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[steveohan]

anyone here into taking lomo photographs??

is there anywhere in seoul where i can pick up a lomo camera?? im looking for a lomo kompakt automat in partic.

thanks!
steve.

[uberscheisse]

there's a place in insadong to get them. some boutique that sells all sorts of odd cameras.

i always bought my lomos on ebay though. they're cheaper if you get them from russia.

the fruitbag fashion nerd stores here (and in canada) overprice them thinking "well, that dude from the verve is big on lomo, so every dong huffer who likes britpop will pay out the nose for one" and they end up being 200 bucks when they're worth about 30.

lomos fall apart if you breathe on them wrong so the strategy is to not pay too much for them.

[steveohan]

do you know where in insadong? is it on that main tourist strip?

steve.

[uberscheisse]

yeah. couldn't tell you the name of the store but if you're facing north towards the mountains, it's about two blocks from the north end of the strip on the east (right) side.

it's pretty easy to find.

there may also be a place to buy them at COEX but i'm not sure if this is just a memory of a dream i had or a hallucination or something.

[steveohan]

thanks

steve.

[uberscheisse]

you're welcome

khristos burbank

[uberscheisse]

FYI that store in insadong is no longer.

[buildbyflying]

I would have to agree about ordering cameras online. I picked up a Holga for about twenty dollars US and in the stores they're about 80(?).
You can find them at Kyobo also.

[peppermint]

Don't know much about this, but I've seen lomo cameras at Kosney in Coex.