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Washed ashore at Fat Buddha Store is one of the oceans hidden treasures that will tickle your taste, in the shape of Lomo's   La Sardina Caviar Edition. Built of brass and featuring delicate engravings and beautiful design, these great camera's look set to storm the high sea's. Different from the previous plastic edition sardine can, the heavy brass casing gives the caviar edition cameras a solid well built feel and fantastic look. Even the Fritz The Blitz flash get's the shiny gold treatment, ready to light up your pictures. The Beluga shown above comes in gold and red, while the Czar below sports a posh blue and compass engraving round the front lens. Both cameras are perfect for everyday use and capture wide angled pictures wherever and whenever you need them. Accompanied by Lomo's most powerful flash Fritz The Blitz this great combo will make your pictures shine. Hopefully one of these will be washing up on a beach near you over Christmas. Available i...

The final installment in our Lomography introduction - The Holga Camera! INTRO The history of the Holga is pretty reminiscent of that of the Diana. Produced in Hong Kong from 1982 onwards, the concept was to produce a simple, minimal and inexpensive medium format camera containing the most basic photo mechanisms - providing a cheap and accessible alternative to the otherwise expensive world of medium format photography. This camera was named after the term “ho gwong”, meaning “very bright” which, after throwing a European spin on it became “Holga. Since, the camera has gathered increasing popularity with its unpredictable features that, in a ‘normal’ camera, would be considered fatal defects and up to this day the Holgas low-tech appeal grows stronger and stronger. The modern day Holga does not differ much from the original, its basic nature has made it notoriously difficult to work with, which is apparently all part of the "Holga experience” and is 100% worth it once you ge...

We do a great range of Lomo here in store and online at Fat Buddha, so much so that it can get a little confusing to know what camera does what and which would be best for you! Continuing from the Diana introduction we did the other day , let us introduce you to everything from the wonderful world of the Fisheye ! Because of the cool affects they produce, fisheye lenses have become increasingly popular over the last few years. To buy one for your camera can be so expensive though – a good one for your Canon or Nikon SLR you’re looking to pay around £200+ for the lens alone! This is where Lomography have done really, really well – they’ve produced a series of compact 35mm cameras with a set fisheye lens which are really affordable. Okay, the lenses are FIXED, so it’s not like you can change them, but for the price you wouldn’t really want to! These cameras are great fun, and work great for close-up portrait shots! FISHEYE NUMBER 1.   Introduced in 2005, the Fisheye 1 is a very s...

Want to know a little more about the Diana camera? Feeling a little taken a back by all the different kinds and all their accessories? We'll here's a run-down to help you out a bit! DIANA INTRO In the 1960’s, a small company in Hong Kong was manufacturing these dirt-cheap plastic 120 cameras named the “Diana” which cost about $1 each to buy. These didn’t do very well and were discontinued in the 1970’s, but following their demise their popularity skyrocketed and they became the cult analog camera that all the lo-fi photographers wanted. The original Diana’s appeal was down to the images they produced – they were soft, dreamy and unpredictable with saturated colours, blurring and random contrast, making them highly demanded and sought after from the late 70’s onwards. Realising this appeal, in 2007 Lomography, who had a great success with the reproduction of the soviet Lomo LCA cameras in the early 90’s, decided to produce a Diana replica camera – including all of the g...

If the 'Don't Think Shoot' book was maybe a little too harsh on your budget, then this book from Lomogrpahy might be up your alley. Lomography - Lubitel "Love from Waist Level" Book Packed full with expert interviews, historical tales and images, tips and tricks and Lubitel Lover profiles, this romantic book will make your heart swell with an enormous gallery of both medium format and 35mm Lubitel images! * Size: 20,5 x 20,5 x 2 * 240 pages * Hardcover * More than 2000 contributions by over 300 lomographers Fraser

Aswell as having the best range of Lomogrpahy products in Glasgow City Centre - we also carry a few decent Lomography books . We just got this badboy in last week - "Lomo Cameras: Don't Think Shoot" The book is Limited Edition , so we are privaleged to carry it. Here's some spec: 360 pages 27 X 21 cm Over 2000 shots by 233 Lomographers!! Special limited editon re-run Priced at a reasonable £49.95 on our site and available from Buddha Gifts Fraser

So a couple of weeks ago I picked up this cute little guy from a camera shop in Glasgow. I’ve wanted a 120 camera for a while and really should have bought something more practical and that perhaps 100% works... this one was a bit of a gamble - at 75 years old, he's a little ancient but the great thing about mechanical cameras is that they tend to last and this was no exception! All in wonderful working condition except the exposure counter which is stuck (not the end of the world however, I'm going to try get it fixed or at least learn how much to advance the film the right amount by habit) I especially love the view finder that you look down into, means that I can creep on people in the street without them noticing, obviously... I threw a test spool through it with some of Lomography's 120 B&W film which I purchased from Fat Buddha and here's a peek of the outcome - Using 120 film for the first time is an experience in itself (no canister, what?!)but I d...

When I was in Paris a couple of months ago I bought some film from the Lomography shop to try out whilst I was there. I had used some of their 'Xpro Slide 200' film before and loved it so quite fancied trying another colour positive film and so I picked up their 'Xpro Chrome 100'. Here's a few of my snaps from the visit - View from Pont Neuf over to Pont des Arts - Notre Dame Cathedral - And, one from home - Glasgows 'finest' Architecture - This films original intention is E6 processing as it's 'positive' film, however when cross-processed in C41 (as 'negatives') produces the lovely blue tones you get with this film. As it's 100 speed aswell it's still got some lovely fine grain to play with. The best thing about this film is that recently we got it in stock into Fat Buddha! Only a few rolls however, so come grab some if you wanna try it out! Katie

The main drawback of the Mini Diana to me, was the fact that it was only really available in the standard lomo black and teal combo. Compared to the full size Diana, with it's various colourways and styles, it paled. However, we are proud to announce that not only have Lomography cottoned onto this and have released a great new range of themed mini's, we now have them available here at Fat Buddha! Check them out... So now the competition between the two is getting close! If you're having trouble deciding between the full size or the mini check out our blog detailing the differences HERE! Don't remember to check out our full range of lomography, and keep those eyes peeled for some new additions soon! Katie