Second Roll: Lomography MC-A – Kodak Ultramax 400, & Duke Gardens.

Second Roll: @Lomography MC-A – Kodak Ultramax 400, Duke Gardens, & A Bit of Double Exposure. #lomographymca

Subtitle: More Thoughts & A Bit of Double Exposure.

I talked this camera up a lot in my first post.

First Roll: Lomography MC-A – Kodak Ultramax 400.

It is well deserved. Perhaps in my next post, I will try to outline something I dislike about it. Which will be a struggle. But for now, let the positive vibes roll on.

For this post, I decided to actually read the manual first. While I am here…

The packaging experience.

Impressive. Includes:

Lomo MC-A 35 mm Film Camera
- Naturally.
Lens Cap
- Left in the box. I use the UV filter and wrap mentioned below when not in use and fear losing it, honestly.
MC UV Glass Protection Lens Filter
- Installed immediately.
Protective Camera Wrap
- A lovely thing. Nice touch.

Detachable Leather Hand Strap
- Again. Nice touch.

Splitzer Lens Attachment
- Briefly tried below.
Colored Gel Flash Filters
- Not sure I will ever use these.
1 × USB-C Rechargeable Battery CR2 (A regular CR2 battery is included for customers in Asia Pacific regions.)
- Again. Nice touch.
10 Declarations of Lomographic Freedom Sticker Sheet
- In box likely never to see the light of day.
The Lomo MC-A Book
- Impressive little hardcover dealie.
QR Code Manual Card
- And back to the manual.

The QR code actually led me to the download page, where I needed to search for the manual. Pro tip. When searching, leave off Lomography and just type in MC-A.

I sped through it, and it mostly confirmed what I had easily sorted out for myself during the first roll. This is a well-thought-out camera. But one button was left unused.

The manual schooled me on the proper sequence of button presses and winding.

Underexpose a bit.
Take the first pic.
Hit the MX button.
Take the next pic.
Repeat for as many exposures as you wish.
Wind on when you are ready to wrap things up.

Here are two double-exposure pictures I tried out.

But this is not all the MX button can do. Add in the included Splitzer Lens Attachment…

…and you unlock a pretty cool creative trick. Split frame photos. Half frame photos, quarter frame photos, or whatever you wish if you have enough attention span and patience. Why do I say this? Welp.

The process suits the pedantic.

Put the Splitzer dealie on.
- No exposure comp is needed since the film is not exposed all at once.
Open up the exposure aperture to your liking.
- Went for half in my test run. May try triptychs or even four exposures one day. Doubt it… but it could happen.
Remember to expose for only one side of teh frame.
- I chose a vertical side by side split so I would not have to think about the vertical image flip. his is important because the rangefinder-ish set up means you have to imagine what your end result will be.
Press the MX button.
Rotate the disc, compose for the other side of the image.
Wind on.

So why did I say patience is required? On my first attempt, I immediately lunched and wound on before I hit the MX button…. Dang it. Immediately, I knew what I had done, but there was nothing to be done. I was now the proud owner of a half-exposed frame of film.

Woops.

Lesson learned, I took another swipe at it.

Nice.

More fiddly, but a fun alternative to a true half frame film camera. The main difference being a more fluid transition between the two frames as opposed to the hard dividing line with a true half frame camera.

Ok. Multiple exposures covered. On to the rest of the roll.

The scene.

Duke Gardens.

My go to gear test site.

The film.

Same as last time. Kodak Ultramax 400.

The pics.

The first pics were set at the scene of my last post.

On to Duke Gardens.

As stated in this IG post.

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This gentleman asked me to take a photo of him and a friend with his phone. Certainly. In turn I asked if I could take his photo. Good to get out and meet some smiling faces.