Greetings! I recently purchased my first Lomo LC-A camera. When it arrived, it would not advance the film. The cog for forwarding was completely stuck (tested without loaded film). I opened the bottom cover, where I discovered a loose, small silver flathead screw jammed in the related mechanism. After removing it, everything seems to work. It advances, the shutter works, and both LEDs in the viewfinder work.

I'm having trouble figuring out where this screw came from. So far, I have removed the top and bottom covers, as well as the front lens cover, to look for an empty screw hole. I compared these areas with multiple teardown images and videos. After looking through them, I cannot find a screw that correctly matches this one.

The other flatheads are either larger and/or fully flat on top, with sharp edges. It's difficult to tell from my picture, but this screw has a slight dome to its head, with thin edges.

The camera is in very good condition, showing little to no signs of wear. To get the top cover off, I had to lift the fake leather on the front. As the glue holding the leather down seems to be the factory original, I don't believe the lens and shutter assembly has ever been removed since production, although it's hard to say for sure.

I believe this camera is from around the year 2000, as the serial number starts with XA13.

I figure some of you may have tinkered with many of these cameras, and I hope you can give me some pointers.

The next step for me would be a full teardown. I'm fairly experienced with various repairs on a hobby level, but this would be only the second camera I have ever worked on. As the camera seems to operate just fine, I feel that I would risk damaging something in the process.

Film: Original Wolfen NC500

Times are tough out here, so I'm selling all my gear. Just listed my (strong like bull) LOMO.

My 1988 LC-A

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This was shot on harman red in medium format .3 im a Louisiana based artist and Im working towards being more experimental!

Hello all!

I'm looking into the MC-A as my first film camera, but have been nervous about how delicate it seems to be. For context, I have shot on film 10+ years ago and know how to operate a camera. I understand the technical terms like ISO, f-stop and shutter speed. I know there is another camera which gets recommended here a bit is the pentax. I was also thinking about the Kodak Snapic A1, however I'd like more control.

For people who have a MC-A, have they fixed the hardware issues in later batches? How do you like the camera? Would you recommend it?

Thanks

Hi,

As great as the Daylight Tank is for developing, it has a known issue with tearing film, so you end up cutting it early and losing 2-4 exposures off the roll and having to develop in two batches rather than one.

Has anyone got any good tips or suggestions for film stock to prevent this? I'm using HP5 at the moment as I bought a load of it in bulk because of cost but out of 7 rolls, I think I've only managed to get a couple onto the roll without tearing.

Thanks,

Paul

500iso don’t really helpful, lomoapparat still too weak for night shots

hey, found those when moving and figured the best place to ask would be here - anyone interested?
based in Poland, can ship pretty much anywhere but the US at the moment..

agat 18k is factory new in box, with leaflet etc
holga is in good condition, 3 colors flash filter!
cheers

Denton, Texas a few years ago

The first one with auto ISO, f/2.8, and auto shutter speed. The second one with an ND8 filter, ISO 100, 2 stops, f/16, and auto shutter speed. You can tell I didn't use a tripod.

Würzburg: 2026, Kamera: Agfamatic 2000, Film: Agfa color xr 200i - abgelaufen 11/89

Seemed a sensible place to repost this too, just to see if anyone else has found similar things or is pondering an MC-A themselves.

I have a Lomography Oktomat that wasn't firing across the bottom row so I took it apart to try to find and fix the issue. Unfortunately, it seems the plastic gears in the bottom of the camera were loose and just rattling around in there and I have NO clue how they go back in!

Does anyone have a diagram or photos of the gear assembly that I could reference?