1. Operation

2. Body design

3. See also

4. References

5. External links

The LOMO LC-A (Lomo Kompakt Automat) is a fixed lens, 35 mm film, leaf shutter, zone focus, compact camera introduced in 1984. Its design is based on the Cosina CX-2. It was built in Soviet-era Leningrad by Leningrad Optics and Mechanics Association (LOMO).^[1]

Production of the camera ceased in 1994.^[2] In the mid-1990s, a group of enthusiasts from Vienna persuaded LOMO to restart production,^[1] which continued until 2005.

The LOMO LC-A's replacement, the LC-A+, was introduced in 2006 and production moved to China.^[3] The LC-A+ featured the original LC-A lens manufactured by LOMO in Russia. This changed in 2007 and lenses on subsequent models have been made in China.^[2] Some LC-As were sold badged as Zenith,^[4] this label was only a sticker underneath the lens. Zenit (Zenith in some countries) is a trademark of KMZ (Krasnogorsk Mechanical Works).

Operation

The only automatic function offered by the LC-A is exposure. Film loading, winding, rewinding, and focus adjustments are accomplished manually. Aperture can also be set manually, the shutter speed being fixed at {{frac|1|60}} s (this ability was removed from the LC-A+).

Exposure is completely automatic when the camera is set to "A"; the shutter speeds range from 2 minutes to {{frac|1|500}} s. The aperture range is f/2.8 to f/16. The automatic exposure system compensates for changes in light levels after the shutter is opened by increasing or decreasing the shutter speed. This, in conjunction with the rear-curtain flash-sync, results in interesting effects with flash photography in low ambient light levels.

The lens is focused by selecting one of four zones (0.8 m, 1.5 m, 3 m or ∞). Older versions of the camera feature viewfinder icons showing the currently selected focus zone, a feature omitted from later models.

A battery checking feature uses a LED inside the viewfinder; if there is sufficient power this illuminates whenever the shutter release button is lightly depressed. Another viewfinder LED illuminates whenever the camera's chosen shutter speed is below {{frac|1|30}} s.

Body design

The size and shape is very close to that of the Cosina CX-2, the main difference being that the lens bezel is fixed (unlike the rotating one of the CX-2). Power is supplied by three 1.5v silver oxide cells (S76, LR44).

See also

• Lomography
• Cosina
• Minox, especially Minox 35 mm compact cameras
• Olympus XA

References

External links

• LOMO PLC
• Lomographic Society International
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20081007123117/http://haardt.net/manuals/lomolcamanual.htm LC-A manual]
• Another LC-A manual
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20090706211844/http://lomotion.20.forumer.com/a/the-lca-story_post858.html The LCA story]
• [https://archive.is/20130105052407/http://www.weusefilm.com/Cameras/35mm/lomo/lca.html We use Film]

• Michael J. Noonan (Fianna Fáil)
• Michael J. O'Brien
• Michael Johann von der Borch
• Michael John Avenatti
• Michael John Ball
• Michael John Bennett
• Michael John Caruso
• Michael John Chamberlin
• Michael John Chaplin
• Michael John Conlan
• Michael John Crawley
• Michael John Daley
• Michael John Douglas
• Michael John Fabar
• Michael John Flannigan
• Michael John Foster (disambiguation)
• Michael John Garcés
• Michael John Hare, 2nd Viscount Blakenham
• Michael John Hood
• Michael John Hunter
• Michael John Kafka
• Michael John Keatinge
• Michael John Lema
• Michael John Nicoll
• Michael John Palmer