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Shoot From The Hip - The World's Coolest Camera

Lucy Ash discovers how in the digital age, the world still loves a Soviet Union relic - the low-spec Lomo Camera. From 2006.

The most sought-after camera in this digital age is not a sleek gadget in a silver case, but a 20-year-old relic from behind the Iron Curtain: the Lomo.

Lucy Ash talks to "Lomographers" to find out why they are devoted to this old, low-spec 35mm camera.

She visits the Moscow factory making a brand-new old-fashioned model.

Producer: Lucy Ash

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2006.

15 minutes

Last on

Fri 13 Jun 202509:30
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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