Camera Collection: *New* Lomography Aperatif Film Camera

I am really excited for Q2 of 2024 where we introduce our parent brand Made for Drew as a lifestyle brand that is dedicated to genuine community connections in an ever changing society. The appearance of the existing social media profiles for Made for Drew would be changing and I am still working out how to integrate MFD into the at kismet + co social pages in a symbiotic way. (Ha, hey Venom and Spider-Man reference here. NERD!) March has been a kickass month and behind the scenes I am working overtime to deliver some amazing content and improve on our operations as a brand and company. You’ll see an official launch for Made for Drew coming this summer and we’ve already updated our bio and staff pages to reflect the upcoming changes to the branding. With all that said – we’re excited to share with you all of the technical and gear related information during the second quarter of this year. This month we are focusing on our camera collection, what is in it and how we are utilizing it into our new studio space. Plus you’ll get to see an exclusive look into our studio build and see the office space for yourselves in some nice POV videos coming to our YouTube and IG/TikTok Reels. 

So without further ado, here is the newest addition to our camera collection: the Lomography Aperatif 35mm film camera (more specifically the Neubau Edition). I got this as a gift from my partner Joe during the holidays and I am excited that the weather has been nice enough to take this out for a proper field test. 

Film Stocks Purchased*

LomoChrome Color ’92 35 mm ISO 400 (1 pack $12.90)

Lomography Color Negative 35 mm ISO 400 (3 pack $44.90)

Earl Grey B&W 35 mm ISO 100 x Lady Grey 35 mm ISO 400 (2 pack $18.90)

Fantôme Kino B&W 35 mm ISO 8 (1 pack $8.90)

(Total $85.60)

ASMR Unboxing: LomoApparat 21 mm Wide-angle Camera Neubau Edition

So we ventured in the rain over to Photo Lounge in Rittenhouse Square to drop off a roll of Ilford HP5 Plus and got excited over film stocks and how special photography can be. There is an art form to it and that when you least likely expect it. Good memories will come out of sharing film photography and stories behind it. I am excited to focus on photography as it keeps my mind from lingering in on the grief for too long. In talking about the roll of Ilford HP5 that I had in my hand; I mentioned that it was a long time ago (nearly a year and a month) and that I was not sure what photographs would be on there. Or if the roll would be a successful one. But I trusted the wonderful folks at Photo Lounge to use their magic and send a folder with those images.

I wish it was not raining and that I had properly prepared to photograph in the rain but alas I could not so I am just going to wait for a day that the sun would be out to go on an adventure. I am sure the first frames of this Lomography 400 ISO film are a chaotic mess. But a nice mess nonetheless. I filmed an unboxing (sort of ASMR style) with a special appearance by my cat Hunter and some close up ones using his cat tree to show off the accessories. I am excited about the Kalediscope feature and the Multi Exposures feature. I do have to sit and read the hefty manual that came with it and just have fun with this new film camera in my collection.

In the second part of this series, we will show you what our film adventures looks like, the photos from the scans of the roll of Ilford HP5+, scout locations and prop work for the self portraits and field tests and my final thoughts on this camera. I can’t wait to share with you my final thoughts of it and will release that video sometime soon. If you’ve read this far, thanks for reading and make sure you go out and grab your camera or phone and make some memories. Your future self will thank you for it – trust me mine did when I decided to upload monthly photos on Facebook during the pandemic. Seeing the changes and progression of time and experience and knowing “yeah I made it through that…” Also please bare with me as I work on editing these videos. That’s a project in itself. 

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