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LOMO Lubitel 2 - Camera

LOMO Lubitel 2 - Camera

Manual focus medium format TLR camera manufactured in the GOMZ/LOMO factory beginning in 1955. Lubitel means Amateur in Russian and 2 million of these TLR cameras were made to bring medium format photography to the masses. Bakelite body available in black.

  • Taking Lens: Lomo 75mm f4.5 T-22 (3 elements, 3 groups)
  • Shutter: Leaf, 1/15s - 1/250s + B
  • Minimum focus distance: 1.4m
  • Size: 125 x 75 x 98mm
  • Weight: 556g
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TLR

Twin-Lens Reflex (TLR) cameras are defined by having two lenses. One lens is used for taking images and the other is for viewing, focusing, and framing your photos. The lenses are synchronized and the same focal length to allow for proper framing and focusing.

Normally, the viewing lens redirects light upwards towards a waist level viewfinder and the lower lens exposes the film using a built-in leaf shutter. Because of the way this system works the image in the viewfinder is flipped horizontally, which can take some time to get used to. There are also slight differences in framing between the two lenses that can affect images at close focusing distances.

Most TLRs take 6x6cm images on 120 medium format roll film, although some could also use now-discontinued 220 film. Many companies made TLRs, including Yashica, Minolta, and Zeiss Ikon. The most famous TLR brand, though, is Rollei.

The Rolleicord and Rolleiflex cameras are the definitive TLR designs, with all others taking major inspiration from them. These cameras pair world-class build quality with legendary Carl Zeiss & Schneider-Kreuznach lenses to make an excellent, if expensive, camera.

TLRs are iconic ”old school” cameras, used as the primary camera of journalists and documentary photographers for decades before 35mm SLRs took over. Most people will recognize a TLR as an ”old camera” and many will be intrigued by its strange (by today’s standards) two-lens design.

DHW Fototechnik is still making Rolleiflex TLRs today in Germany.

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LOMO Lubitel 2 - Camera Availability & Price History
Date Sold SKU Quality Control Price Image
12 Oct 2024 T76942 € 35.00 LOMO Lubitel 2 - Camera Image
20 Aug 2024 T75349 € 35.00 LOMO Lubitel 2 - Camera Image
13 Aug 2024 E21633 € 79.00 LOMO Lubitel 2 - Camera Image
15 Jul 2024 T74696 € 35.00 LOMO Lubitel 2 - Camera Image
03 Jul 2024 T73517 € 29.00 LOMO Lubitel 2 - Camera Image
21 Mar 2024 T64218 € 29.00 LOMO Lubitel 2 - Camera Image
19 Feb 2024 T62466 € 20.00 LOMO Lubitel 2 - Camera Image
09 Jan 2024 E20134 € 70.39 LOMO Lubitel 2 - Camera Image
05 Dec 2023 T58725 € 25.00 LOMO Lubitel 2 - Camera Image
21 Aug 2023 T50540 € 25.00 LOMO Lubitel 2 - Camera Image
09 Aug 2023 T50039 € 20.00 LOMO Lubitel 2 - Camera Image
18 Jul 2023 T47504 € 19.46 LOMO Lubitel 2 - Camera Image
18 Nov 2022 T31378 € 59.00 LOMO Lubitel 2 - Camera Image
28 Oct 2022 T29499 € 60.20 LOMO Lubitel 2 - Camera Image
26 Aug 2022 T22021 € 69.00 LOMO Lubitel 2 - Camera Image
15 May 2022 T16208 € 39.00 LOMO Lubitel 2 - Camera Image