{"id":4890,"date":"2011-07-23T19:49:17","date_gmt":"2011-07-23T11:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ndroo.com\/blog\/?p=4890"},"modified":"2011-08-09T20:49:29","modified_gmt":"2011-08-09T12:49:29","slug":"battle-of-the-wides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fuzzyeyeballs.com\/blog\/?p=4890","title":{"rendered":"Battle Of The Wides"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some friends asked me about which Lomo\/toy camera should they go for if they wanna shoot wide. In the past, I&#8217;d tell them to either get the LC-A+ with the wide angle lens attachment or the (way cheaper but needs lots more light and careful usage) Vivitar Ultra Wide &amp; Slim (UWS) (also rebranded as the Superheadz&#8217;s Wide Lens Camera).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Now with the introduction of few newer cameras from Lomography, it is harder to answer that question (which wide angle cam to go for). We now have the LC-Wide, La Sardina, UWS\/Wide Lens Camera, Sprocket Rocket and the LC-A+ with wide angle lens. Of course that&#8217;s not all. You can also use the wide angle lens on the Diana F+ and the strange but fun Lomography Spinner.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Recently the experts at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thirtysix.com.sg\" target=\"_blank\">ThirtySix<\/a> did a rather detailed comparison for some of those cameras I mentioned above &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><em>* Click on the images for larger version. These were done by ThirtySix, so make sure you thank them if you find the info useful. \ud83d\ude00<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ndroo.com\/blog\/images\/misc9\/wideangle-comparison.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ndroo.com\/blog\/images\/misc9\/wideangle-comparison.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"313\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The first one (above) compares the LC-Wide, La Sardina &amp; Wide Lens Camera. The full article can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thirtysix.com.sg\/main\/?p=2654\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ndroo.com\/blog\/images\/misc9\/lcw-vs-lca2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ndroo.com\/blog\/images\/misc9\/lcw-vs-lca2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"437\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The 2nd one compared the LC-Wide and the LC-A+ (with Wide Angle Lens attached). Check out the full article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thirtysix.com.sg\/main\/?p=2667\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ndroo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/la-sardina-test-roll-provia-400x-kl-2011\/22.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I<em>mage taken with the La Sardina &amp; flash. Super fun camera!<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Based on some of the questions I received, here are few common ones &#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Q. &#8216;Which one should I buy if I wanna take photos with the sprocket holes exposed?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>A. For this &#8230; you have the choice of either the Sprocket Rocket or the Spinner.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Q. &#8216;Which one is easier to use?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>A. Honestly &#8230; this is one tough question. It all depends on how one defines &#8216;easier&#8217;. Usually I&#8217;ll tell people (for those who are new into this) to go for the LC-Wide or LC-A+ (with wide lens). The reason is simple because there is a light meter on it and that usually gives better (don&#8217;t quote me on that!) results unless one is already familiar with gauging exposures\/lighting.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ndroo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/spinner-provia-400x-random-june-2011\/2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"134\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Image taken with the Spinner 360.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Q. &#8216;Which is cheap &amp; good?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>A. Ermm &#8230; I can&#8217;t answer that. Most of them are pretty affordable except the LC-W &amp; LC-A+ but since they are cameras of different categories &#8230; you&#8217;ve to decide for yourselves. \ud83d\ude1b The 2 more expensives ones are way more solidly built while the rest are rather plasticky (but fun!).<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Q. &#8216;Which one do you like most?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>A. Tough question! I love the LC-Wide for the compactness and light meter, I love the La Sardina for the looks, I like the Sprocket Rocket for the wideness &amp; sprocket holes and I love the Spinner &#8230; for the fun it gives when shooting (except the part where I&#8217;ll get my fat face in the photo!).<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Q. &#8216;Do I need the LC-Wide since I already own the LC-A+? I can just buy the wide lens attachment.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>A. True. You actually don&#8217;t need the LC-Wide &#8230; unless it is compactness you are going for. The LC-A+ with the wide lens attached is pretty darn bulky.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ndroo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/lcw-sensia-400-random-june-july-2011\/24.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Image taken with the LC-Wide. You can go pretty darn close!<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The two cameras that are pretty close in comparison (to me) are probably the La Sardina &amp; the UWS but the newer La Sardina has a lot more to offer with the existence of a flash, two distance settings, multi exposure capability and bulb mode.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ndroo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/sprocket-rocker-provia-400x-feb-2011\/3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"271\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Image taken with the Sprocket Rocket. Super wide sprocket fun!<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you are still having problem deciding which one to go for &#8230; why not just head down to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thirtysix.com.sg\" target=\"_blank\">ThirtySix<\/a> and let the experts help you choose the perfect wide angle cam?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some friends asked me about which Lomo\/toy camera should they go for if they wanna shoot wide. In the past, I&#8217;d tell them to either get the LC-A+ with the wide angle lens attachment or the (way cheaper but needs lots more light and careful usage) Vivitar Ultra Wide &amp; &#8230; <\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more-link bs-book_btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fuzzyeyeballs.com\/blog\/?p=4890\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1690,21,1565,2199,2167,57,2103,2104,22,23,26,1689,1882,292,374,1102,787,11],"class_list":["post-4890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-others","tag-1690","tag-camera","tag-comparison","tag-film-lens","tag-la-sardina","tag-lc-a","tag-lc-w","tag-lc-wide","tag-lomo","tag-lomography","tag-plastic","tag-spinner","tag-sprocket-rocket","tag-sprockets","tag-superheadz","tag-thirtysix","tag-uws","tag-wide"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fuzzyeyeballs.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fuzzyeyeballs.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fuzzyeyeballs.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fuzzyeyeballs.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fuzzyeyeballs.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4890"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.fuzzyeyeballs.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4930,"href":"https:\/\/www.fuzzyeyeballs.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4890\/revisions\/4930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fuzzyeyeballs.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fuzzyeyeballs.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fuzzyeyeballs.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}