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Valentine’s Day is right around the corner and Lomo has another Vday themed camera this year, the fun fabric covered Diana Love Letters for a cool $99.

As with other Diana F+ cameras it features the Diana F+ lens which creates dreamy, lo-fi photos on 120 film. It’s got two Shutter-Speeds: N for normal daytime/flash or B for long exposures indoor/nighttime. It also has two image sizes: 12 full-frame square shots 5.2 x 5.2cm or 16 smaller square images – 4.2 x 4.2cm. Get your analogue lover a fun new camera this holiday.

New to our Must-have list is the recently released Belair X 6-12 from Lomography. It’s a modern vintage throwback camera that you can’t ignore.

It comes in 3 models available for pre-order now, the Globe-trotter, the Jetsetter and the all black City Slicker. Each camera boasts auto-exposure capabilities, two inter-changeable lenses (90mm & 58mm), & bellows for easy folding.

One of the coolest things about this vintagy 120 film shooter is that it can shoot three aspect ratios— a square 6×6, a standard 6×9, and the 6-12 panorama. Other notables include zone focusing, support ISO film from 50 to 1600, a standard hot-shoe mount, and the Bulb mode and double exposure shooting modes you’d expect from Lomography.

Here a few sample images from the cameras:

The cameras are currently in short supply so order soon (globe-trotter already sold out), they’re guaranteeing delivery by December 19th for most countries.

Italian artist Andre Petrachi (a.k.a. Himatic) makes cool sculptures from vintage camera gear and items most people would throw away like old electronics, light bulbs and toys. Andre sees his work is a symbol of our cultures out-of-control desire to buy things … yeah like sculptures made of cameras!

Photos by Giuseppe Fogarizzu

Via @mennyj

If you could never find a Lomo camera that fit your style, you no longer have an excuse. Lomography’s newly released La Sardina DIY Edition camera is ready for you to paint them, tag them, sticker them, customize them with photos or even take them apart. The world is your oyster … err Sardine.

These drool-worthy rangefinders are one of a kind and refinished with wood veneer by the crew at ILott Vintage. They’re beautiful to look at, but they don’t come cheap. Expect to pay between $1800-$2200.

After some minor delays getting things just right, Visual Supply Co’s, beautiful and simple iPhone app is finally here. Download your copy of VSCO Cam today for a cool $0.99.

If you’re a vintage camera lover like us, you’ll love PrismYard. It’s a fun tumblr/pinterest style site where you can pick the kind of cameras you’re interested in seeing and a whole stream of images is ready to stroll through. It’s relatively new, so there aren’t thousands of images on there yet, but it’s still inspiring site. If you’ve got a collection you want to show the world, they’re accepting submissions.

New to the Must-Have Wish List list is the new luxury snapshot 35mm camera, the Lomo LC-A+ Silver lake ($399) with it’s beautiful chrome body wrapped in brown leather, featuring a Russian-made Minitar 1 lens. It doesn’t come cheap. but as always, Lomography doesn’t disappoint in the packaging department by wrapping it up in a cool collectable wooden box.

Via www.uncrate.com (@uncrate)

There’s finally a case that makes the iPhone the camera it wants to be. The vintage-inspired iCA iPhone case ($65) available from Four Corner Store is made from polycarbonate and comes with two mock mirrored lenses attach to the front that you can use for self-portraits. One of the coolest features of this case is that it’s shutter buttons actually work your iPhone shutter. It’s available in black, brown, or white.

Via Design Milk