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Kodak Portra 400
Kodak Portra 400 is a professional C-41 color negative film known for flexible exposure latitude, natural skin tones, and fine grain.
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The Lomography Belair X 6-12 (2012) is a collapsible medium-format film camera manufactured by Lomography for the toy-camera and experimental photography market. It is notable for offering three different negative formats — 6×6 cm, 6×9 cm, and 6×12 cm panoramic — selectable by swapping internal film masks, on standard 120 roll film. Two interchangeable lenses are available: a 90mm f/8 wide-angle and a 114mm f/8 normal, both plastic-element constructions in the Lomography optical tradition.
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Lomography's collapsible medium-format camera offering three formats in one body — 6×6, 6×9, and 6×12 panoramic — with interchangeable lenses, on 120 roll film, in a lightweight plastic body.
| Field | Value |
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| Format | 6×6, 6×9, or 6×12 cm on 120 roll film |
| Lenses | 90mm f/8 (wide) or 114mm f/8 (normal), interchangeable |
| Years | 2012–present |
| Shutter | Leaf, 1/60s, 1/125s, B |
| Flash sync | 1/60s |
| Meter | None |
| Focus | Zone (symbols) |
| Weight | ~480 g |
| Battery | None required |
Lomography launched the Belair X 6-12 in 2012 via a crowdfunding campaign, positioning it as an accessible entry into medium-format film photography for the Lomography community. The campaign was successful, and the camera shipped the same year. The Belair was the first Lomography product to support multiple formats within a single body, and the first to offer interchangeable lenses in the medium-format segment.
The camera was designed in Vienna and manufactured in China. Lomography offered several accessories for the Belair over the following years, including the Splitzer half-frame mask and an extended lens set, though the initial 90mm and 114mm lenses remain the standard options.
The Belair X 6-12 was offered as Lomography's primary medium-format creative camera for most of the 2010s. Lomography has not announced a direct successor.
The Belair X 6-12 addresses a genuine gap in the accessible medium-format market: it allows photographers to shoot 6×12 panoramic frames on 120 film without purchasing a specialist panoramic camera — a category in which quality examples typically cost far more. While the plastic optics produce results with the characteristic Lomography softness, vignetting, and colour variation, the large negative area of the 6×12 format significantly compensates for lens imperfections.
The multi-format capability is genuinely useful for experimentation: a roll can contain 6×6 portraits, 6×9 landscapes, and 6×12 panoramics by swapping masks between rolls. The interchangeable lens mount adds further flexibility.
For photographers interested in wide-format medium-format experimentation at a low entry cost, the Belair X 6-12 remains the most accessible option. It is not a precision instrument; it is a creative tool that produces distinctive results from the large negative area.
Lomography Belair bayonet mount. Available lenses: 90mm f/8 wide-angle (standard), 114mm f/8 normal. The 90mm covers the 6×12 format; the 114mm is optimised for 6×6 and 6×9. Format masks for 6×6, 6×9, and 6×12 are included in the kit. Accessories: Splitzer half-frame mask, Belair flash gun, coloured gel filters. Standard hot-shoe accepts any cold-shoe or sync-compatible flash.
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