For thirty years Lomography sold cameras that embraced imperfection: light leaks, vignetting, the happy accident. The MC-A is a different argument entirely. It is their first metal-bodied camera, their first with autofocus, their first with a precision five-element multi-coated 32mm f/2.8 lens. It shoots full-frame 35mm film, charges over USB-C, and has a proper LCD panel for exposure settings. It won Amateur Photographer’s Film Camera of the Year in 2025.
The timing makes sense. The film revival is now old enough to have produced a second wave: people who started shooting on cheap plastic cameras and now want something that can keep up with them. The MC-A sits in a genuine gap: more capable and more durable than the toy-camera tier, a fraction of the price of a used Contax T3 or the increasingly eye-watering Olympus Stylus Epic. The metal body means nothing rattles; the coated glass means your shots don’t look like they were taken through a bathroom window unless you want them to.
Exposure modes run the full range - program auto, aperture priority, full manual - plus multiple exposure and long-exposure support. The LCD handles shutter speed, aperture, and frame count without requiring a button archaeology degree. The lens hood, UV filter, and colour filter set are all available from Lomography directly, which suggests they’re thinking about this as a platform rather than a one-off.
At $549 it is serious money for an analog point-and-shoot. But the argument is sound: if you’re spending real money on film and processing, you should be shooting with a real camera.
$549 — shop.lomography.com