{"id":150,"date":"2013-03-05T13:50:36","date_gmt":"2013-03-05T21:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bracketthis.com\/blog\/?p=150"},"modified":"2013-03-05T16:18:23","modified_gmt":"2013-03-06T00:18:23","slug":"a-review-of-the-lubitel-166","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bracketthis.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/05\/a-review-of-the-lubitel-166\/","title":{"rendered":"A Review of the Lubitel 166+"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been shooting with the Lubitel 166+ and quite frankly it’s not as sharp as you’d get say shooting with an old SLR like a Minolta XE-7<\/a> or Pentax ME Super<\/a> with a 50mm 1.4 lens.<\/p>\n

The Lubitel 166+ is a Lomography<\/a> remake of the Lubitel 166, which is a Twin Reflex Lens camera that was produced in the former Soviet Union. It’s made of plastic but has a glass lens. It takes 120 film. The operation is fully manual requiring you to figure out shutter speed and aperture. The guide in the back is crazy inaccurate unless, I’ve realized, you are shooting color film with the goal of cross-processing it – the so-called X-Pro effect.<\/p>\n

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It costs about $349 as of the publishing of this post at the Lomography Store<\/a>. You can get the above mentioned SLRs with sharper photos and less hassle for a 1\/3 of the price on eBay or Amazon.<\/p>\n

Below is a landscape I shot using the Lubitel 166+. I feel that this didn’t have enough contrast.<\/p>\n

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I feel the Lubitel 166+ does best in high contrast situations when you’re shooting directly into the sun. Check out the photos below.<\/p>\n

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For all its quirks, the Lubitel 166+ is a good camera. I wouldn’t use it for anything professional, but definitely for something artsy. It costs a bit too much, and I would recommend getting an older Lubitel 166 off of eBay for cheaper.<\/p>\n

Pros:<\/p>\n