though. The Lomo’Instant line look to have an array of creative features such as double exposure and B capability and you can get extra lenses for them. Best of all, I won’t have to spend money having the film processed. I can just throw the photos on my scanner, make sure they look acceptable in my processing software, and then upload the best ones.

I am stoked. Now, I just have to wait for my contact at Lomography to remember to send me the camera. ^_^