![]() ![]() ![]() The bigger issue we had with the pull-out lens is that the focus lever would invariably shift from infinity (where we typically wanted it) to the middle setting of 1-2.5m whenever we opened the camera. Its plastic build ensures that the camera isn’t very heavy, but it is a little unwieldy. The pullout design does help keep the camera more compact when not in use, though even with the bellows collapsed, the Square is still a fairly big block of a camera. You turn it on by pulling the lens bellows forward, making the camera look like a miniature version of those vintage folding cameras. The Square has a fairly unconventional design. Select Lomo’Instant Square packages include additional lenses, flash gel filters plus paper frames, magnet stickers and glue dots for displaying your instant prints-great extras. While it accepts the new Instax Square instant film, you can buy an accessory back that lets you shoot with the Instax Mini format instead, if you so desire. ![]() The Square also offers a built-in flash, though it’s not all that powerful. You can adjust exposure compensation up or down a stop if you need to lighten/darken your composition. The 95mm glass lens has a 35mm-equivalent focal length of 45mm and two aperture settings: f/10 and f/22. There’s a self-timer and remote shutter release, plus a tiny glass mirror on the front to frame a selfie. In auto mode, the Square’s shutter speed can range between 8 and 1/250 sec. The Lomo’Instant Square features an auto exposure mode plus the ability to take an unlimited number of multiple exposures on a single frame and a 30-second shutter for long exposures, light painting, etc. We put on our Huey Lewis sunglasses to discover whether it’s truly hip to shoot square. Lomography’s Lomo’Instant Square is the second camera (though the first all-analogue model) to support the new square film. The first camera announced for the format was Fujifilm’s own SQ10, which combined a digital sensor alongside support for Instax Square film. Fujifilm’s new Instax Square film features an aspect ratio of 1:1, in contrast to the Instax Mini’s more rectangular dimensions. Instant photography is riding high enough that there aren’t only new instant cameras hitting the street, but new instant film as well. ![]()
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